Example sentences of "what [verb] [pron] want for " in BNC.
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| 1 | So while I 'm not suggesting that you buy every gauge ( though that would be many a machine knitter 's idea of heaven , I guess ! ) , when working out what machine(s) you want for the yarns you want to knit most , look at the optimum yarn for each gauge . |
| 2 | So what do we want for the counsellees , or rather , what should they want for themselves ? |
| 3 | ‘ What do you want for them ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What do you want for breakfast ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What do you want for lunch ? ’ enquired Lydia when Emyr , having demonstrated that the taps now functioned , had left . |
| 6 | But er , that 's a great advantage when compared with the newly appointed British Ambassador in Washington , who having just arrived in Washington , er picked up the telephone and heard a voice at the other end , say , what do you want for Christmas , it was just before Christmas , what do you want for Christmas , and he thought hastily and , did n't want to be impolite or too greedy , so he said a small box of crystallised fruit , and put the telephone down , and a few momen a few moments later he put on the radio , and the announcer said , we 've just conducted our normal review of the Ambassadors ' wishes for Christmas , er , the the Ambassadors in Washington . |
| 7 | But er , that 's a great advantage when compared with the newly appointed British Ambassador in Washington , who having just arrived in Washington , er picked up the telephone and heard a voice at the other end , say , what do you want for Christmas , it was just before Christmas , what do you want for Christmas , and he thought hastily and , did n't want to be impolite or too greedy , so he said a small box of crystallised fruit , and put the telephone down , and a few momen a few moments later he put on the radio , and the announcer said , we 've just conducted our normal review of the Ambassadors ' wishes for Christmas , er , the the Ambassadors in Washington . |
| 8 | mm What do you want for a sweet ? |
| 9 | I said to Sally what do you want for Christmas , do you want some chocolates she nearly hit me . |
| 10 | What do you want for Christmas ? |
| 11 | Right , what do you want for your dinner ? |
| 12 | What do you want for breakfast ? |
| 13 | Thirty five , but there again what do you want for thirty five ? |
| 14 | show them the garden , by Saturday night I felt shattered for it and I 'd come home and I looked in the cupboard and I said Ton well what do you want for your dinner then ? |
| 15 | Yeah , Lee 's gon na have his tea , what do you want for yours ? |
| 16 | I bet you do ah what do you want for tea ? |
| 17 | Erm , I do n't think we 've got any at the moment cos mum 's just gone to the shops What do you want for tea Lisa ? |
| 18 | Er , what do you want for breakfast ? |
| 19 | Go on n what do you want for Bosnia . |
| 20 | So what do you want for sweet ? |
| 21 | What do you want for , what do we want this evening ? |
| 22 | What did they want for a wedding present ? |
| 23 | What did you want for breakfast ? |