Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [pron] on [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I want to thank you on Hilda 's behalf . |
| 2 | You might get a backlash you might find that the rest of the citizens of this county want to know , want to know what on earth you 're doing pouring money into this area when the rest of the county gets nothing . |
| 3 | Now the question is why , well it 's pretty obvious with some , it 's pretty obvious why Rachel wants to know everything on television in her life , I suppose . |
| 4 | Oh , want to stick it on top of that dome like cowboys do |
| 5 | yeah cos I want to put them on top |
| 6 | They brought , either bought them themselves or bought them posed to beworking with me cos I want to do something on diaries they 've got weekly diary , little |
| 7 | And that caught the interest of everyone straight away er , budgeting , how to be able to look at banking etcetera , and I said well and I want you to do that first so I do n't mind mainly because I was gon na work wi with Anne about the , with the environments , and then it 's science , could n't cover with the with the environment that she would like me in tutorial to do and er she has n't , well it 's not her now , unfortunately , I think it 's Sue that is supposed to be working with me cos I want to do something on recycling of rubbish etcetera within the school and do a big sort of er project on it . |
| 8 | I 've really had to work hard to get where I got to and when I fight a black guy , I know that he 's had to do the same thing , I think : ‘ Well , he 's had it as hard as me ’ and little zest goes out of your punching , I just want to beat him on points . |
| 9 | Thank you , anybody else want to raise anything on criterion six , or can we move to seven ? |
| 10 | She says they want to spend it on recreation , holidays , books , equipment and special aids which will help them have a better life . |
| 11 | I mean do n't you want to put it on bricks ? |
| 12 | Well they reckoned he when he walked out so what was it er Francis wanted to see him on grass or something . |
| 13 | ‘ I really wanted to see you on behalf of Annabel , ’ Scott said . |
| 14 | I wanted to try them on right there but for months he let them dangle in the closet upstairs , growing the wrinkles and airpockets that would finally fit his shape , the peculiar wishbone of his shanks . |
| 15 | I just wanted to know what on page forty-two under ‘ Water sampling ’ , what the bracketing figures say four u stroke s , one u stroke s , etcetera meant , and on page forty-three , why under ‘ programme and revisiting inspection ’ this four one nine p was starred . |
| 16 | ‘ Recently I decided I wanted to do something on prostitution . |
| 17 | He had made a fortune out of the slave trade and wanted to spend it on land . |
| 18 | One of the features of the day will be a series of mini-lectures on just about every conceivable subject , and during the next few Ideas in Action programmes , I shall be talking to some of the lecturers about their topics and , hopefully , whetting your appetites sufficiently to want to join us on June the fourteenth to hear more . |