Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [pron] in [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | D' you want to see me in prison ? ’ |
| 2 | You want to see me in gaol . |
| 3 | We want to see them in action against South Africa . |
| 4 | I can not want a man who wants to see me in gaol . |
| 5 | Try to scan artwork as near to the size you want to use it in order to avoid taking up large amounts of memory and having to re-size with the desktop publishing software . |
| 6 | you wan na see the spellings in here , you want to leave them in Ton |
| 7 | Now I want to spoil you in return . |
| 8 | In fact we 've just refused er the application er to change the use of that site to housing , or some of that site to housing , er for the very reason that we want to keep it in employment use and at the same meeting we also refused another site , another major employment site , erm and we want to keep that in employment use as well . |
| 9 | When they want to warm themselves in front of a fire they are not ashamed to lift up their kilts and display their private parts . |
| 10 | no , no , I , I , I just really want , cos I do n't think there 's any question of me this afternoon ruling on whether you 're right or not on these points , but I just er on second I thoughts I want to have them in mind |
| 11 | He says well if you want to pack it in love |
| 12 | I did n't want to embarrass you in front of your grandson — ’ |
| 13 | He did not want to do it in front of the crowd . |
| 14 | Tom will want to check for proteinuria and test your reflexes , but even if those things are normal he and Dr Greene may want to pop you in hospital for a while . ’ |
| 15 | I do n't want to put you in danger . ’ |
| 16 | If sentences , such as those in ( 32 ) , are not ungrammatical , it is still very unlikely that anyone will ever want to use them in practice : ( 32 ) Burke murdered many citizens dead the fire burned many priceless tomes burnt However , there are plenty of others where the state is less immediately predictable , and of course examples have already been given in ( 1 ) , ( 10 ) , ( 13 ) and so on . |
| 17 | Did she really want to believe herself in love with a man like that ? |
| 18 | Had I wanted to do something in astronomy , which I did actually want to do because I 'd taken an interest in it , in fact I would not have thought of this type of molecule . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't want to disgrace you in front of the nuns . ’ |
| 20 | big safety net underneath you if you , if you find that you do n't want to pay it in cash . |
| 21 | I think for a bit about going to ask him how I get home but I do n't want to ask him in case he tells Mr Jackson . |
| 22 | She wished he 'd quit doing that to her hand — but she did n't want to move it in case he moved on to her lips . |
| 23 | Do you want to tell me in English then we 'll help you . |
| 24 | There was a new management , who were eager to use top-class athletes for publicity purposes but appeared to want to give nothing in return . |
| 25 | ‘ Someone wanted to have a cast made of my leg , someone wanted to sculpt me in bronze . |