Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [prep] his [noun sg] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | " The burial regulations and provision of mourning " , notes Stephen Jones , " make it plain that many a coasting man did not want to go to his maker like his deep-sea brother , sliding down a plank in a canvas sack with the last stitch through his nose " . |
| 2 | Juliet — ’ he came closer and looked intently into her eyes ‘ — do you really want to go to his party ? ’ |
| 3 | I did n't want to stand in his way . ’ |
| 4 | The birthday spectacle must have made General Norman Schwarzkopf want to weep into his beer . |
| 5 | His civil status also means he can choose whether or not he wants to work during his sentence . |
| 6 | I have suggested already that he is all The Dubliners combined — the lost child , the resigned girl , the lonely or frustrated man , the seeker of false comfort — now I want to come at his importance from a different angle . |
| 7 | Luke , 27 , wants to concentrate on his film career and has suggested his character Dylan catches the disease from a girlfriend . |
| 8 | I want to write to his mother . |
| 9 | ‘ I imagine he 's come to Larksoken to get away from people who want to talk about his poetry . |
| 10 | Rather than dwell on the past , he wants to talk about his grandson . |
| 11 | He knows that we want to hear about his experience of Neighbours — ‘ They asked me to do Neighbours The Cyber Series , but I could n't go that far … feeling what it 's like to be in Jim Robinson 's shirt , what a waste of technology ’ — that we want tales of drugs and tripping , and an outsider 's observations on British cultural mistakes ( the shell suit ) . |
| 12 | Mowbray said : ‘ Every player wants to play for his home club and I have great memories of my Boro days . |
| 13 | The Spirit comes and takes up residence in our bodies , which he wants to use as his temple ( Cor. 6:19 ) . |
| 14 | Those who want to argue with his approach just have to look at the trophies he won . |
| 15 | At 31 , he wants to add to his total of three Tour wins . |
| 16 | Everyone wants to get into his band . |
| 17 | And who would want to fight for his title when Bowe is the one who won all three belts in the ring ? |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't owe me any explanations , ’ Caroline had answered politely , although she 'd wanted to laugh in his face because he 'd made his little speech at nine in the evening , dressed in a dinner suit on his way out of the door . |
| 19 | FRANKIE DID NOT WANT to think of his mam and the Irishman . |
| 20 | I hesitated ; I did n't want to add to his shock . |
| 21 | She wanted to weep on his chest , she felt so helpless . |
| 22 | And Jonathon wanted to work on his model in his room . |
| 23 | He was tired of town life and he wanted to work in his garden and ride his horses . |
| 24 | She wanted to talk about his poetry . |
| 25 | San José , Ca : Suddenly , the Winchester House itself seemed like a emblem for the restless American soul … . about some weird house Rory wanted to use in his story , judging by some cryptic notes at the end of the passage . |
| 26 | Some of these relationships were lasting ; others broke up because the man wanted to return to his home village . |
| 27 | The opposite was true in his perception and so it was necessary to work with this widower helping him say out loud the things that he wanted to say to his wife — all the uncomplimentary and difficult things — and then , having done that , to begin grieving for the lost relationship . |
| 28 | We simply had to tell Mazzin that his treatment of us and particularly of Frank was unacceptable to us and that we wanted to speak to his chef . |