Example sentences of "want [to-vb] things [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want to discuss things with the owner , and it will probably be a week or so before I make up my mind . |
| 2 | ‘ Someone on the Coptic side wants to keep things on the boil , wants to stop agreement from being reached . |
| 3 | It 's a nice thing to know if you ever get tense , er decide that this is it , I 'll throw things Er well I do when I want to throw things at the kitchen and go away and you use aromatherapy . |
| 4 | He did n't really strike her as a particularly nosy person , just wanting to know things for the hell of it . |
| 5 | ‘ All the more effective , ’ said Nikos , ‘ if you wanted to keep things on the boil . ’ |
| 6 | They saw that she really wanted to change things at the factory , and everyone agreed with her that safety was very important . |