Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [noun sg] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was no way he could risk incurring the wrath of a superior but he did n't want to lose manhood in front of his uniformed thugs . |
| 2 | Miguel Rafaelo said quietly , ‘ You do n't want to come face to face with yourself , then , Shelley . |
| 3 | He did not want to appear flash in front of his workmates . |
| 4 | Whenever one of the family is seen responding to their dog 's demands , he or she must pay 10p ( or 50p if you really want to see motivation at work ! ) into the other 's boxes . |
| 5 | If you want to see hell on earth go to the condemned hole the night before execution day . |
| 6 | and I said to my husband why people want to go paradise of heaven , I says look down , how beautiful , it is really beautiful all green is |
| 7 | She also wants to see investment in building schools and hospitals , to create jobs , and a rise in taxes . |
| 8 | Instruction should be given at a point of high motivation , as for example when the student wants to obtain information in connection with a particular project . |
| 9 | Even a predator as powerful as a tiger wants to avoid risk of damage to itself . |
| 10 | Some countries want to reopen trade in ivory and skin . |
| 11 | Some countries want to reopen trade in ivory and skin . |
| 12 | No fewer than 12 companies in the US say they want to put craft into space for this purpose . |
| 13 | With only two days to see Paris no-one wants to waste time in car and boat . |
| 14 | If you want to manage access to LIFESPAN files using Access Control Lists , please refer to Appendix C for guidance . |
| 15 | There 's a second group of students who write to me after that letter in May , and say , ‘ I no longer want to do English at university . |
| 16 | It has set up a unit to develop OTC drugs because it believes the Government 's health experts want to reduce reliance on prescription drugs as part of cost-cutting measures . |
| 17 | IF YOU want to watch television around midnight on the Sabbath , and if you happen to be in a region where nothing less important has taken precedence , you can follow one of the most excellent science series of recent times . |
| 18 | , writes : THE WINKLE Club at the Trout consists of a bunch of chaps who want to raise money for charity . |
| 19 | Do n't mistake me for a patriot , but I want to take issue with Hardware director Richard Stanley 's remarks about the US ( FACE 24 ) . |
| 20 | The Prime Minister says that it is an advantage to have low wages and longer working hours and that that will attract investors who want to take advantage of bargain basement labour . |
| 21 | The Gloucestershire Regiment will help any school , or youth group which wants to take part in adventure training . |
| 22 | The next summer he wrote from Bonn to his sister : " If you want to gain peace of mind and happiness , have faith ; if you want to be a disciple of truth , search . " |
| 23 | At times it has behaved more like a cancer-prevention than an environmental agency , making such scientifically dubious decisions as wanting to remove asbestos from school buildings and to ban substances with a microscopically small risk of causing cancer . |
| 24 | If you have rented accommodation and ca n't or do n't want to put fabric up permanently- or are not allowed to paint , for that matter-then you can hang fabric instead . |
| 25 | First , whereas positivism is concerned with the brute ‘ facts ’ of cultural life , critical theory does not want to separate fact from value or theory from practice . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've always wanted to walk Coast to Coast , but Wainwright 's route is getting very worn in places now . |
| 27 | ‘ I had always wanted to do drama on TV or theatre work , and that was exactly what I was doing . |
| 28 | Over the next few minutes Wickham learned that MacQuillan had not wanted to leave Barron in control anywhere , that Maureen and Barron had been and still were jockeying for position and that Maureen had enlisted Hunter-Blair 's support . |
| 29 | I was talking to a screw one day and she was telling me that when she 'd wanted to get work in prison she thought she 'd be there to help prisoners . |
| 30 | The armchair traveller for whom you are shooting these pictures does not want to visualize paradise under cloud . |