Example sentences of "want [to-vb] at [noun sg] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For him this convenience has been largely a negative factor for he thought of America as offering no other comparable diversion ; there were ‘ no beer gardens — no public concerts ’ and the question he asked was ‘ Who wants to sit at home and play bridge every night ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ He wants to seem at ease and be friendly . ’ |
| 3 | Suddenly it is glamorous to appear nice and normal , and those who used to want to run the boardroom or run away to Paris now want to stay at home and watch programmes like Roseanne and Kate And Allie — new cult programmes that offer a cosy and entirely spurious view of family life . |
| 4 | It was horrible , but we were teenage fools and we wanted to sit at home and do big grown-up things . |
| 5 | Brewing Nescafé on her own gas-ring and buying solitary quarter pounds of cheese for herself ; and painting one wall geranium red and another cornflower blue and the others white , as she wanted to do at home but her mother would not let her . |