Example sentences of "want [verb] he [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Anyone wanting to render him into modern English must reckon with the possibility of having to abandon or in some way replace the metre ; and then , where Horatian Latin steps lightly , so lightly , as to the sound of flutes , in comes English with galumphing hoof , trumpeting rhymes . |
| 2 | So that one day when they are sitting on their fat butts in frankfurt or Langley and some poor guy 's written seven point nine two centimetre automatic rifle instead of seven point nine two millimetre , they wo n't want to fire him for bad writing . |
| 3 | Not because of any failure , but because his employers wanted to promote him from temporary to permanent status and this required checking his background . |
| 4 | One girl wanted to cover him in whipped cream and honey and then slowly lick off every bit . |
| 5 | Thames Water Utilities wanted to put him on light duties . |
| 6 | She said she had not heard that British scientists wanted to return him to Arctic waters , but warned that going back to cold temperatures , coupled with the need to hunt for food again , would be fatal . |