Example sentences of "and want [to-vb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | More than a third of directors want more summarised information and want to see it in a more comprehensible , graphic form . |
| 2 | I 've signed a three-year contract with Birmingham and want to see it through . ’ |
| 3 | But you have no faith in the power of the economy and want to prop it up with the crutches of the rotten police regime . |
| 4 | But an increasing number , typified by the conservative Heritage Foundation , define themselves above all by the fact that they hold a coherent body of ideas , and want to spread them . |
| 5 | And now they 've changed their mind and want to put me in a caravan . |
| 6 | They 've been through a lot and want to put it behind them . |
| 7 | For instance , if that 's an overseer 's house and you extend the town and want to turn it into two labourers ’ houses , all you do is add a w.c. upstairs , change the stair entry , and remove the coloured-tile decoration from the balcony and cornice . ’ |
| 8 | If you own an important couture dress and want to sell it , call Madame Vaudoyer on 010 331 42 27 73 21 . |
| 9 | If you send the wrong word and want to erase it , signal E eight times . |
| 10 | We love her so much and want to give her a lovely home . |
| 11 | We shall all miss him and want to wish him , his wife and their children and , the very best of luck for the future . |
| 12 | Richards is inclined to follow fashion in identifying ‘ the road lobby ’ as a prime cause of our troubles when the great majority of people have access to a car and want to use it . |
| 13 | Most doctors claim to enjoy training and want to do it well , but various obstacles to good teaching exist in our present system . |
| 14 | I 've started to look at this and want to explore it in greater depth . |
| 15 | I 've started to look at this and want to explore it in greater depth . |
| 16 | Now we have lost one and want to replace it but the nursery do not grow it any more , and we can not find one that does . ’ |
| 17 | We only have this screen operating when we 're all in here and want to observe him directly — ’ |
| 18 | This flexibility also means that if you have created a presentation for one output device and want to alter it to suit another you can do so without having to repeat your original efforts . |
| 19 | If you 're having trouble with your wrestler , and want to change him during play in the survivor series , the secret is to press Select once the bout has begun . |
| 20 | It is obvious that there is some danger that the principle may be swallowed by these exceptions , particularly the second , since the determination of a patient 's lucidity is made by the doctor who may well disagree with the patient 's expressed wish and want to override it . |
| 21 | ‘ If you saw a blind man coming along , would n't you feel sorry for him and want to help him ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It 's Dr Neil , McAllister ; you know that you can trust me — I … love you , McAllister , truly love you and want to help you . ’ |
| 23 | If members have done something interesting or have a fascinating or unusual hobby and want to tell us about it perhaps letting us borrow a photograph of the member ? ) they are welcome to write — quoting membership number please . |
| 24 | So if you find a good Irish joke and want to tell it about another local or ethnic group you could do so . |
| 25 | There are many variations on this theme ; there are , for instance , the men who feel imprisoned by a bond , but , who , when it is broken , panic and want to build it up again , so creating a cycle which can run and run until one partner changes in attitude . |
| 26 | If you have a few grey hairs and want to blend them in , lowlights are subtle with a natural result . |
| 27 | The bottom line is that we all love music and want to play it . ’ |
| 28 | If you have a kitchen/dining room and want to make it look particularly warm and comfortable you could make a visual division between working and eating areas by stapling the dining walls with a cheap cotton treated with a protective spray . |
| 29 | It 's unfair for another reason : most of the walkers , climbers and cavers that come to the Dales , the Lakes and the mountains come because they love them , because they respect them and care for them and want to keep them the way they are so that the people of the future can enjoy the wildness and the greatness of the earth . |
| 30 | ‘ I mean , I love you to distraction and want to marry you . |