Example sentences of "want [to-vb] the same [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With a traditional spreadsheet , if you 've got 5,000 product types , and you want to perform the same calculation on each — for instance subtract the costs from the sale price — you have to duplicate the formula 5,000 times . |
| 2 | I want to catch the same train out you see |
| 3 | Those who broke into the inn tonight want to find the same treasure . |
| 4 | Then someone else wants to buy the same book — what do you do ? |
| 5 | Q. Blanket weed caused me tremendous problems in my Koi pond last summer , and I want to avoid the same thing happening this year . |
| 6 | And she wants to do the same things as us . |
| 7 | The Czechoslovak voucher scheme , which will apportion shares in state enterprises to the general public , was received with scepticism by the Poles ( who want to do the same thing a different way ) and with disdain by the Hungarians ( who think state enterprises should simply be sold ) . |
| 8 | So the crucial question is not whether party programme A is preferred to party programme B ; the issue is whether we want to keep the same government for the next five years or whether we want a different one . |
| 9 | However , it could be that you want to send the same information to TV , radio , national dailies , the local evening paper and the weekly trade journals . |
| 10 | See I want to get the same sort of material though as what the other liners , I want to stick the two liners together to make all one great big pond you see right the way across the garden but the other pond might be about two foot deep , this one 's gon na go down |
| 11 | You want , want to get the same amount , I mean we 've got a certain amount of water coming through that pipe , |
| 12 | You want to make the same point ? |
| 13 | Surely we all want to achieve the same objectives , an end to recession , low unemployment , a prosperous and fair economy , good education , training and health care . |
| 14 | I hate it when people cry , cos it makes me want to do the same thing . |
| 15 | As for advising someone else who might want to do the same thing as myself , I do n't know what to say . |
| 16 | You do n't want to use the same pen . |
| 17 | We do n't want to use the same cutlery an ’ that . ’ |
| 18 | If the SARU do not want to make the same mistake , they could organise a tour of South Africa by their proposed national team to prepare for the visits of New Zealand and Australia in August . |
| 19 | He did n't want to make the same mistakes again and was taking great care over every detail , researching the best possible way to lure the creature into his grasp . |
| 20 | The bachelor wanted to ask the same question , but he said nothing . |