Example sentences of "want [to-vb] at " in BNC.
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| 1 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 2 | This change in the law was forced on the government by the European Court of Justice which decided in favour of a woman who did not want to retire at 60 . |
| 3 | Then he looked up and said , ‘ Celia , you do n't want to remain at Brentwoods for ever , do you , to have our child turn to some third party for its emotional and creature comforts , to get the odd pat on the head from a parent at six o'clock of an evening ? |
| 4 | ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’ |
| 5 | He wanted her to go , and she felt afraid as she realised that she did not want to go at all . |
| 6 | I can see his point in a way ; he likes a full social life … and he does n't want to sit at home with a wife who is depressed and can only talk about babies . ’ |
| 7 | No matter where you finally wind up in the advertising business , you will want to work at some stage in an agency to gain real insight into advertising and acquire first-rate skills ( and , hopefully , reputation ) that puts wheels under your career . |
| 8 | It is understood , in any case , that Keegan would not want to work at St James 's Park with Sir John holding control in the boardroom . |
| 9 | He was so thin he looked like even the birds would n't want to peck at him . |
| 10 | You 'd want to know at once . ’ |
| 11 | Mine do n't want to come at all , my dad said good god that sounds like a waste of time . |
| 12 | He did not want to appear at a loss or to let his followers down . |
| 13 | They 're very upset and do n't want to talk at the moment . |
| 14 | When Van Cheele got to London , Cunningham did not want to talk at first . |
| 15 | ‘ Now Mr Connon , I 'll want to talk at length to you about this , you realize . |
| 16 | There is an inexplicable rightness about it which makes me want to look at it for ages . |
| 17 | He provided a better place , which the uneasy partner did not even want to look at , but admits could not be better . |
| 18 | He did n't want to look at her . |
| 19 | ‘ Why do you want to look at the gibbons ? ’ |
| 20 | She did not want to look at Alice . |
| 21 | D' you want to look at whether you put them in any particular order ? |
| 22 | He did n't want to look at them . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't want to think about that , I do n't want to look at the actual scene , I 've got over it , have n't I ? … the way she died … and all that went before . |
| 24 | He fears , as this moving tableau blots out his view , that she does not want to look at him but , then , just as he is allowing himself this painful thought , she turns and kisses him on the eyes before taking his cock in her mouth . |
| 25 | He was n't happy , but could only agree when I said I was sure that he would n't want to look at a naked man . |
| 26 | I do n't even want to look at them . |
| 27 | that 's the cream , do n't want to look at that . |
| 28 | Now you 'll want to look at your watch a hundred times a day . |
| 29 | She did n't want to look at him or talk to him again today . |
| 30 | From mysteries you do not want to look at . |