Example sentences of "he wants [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wants photographs of them , information , he wants them to be well . |
| 2 | Let Madrid and a mission near-impossible bring what it may ; he has friends where he wants them . |
| 3 | ‘ He 's driving me nuts about it , and he wants them out by Christmas , ’ North confided . |
| 4 | ‘ Impossible — Wings Balsdon 's got the goons just where he wants them ’ |
| 5 | I daresay he wants them — do n't you , sonny ? — but I do n't think your mammy 'll want them . ’ |
| 6 | If you want children now , and he wants them in five years , or you want two and he wants six , you can probably reach a compromise . |
| 7 | Where before he went off at obtuse tangents , now he takes the songs where he wants them to go rather than let them control him . |
| 8 | My plan will give joy to some and satisfaction to many : satisfaction to Prince Richard because he can now join the king his brother , to Cardinal Bourchier because his mission has been successfully accomplished , and to the protector because he will have his nephews where he wants them — wherever that may be ! |
| 9 | He wants them to scrap the minimum lending rates which are used to keep interest rates high , even though the bank base rates have fallen . |
| 10 | Guy tells them they do n't look like they 're enjoying things and he wants them to take a holiday . |
| 11 | The speaker … chooses some message he wants to convey to his listeners : some thought he wants them to receive … |
| 12 | To be an effective leader , to get bureaucrats and legislators to do what he wants them to do a president must retain the support of the public and , in the modern age , that is hardly possible without consistent command of television . |
| 13 | The point about an adult citizen is that he has these rights , privileges , duties and responsibilities whether or not he wants them . |
| 14 | He wants them to share in the excitement of an excellent revenue week . |
| 15 | Mr Ross can have locked rooms if he wants them . ’ |
| 16 | The manager still makes all the decisions , but believes that subordinates need to be motivated to accept them before they will do what he wants them to . |
| 17 | He need not return them to the seller , who if he wants them must come and collect them , section 36 . |
| 18 | He wants them back at their posts . |
| 19 | He wants them small and blonde but also to know their mullet from a mallet . |
| 20 | The child can have his football boots because the words ‘ we ca n't afford it ’ will be linked to the long-gone and not-lamented past : the tyrant can not control against the will of the subject because he can not frighten his people with notions of helplessness and poverty : the employer will have to charm and wheedle his workers if he wants them to work for him : he will have to sing and dance to entertain them : enthuse them with pleasure for their daily toil : they will be paid with the world 's respect , and all around them there will be abundance . |
| 21 | Likewise with Relevance : if B wants three bolts , he wants them now not half an hour later . |
| 22 | Erm one of the best known commentators on the American president , a man called Richard Newstat er who 's occasionally known as Mr Williams because he 's married to er Shirley Williams a clapped-out Social Democratic politician of er yesteryear , erm Richard Newstat once said , well once said many things but er on this particular occasion said that er if you want to know what presidential power is , it is simply the power to persuade and that er when you look for er an American president what you need to look for er is not somebody who is clear minded , far sighted and so on but you need somebody who has the capacity the skill , the talent , to persuade other people to do what he wants them to do . |
| 23 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |
| 24 | He says that if they fail to get jobs he wants them to know how to live off the land and be able to feed their families . |
| 25 | Du n no what that is , I mean oh we have n't got a clue , he 's not got a clue on car , do n't know where he 's got that bloody lot from , so besides other things that want checking for MOT , I think he wants them to check |
| 26 | he wants to get , he wants them sold now he 's built them . |
| 27 | er in or out according to where he wants them to flicker , well you see , as it , as the wearing get hot , that plastic expands and become loose and he 's got a , a split , see that steel thing |
| 28 | Not to sing , he wants them to play the guitar with . |
| 29 | ‘ I know , ’ I said , ‘ that he wants what I have , and also what I hope to have one day . ’ |
| 30 | And he wants what ? ’ |