Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [pron] [conj] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The strange child has chosen to sleep in Edward 's room tonight ; but I am sure she will want to see you and perhaps you can give Miss Fitch a hand . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Tell him I want to see him as soon as he gets back . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Bicker and Ratagan want to see you as soon as you awake . |
| 4 | ‘ There are people out there who want to use you and then just throw you away when they have finished with you . |
| 5 | We want to believe something and so get to believe it . |
| 6 | We want to beat them as well . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You know what I want to do — and I wanted to do it for Jimi 's birthday in his anniversary year , but it did n't happen — I want to get everybody that ever recorded with him , anybody who played live with him , get them all at a big reunion and go out and play Hendrix all night long — every song that I know , every song that we could possibly do . |
| 8 | It 's true that the show has to go on but if such behaviour caught on I 'd be bound to go on and say , ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , so-and-so is n't coming ’ because they not only want to appear on the show , they want to produce it as well ! ’ |
| 9 | He 's always wanting to top himself as well is n't he ? |
| 10 | So she was going to the opposite direction actually , and I insisted that I do n't want to take her that long she would have to walk back again . |
| 11 | She did n't want to say it but then in the end |
| 12 | You wanted to see him and here he is . |
| 13 | She wanted to know who as well , but he refused her and she knew it would become part of his bargain with the police when and if he were caught . |
| 14 | If ‘ we hear the key turn each in his prison ’ , it may be a satisfaction to find occasionally that entry rather than closure is being sought ; for while he had a great many acquaintances and , as his fame increased , hundreds who wanted to meet him if only in order to say they had done so , he lacked relationships which were simple , straightforward , and stable . |
| 15 | No one wanted to own me or even to capture my soul . |
| 16 | He seemed to want to help them or else his plan was much deeper than they knew . |
| 17 | And I did n't record it because we wanted to record something but actually , I do n't , I think Coronation Street . |
| 18 | ‘ But in the end the club wanted to keep me and even considered getting Margaret Thatcher involved in the transfer after QPR said no . ’ |
| 19 | She wanted to watch him and then say something to find out how hard it would be to retrieve him from such self-preservation . |
| 20 | Now a lot of people when that was first mentioned said ‘ I do n't need that , it 's all right you can look at them if you want to ’ , but afterwards , half-way through their course , they wanted to know that they were theirs and other people would n't see them and have this reassurance that if they wanted to watch it and then wipe it blank , or if they wanted to wipe it blank without ever having seen it themselves , they could do that and no-one was going to ask ‘ What 's going on ? ’ . |
| 21 | Cos he wanted to call you as well . |
| 22 | What is even more amazing is the fact that because Frank always seems such an incredibly nice man , everyone , including his TV bosses , seem to want to ignore it as well . |
| 23 | Someone wanted to strike her and then their mood turned and they shouted , ‘ Get rid of the dog ’ and kicked out . |
| 24 | She wanted to tell her that perhaps the plan — the dark colours , the new name — was n't necessary any more , that there was an awareness between herself and Tom today that almost made her believe he did share her feelings , but with Tom himself in the room , and Bill as well , and Mrs Porter coming in now with Faye 's mid-afternoon snack and a pot of tea for everyone , there was clearly no opportunity . |
| 25 | ‘ There 's something else I wanted to tell you as well , ’ Faye added . |