Example sentences of "want [to-vb] he [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you want to talk him the number 's o-five-hundred , four-o-four , treble zero . |
| 2 | Kharin 's £200,000 transfer from CSKA Moscow will be completed any day now but Hitchcock wants to give him the Beasant treatment . |
| 3 | But is there any situations where Abbey Life can overrule the doctor and say , we 're not happy with this , we want to appoint , we want to give him a medical with our own doctor . |
| 4 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We want to give him the chance to tell us how this strong criticism of him is not justified . |
| 6 | I must have lived , oh , well over ninety-five years , but when I eventually meet God I want to ask him a question which has haunted me all my life . |
| 7 | I want to tell him the story of my life . |
| 8 | Steadfastly , she avoided his gaze , not wanting to give him an opportunity for some deflating remark . |
| 9 | ‘ We like to think that the programme is n't in competition with Barry Norman , but we do want to give him a run for his money . ’ |
| 10 | I loved him ; what more natural than that I should want to give him the chance to love me back ? |
| 11 | She did n't want to give him the satisfaction . |
| 12 | It was almost as if he 'd reached out to clasp her hand in his plea for help , and she knew she 'd wanted to give him a lift . |
| 13 | Cameron wanted to give him a computer , but Alexia prevailed and soon the house was full of twangs and scales again . |
| 14 | We wanted to give him a gift to mark his membership . |
| 15 | Binkie Beaumont , the head of Tennents , was fond of Ken and wanted to give him a star vehicle — his part was bigger than those of Dame Edith and Michael Bryant put together . |
| 16 | He turned up unannounced one day , during a break from a television appearance , with a minder who wanted to give him a taste of real working-class London . |
| 17 | She did n't want Georg back but she wanted to hurt him the way Gesner had hurt her . |
| 18 | She wanted to tell him the rest of it ; tell him what Mrs Gotobed had told her to tell Mr Evans and ask Albert what he thought she had meant , but she could n't think how to put it without making herself sound fearfully stupid . |
| 19 | Their eyes met for a split second , bleak green against ice-blue , and in that fleeting moment she wanted to tell him the truth , she wanted to explain , repaint the picture that had been mistakenly built up . |
| 20 | She wanted to hand him a killer , he still wanted to play dogcatcher . |