Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I do not want to go into detail now , but that is certain .
2 Perhaps I would n't like to stay there very long , because , as I said , I might want to go to school again .
3 ‘ Mum , I really do n't want to go to school today , ’ he wailed .
4 Alice said , ‘ I do n't want to go to school today .
5 Not , not like him to ever want to go to bed truly .
6 I did not want to go to prison again .
7 I used to go into a shop and I 'd shake and I 'd know that I was doing wrong and I 'd be really scared and I 'd just knew I do n't want to go to prison so I decide to stop it .
8 So why do I want to fall in love again ?
9 Evenings are their weakest time since they soon begin to feel fatigued and want to go to sleep relatively early .
10 ‘ Anyway , ’ I remind her , ‘ are you sure you want to go to work tomorrow ?
11 You want to go to daddy now ? want to go to daddy ?
12 I mean this is something that we could maybe be of help to in fact maybe something that I could be of help to them on because I actually do lectures on public relations how to assess what I mean at a very basic level you want to communicate with press how do you do it but before you do it why do you want to do it .
13 A police spokesman said the person police want to hear from drove past in a large , light-coloured estate car after pulling out of Bagshaw Road , opposite the bank machine .
14 We want to look at stress now , and realise that it is not all negative , in fact some people actually go out and seek a fair amount of stress .
15 Her friend added : ‘ She also wants to campaign for paper not plastic bags at supermarkets and is angry that the catering industry uses too much plastic in packaging , because it is almost impossible to break down without causing pollution .
16 He also said this kind of feeling is why he wants to stay in football as long as possible .
17 ‘ I want to get under way as soon as possible . ’
18 We as a distributor never want to get into assembly very seriously , but it may be necessary for the future .
19 He says that shop stewards will want to talk to managment again .
20 Burmans are wanting to go into business more — a little group of Burmese businessmen have formed an industrial corporation ; young Burmans are doing well in the petrol and kerosene retail trade .
21 Part of the audience decided that this was n't what they wanted to see , another part decided they did n't want to hear about politics anymore .
22 Well for most people erm I mean they say to me , I do n't want to be the richest man at Millford Hill , in other words I do n't want to save in retirement indefinitely , but you are intending some capital growth as well , cos if you do n't have capital growth , you do n't protect your investment .
23 do you want to set a date for another meeting just now or do you want to get in touch later George ?
24 Oliver said he wanted to go to nursery today because I got some yellow cards you know they 're Daffy Duck
25 I went back to my room , trying to forget about my brother ; I wanted to get to bed early so that I could be up in time for the naming ceremony of the new catapult .
26 I do n't know where they went , but Mrs McDougall at the post office could probably tell you , if you wanted to get in touch again .
27 She moved slowly and gracefully , conscious of a female-ness it would , Ellen could see , be quite natural to want to drape with fabric rather than exhibit .
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