Example sentences of "want [to-vb] something [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean if you put your hand up to the sun you can feel it , you detect it , your eyes detect it , well you have detectors which detect them and , for example , if I want to detect something like an electron well then I can make a counter which is sensitive to charged particles like electrons , and I can allow these electrons to hit this counter and it will produce erm an identifiable electrical pulse and I can look at that and I can say this is an electron , or I can look at other particles , say , for things like helium nuclei which are called alpha particles , and I can make counters which will detect these and I can put a little piece of paper in front and I can stop off the alpha particles . |
| 2 | Since then about ten new sites have been scheduled each week , and this could be seen as a deliberate blocking measure as it only takes place where the owner wants to do something with the site . |
| 3 | He wants to do something to the camp . |
| 4 | But he wants to do something to the camp . |
| 5 | We want to do something for the voluntary sector . |
| 6 | She says when you want to do something in the city it 's much handier to go with your bike than with car . |
| 7 | Now if you understand that , if you 're actually targeting , you want to get something into a national paper or local paper or something , you need to think at about your particular item you want to get across and think ‘ What sort of angle could actually be useful for that particular outlet ? ’ |
| 8 | A a a member of staff may feel that they want to say something about a kid , and it does not necessarily have to agree with what the kid |
| 9 | However before examining it I want to say something about the general response of community educators to the problems facing the working-class in N. Ireland . |
| 10 | Second I want to say a few words about the efforts that have been made in the last twelve months to increase the G M B's role in the building and civil engineering industries and third I want to say something about the present serious situation in the building industry pay talks . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to achieve something in the game . |
| 12 | ‘ I 'll see you at the weekend , then , ’ Leith said lightly , and was once more wanting to do something of a pugilistic nature to her employer when , just as though he lived there , he went to the door with Travis and saw him out . |
| 13 | She gave a shaky laugh , wanting to add something to the effect that it was n't fear that drew people to Marc , but more like sheer charisma . |
| 14 | And I believe that with the privileges that come to those who benefit most from the capitalist system there are obligations , and so the combination of that latter thought makes me want to do something about the inner cities , plus a revulsion at waste and hopelessness and dereliction and concern which is self-evident in some of these older towns and cities . |
| 15 | They will probably want to do something about the fat and other charnel substances floating in the water , as well . |
| 16 | ‘ But knowing the little person he is , he 'll want to do something about the problem he has because he knows it will help other children , too . |
| 17 | One other matter before I ask the General Secretary I think our colleague might want to say something after the General Secretary . |
| 18 | Prior to becoming a teacher , Roddick decided she wanted to see something of the world . |
| 19 | And when you wanted to buy something like a three piece suite , you went to somewhere like Bentalls and they took you into a little room , soon as you said to the man well I want to buy this on hire purchase and you went in to a little room and the man sat down and you filled in a long form . |
| 20 | People have to be involved in something if they 're going to want to do something at the end . |
| 21 | when you wanted to do something with the keys or operate er horizontal , there was a machine and you had to go to the do it yourself . |
| 22 | In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras . |
| 23 | Unless you wanted to do something in the kitchen as well of course . |
| 24 | Although different , I wanted to capture something of the sensation of being high up in a tenement block overlooking London . |