Example sentences of "want [to-vb] for a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to go for a ride ! |
| 2 | ‘ But I do n't want to go for a sail ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 4 | ( The user presses Y or N ) If N Do you want to search for a book title ? |
| 5 | Do you want to search for a pupil ? |
| 6 | He said , ‘ Remember that next time you want to go for a stroll . ’ |
| 7 | That 's probably why I want to go for a dump now . |
| 8 | Fast cars always want to go for a ride . |
| 9 | My kids want to go for a visit and my daughter wants a picture of our home … |
| 10 | Since when do you ask Brian if he wants to go for a walk ? |
| 11 | with old age , he wants to go for a walk you 've been walkies today ? |
| 12 | With my form filled in , I phoned : ‘ I want to come for a fortnight , but the problem is , I have a book to finish . |
| 13 | And then he said , ‘ You want to come for a ride in the car ? |
| 14 | ‘ You know , Hank , if you really want to write for a living you should go to London and Edinburgh , go to Europe , too — perhaps try working for a newspaper or magazine . |
| 15 | So if you want to look for a short-term , meaning 18 months , competitive battle that will be the most interesting , the server battle between NT and NetWare will be a major area of competition . ’ |
| 16 | So if you want to look for a short-term , meaning 18 months , competitive battle that will be the most interesting , the server battle between NT and NetWare will be a major area of competition , ’ he said . |
| 17 | Want to walk for a bit ? ’ |
| 18 | If you want to apply for a Mace Scholarship — and remember , Mace would be particularly delighted to consider applications from children , aged between 12 and 15 , who feel that they may have talent , determination and ambition in a particular sport but who may not , for one reason or another , have received coaching of any kind — then either collect an application from a Mace Foodstore during the month of May or write , ( with enclosed SAE ) , to : |
| 19 | I want to consider for a moment the true price of coal . |
| 20 | well , well thank Mr very much , if you , if you could , I can accommodate Mr at any reasonable time tomorrow , erm , but although he may say he 's only got , he only wants to rest for a quarter of an hour d'your , as you gather from the interchange from the bench , that 's er , that will be the very minimum and I may well have questions to ask him , although I hope I 'd asked most of them to Mr , so , erm , but I 'm , I 'm I think for everybody 's convenience it , erm , unless he 's got a specific time he could deal with , we either start say at eleven thirty , when Mr can be here or at two , erm , but if he 's got some other clever idea I 'm perfectly prepared to entertain him , but er we ca n't leave this hanging around , I 've got ta write this and whichever way it goes we 've got ta look at it again , er and although I suppose I 'm not entirely unheard of and I disappear to the court of appeal next term it 's gon na make things extremely awkward to try and arrange anything else next term , cos I 've got two other judges to bear in mind as well as myself |
| 21 | I wan , I want to la , I want to live for a bit longer . |
| 22 | ‘ I like it here and I want to stay for a while . ’ |
| 23 | I want to push for a win if I can . ’ |
| 24 | We had a very happy collaboration in Berlin over Mozart 's Die Zauberflöte , which he had been wanting to do for a number of years . |
| 25 | And you know the only reason you 've got a hang over and you know there is n't really any body else to blame but yourself , but that makes you want to look for a scape-goat , but the kid . |
| 26 | The Microsoft one plugs into a serial port you may want to use for a modem , while you have to hunt for a mouse to fit into the IBM PS/2 socket . |
| 27 | Enter Rita , a young , timid , nervous , woman in clinging red dress , lipstick to match and a pair of shoes in which you would not want to run for a bus . |
| 28 | Likely you 'll not want to stop for a cup of tea ? |
| 29 | First she wanted to learn and see , she wanted to wait for a man who did things and was something on his own . |
| 30 | I also wanted to work for a firm with work under the legal aid scheme . ’ |