Example sentences of "[pers pn] want [to-vb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Erm , the executive are accepting all these motions but on a couple of them want to put in a speaker with a statement and er after twenty one will to put that statement to the C E C. I now call composite twenty abolition of Wages Councils South Western Region to move , G M B Scotland to second . |
2 | He 's not the kind of person any of them want to have as a friend . |
3 | Talking straight to the hard-core men , he said , ‘ I want to apologise as an Englishmen for the way I have lived as a white man . |
4 | The central question I want to use as a peg on which to hang various theories is , ‘ Why are so few Christians aware of the direct threat of modernity to the Christian church ? ’ |
5 | I 'M getting married in less than two months and I want to lose about a stone before then to get in shape for the big day . |
6 | I wan , I want to la , I want to live for a bit longer . |
7 | That 's probably why I want to go for a dump now . |
8 | ‘ I want to go to a party and Mum wo n't let me . |
9 | Well now , I want to talk to a guy . |
10 | He said , ‘ I want to talk about a donation you made to Sinn Fein . |
11 | Erm , there is a very small chance that he 's going to say , all the time that I was on , on top of Everest , er , I was thinking about you , because I 've heard you 're the best thing since sliced wholemeal bread , I have three thousand people that I want to put through a programme in the next six weeks . |
12 | I want to push for a win if I can . ’ |
13 | Harrison , I want to come to a stop on their starboard beam . |
14 | With my form filled in , I phoned : ‘ I want to come for a fortnight , but the problem is , I have a book to finish . |
15 | ‘ I like it here and I want to stay for a while . ’ |
16 | I want to begin with a question which Neale does not explicitly address , but which seems to me to be a particular blind-spot which has determined the shape of television critical theory : the question of value . |
17 | erm I want to ride on a bike |
18 | ‘ I want to ride on a horse . ’ |
19 | I want to consider for a moment the true price of coal . |
20 | Theresa just how do we justify that and then I want to hear from a lawyer about this . |
21 | I want to buy in a minute |
22 | I want to look like a racehorse and have long hair and Jim , that 's what I want . |
23 | Now if you want to serve as a Local Councillor , Councillor where you are told by any Government what the priorities of people are , on the services that we deliver , than I want no part of that in Local Government . |
24 | When you want to borrow on a mortgage , the prospective lenders will have the property valued at your expense . |
25 | You have the right to carry out improvements and , if you want to move to a council or housing association house in another part of the country , and can make the necessary arrangements , the right to exchange . |
26 | And , of course , you buy only the weeks you want to use at a fraction of the cost of buying the whole property , with all the facilities of the first class Hotel and Country Club at your disposal … |
27 | To do this you have to specify criteria and you do this in an area designated the as criteria range where you enter the fieldnames you want to use in a search . |
28 | He said , ‘ Remember that next time you want to go for a stroll . ’ |
29 | " If you want to go in a trawler , go in summer , he advised me . |
30 | You want to travel in a Transit van and sleep on people 's floors . |