Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [adj] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I drink because I want to suffer more and more . ’
2	They want to be taught earlier , preferably at 11 , and they want to know more than just how babies are made .
3	to nick the whole , I want to know English as well .
4	Ventura is an excellent package to use if you want to create long and fairly regular documents like technical manuals or books .
5	Not because I think I want to look young but just because I like to go to bed early . ’
6	After all , the best comedy has a serious intent , and Forsyth clearly wants to evoke more than just laughter .
7	‘ We want to make sure that too many laws do n't come about discouraging people from expressing admiration for the female form , ’ he said .
8	eight ninety nine do you want to do this and then , have you done this yet ?
9	Yes , erm if I could here , I did want to add some cos obviously I think everybody was taken by surprised .
10	Now did you want to take this as well because normally we give the whole pack away
11	They all wanted to know more or less the same thing : ‘ What is this tunnel thing about ? ’
12	It used to be the case that one had to find a property that one wanted to buy first and then apply for a mortgage , but some organisations will now provide a mortgage guarantee document , that is to say an assurance of the amount of money they will lend you , before you start looking for a property .
13	He wanted to do more than just look ; it was at such times that he felt the urge to paint .
14	The old man 's nervous intensity , that jerking from one place to another , one subject to another , his jaunty walk , the gnomic answers and mystifications , the weird flinging-up of his arms when I left — all his mannerisms suggested , were calculated to suggest , that he wanted to seem younger and more vital than he was .
15	‘ I always wanted to die young and now it 's too late , ’ she said .

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