Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't want to quarrel in front of Flora — it seemed humiliating over something so small — so I said , ‘ Well , it 's just that they seemed so happy and fond of each other . |
| 2 | If you suffered an injury — like a slipped disc , a dislocated knee — or if you needed a hip replacement or maybe something even more serious , you 'd naturally want to go into hospital without a long delay . |
| 3 | I do not want to go into detail about how I get on with Michael . |
| 4 | ‘ I would n't want to go through life as a miracle-worker . ’ |
| 5 | Sometimes she does n't want to go to school at all . ’ |
| 6 | If he did n't want to go to court for a very minor offence , then you could caution him . |
| 7 | I 'm only here under duress because I did n't want to go to court over this nonsense . |
| 8 | ( Who 'd want to go to bed with roses anyway , what a mad idea ! ) ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You do n't want to go to bed with me ? ’ |
| 10 | But I do n't want to go to bed with you . |
| 11 | When I was younger they used to say if I ever did want to go to bed with somebody to ask to go on the Pill . |
| 12 | I do n't want to go to bed with you , I 'm speaking about the situation . |
| 13 | The trouble is , when I do n't want to go to bed with her ( and it does happen ) , I do n't want to go to bed with her . |
| 14 | The trouble is , when I do n't want to go to bed with her ( and it does happen ) , I do n't want to go to bed with her . |
| 15 | When do n't I want to go to bed with her ? |
| 16 | ‘ In the circumstances , how could you possibly want to go to bed with someone like me ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I knew two sorts of women , ’ he said thickly , not looking at her , ‘ the women I loved but did n't want to go to bed with . |
| 18 | And then the women I did want to go to bed with , but could n't conduct a conversation with . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ You 're not in love with him and you do n't want to go to bed with him , but you do love him . |
| 20 | ‘ Lowell , do you want to go to bed with me ? ’ |
| 21 | Do you want to go to bed with Daddy ? |
| 22 | you do n't want to go to bed with knots in your hair |
| 23 | There are no real features — a low relief gangway here , a slashed crack there , a stiffening of angle at two thirds height seize the imagination of the guide-writer more than that of the viewing climber , who will want to go from bottom to top by the smoothest and straightest way . |
| 24 | I can see his point in a way ; he likes a full social life … and he does n't want to sit at home with a wife who is depressed and can only talk about babies . ’ |
| 25 | It 's a handy program for anyone who needs to send a large variety of business letters and who does n't want to faff about thinking of the right thing to say . |
| 26 | Mr , sorry I you may want to comment in fact about the relationship of these figures and the emerging policy in Cleveland . |
| 27 | What I shall want to argue is that their position is caught up in a circular argument : the only reason one could have for wanting to stand in this kind of relationship to biblical women is that one is Christian , but these writers never tackle the prior question as to whether feminism is in fact compatible with Christianity , such that one should want to stand in relationship to biblical women . |
| 28 | The kids did n't want to know about life outside Battle Creek . |
| 29 | You say erm you want to go into sort of C colon my D I R |
| 30 | I want to go to sleep for a month . |