Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [indef pn] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm not afraid of money but occasionally a writer wants to write something for love and for pleasure |
2 | 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 . |
3 | 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 . |
4 | I want to do something with art or be a nurse . ’ |
5 | ‘ You see , I want to do something worth while . |
6 | This booklet is written for secondary school children and young people who want to understand something about AIDS or who know someone with AIDS — possibly a friend at school or someone in their close family . |
7 | They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast ! |
8 | Thank you , anybody else want to raise anything on criterion six , or can we move to seven ? |
9 | I voted Tory not because I want to earn lots of money ( I am on the dole ) , but precisely because I object to the facile cynicism as witnessed above . |
10 | ‘ I want to say something without interruption . |
11 | Erm , do you want to say anything about , anyone else want to say anything about page one ? |
12 | Do you have any guidelines , as I do n't want to do lots of work , only to find they do n't like them ? |
13 | Since Novell 's fiscal year closed on October 31 , Univel did n't want to do anything to louse things up for Novell . |
14 | Had I wanted to do something in astronomy , which I did actually want to do because I 'd taken an interest in it , in fact I would not have thought of this type of molecule . |
15 | Lots of strong winds and flat water make Bitez the best choice for funboard sailors who might want to spend lots of time practising carve gybes . |
16 | ‘ Recently I decided I wanted to do something on prostitution . |
17 | that I wanted to do something about safety or first aid and that 's it . |
18 | Eric and I had to restrain him at times when he wanted to do something like throw little Paul into the water to see if he 'd float , or like when he wanted to fell a tree over the railway line that goes through Porteneil , but as a rule we got on surprisingly well , even though it rankled to see Eric , who was the same age as Blyth , obviously in fear of him . |
19 | Steve had done several pieces for solo instruments with tape , and he decided he wanted to do one for guitar . |
20 | There was a new management , who were eager to use top-class athletes for publicity purposes but appeared to want to give nothing in return . |