Example sentences of "want [pron] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you want me to take a trip and get rid of them ? ’ |
| 2 | Do you want me to take a book , and then you can choose at home ? |
| 3 | Do you want me to do a slang words on it ? |
| 4 | Oh a little tiny bit left do you want me to mix a bit of lemon ? |
| 5 | Do you want me to fetch a pillow ? |
| 6 | Emmie said , ‘ Do you want me to read a piece out of your Bible , Gran ? ’ |
| 7 | Do you want me to have a go at doing that Simon ? because I have been difficult about it , if that helps you . |
| 8 | Do you want me to make a start now or do you want me |
| 9 | Do you want them to do a menu rotation or keep making them up every week ? |
| 10 | Shall I just throw these away then or do you want them to have a second look at or , yeah , I 'll bin them . |
| 11 | I want everyone to have a board like yours . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I believe I have two more years of top-class rugby in me and I want them to include a return to the England team . ’ |
| 13 | a part payment of money , which is made so that the seller will not sell the goods to anyone else : You must pay a deposit to the hotel if you want them to keep a room free for you compare earnest(1) 3 an act or action of depositing : The rate of the river 's deposit of mud is about one inch a year deposit account n. a bank account which earns interest and usu. from which money can be taken out only if advance notice is given . |
| 14 | We just do n't seem to be able to track them down or attract them in quite the same way , so there is a massive practical problem if you want them to have a voice in how things are done , there 's no doubt about that . |
| 15 | Or are you going to start getting even less money than you do now , and want me to take a cut in the housekeeping ? |
| 16 | ‘ Want me to have a look round , sir ? ’ |
| 17 | Bring along questions to do with revision , bring along planned essays that you 've written if you want me to have a look at them . |
| 18 | ‘ It sounds as if you want me to have a contract drawn up for signature by the parties of the first part . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You want me to write a letter to your wife ? ’ |
| 20 | If you want me to identify a fish , remember that a photo , or a drawing , is usually better than a description — and it is no end of help if you give me a clue as to where the fish comes from , even if it 's only the continent . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't think you want me to get a girlfriend , ’ Stuart sulkily concluded . |
| 22 | Cal wants me to sing a song . |
| 23 | We used to , we , that 's all the as the village life was , it was it was all very now I know it 's very interesting , my daughter wants me to write a book about it , she says , I said I 'll oh I do n't know mm , write a memoirs mum she said er , you know and I said you know a lot about New Invention , which I do but it 's Willenhall you 're interested in , but it all sort or entails the lot and erm there might be things I 've can I wish I 'd have told you if I can think about them after it 's finished , but it 's erm . |
| 24 | Guy tells them they do n't look like they 're enjoying things and he wants them to take a holiday . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | ‘ I want someone to create a style that will make me look fabulous , and which does n't need any care at all . |
| 27 | ‘ And you want someone to send a message to the young lady to explain why you 're late ? ’ |
| 28 | I want you to design a trade-mark for the Alps . ’ |
| 29 | If they pack you off to Brighton , they want you to put a bullet in him . |
| 30 | I simply want you to take a friend 's father to a cricket match . ’ |