Example sentences of "want [pers pn] for [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You would n't want me for a cousin-in-law , by the sound of it . ’ |
| 2 | Might want them for a cup of tea . |
| 3 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 4 | Jesus wants me for a sunbeam , Uncle Philip wants me for a little flower . |
| 5 | Oh yes , but he wants them for the whole of the year you see , which is impossible . |
| 6 | I want you for the West End after your six weeks in the sticks , and you 'll have to have a bit of bosom . ’ |
| 7 | I want you for an angel ! |
| 8 | Nero wants you for the circus , he seems to have taken a fancy to you and was asking about the lanolin — say no more ! |
| 9 | We want him for a month on loan to give him a proper chance . ’ |
| 10 | Japanese director Nagisa Oshima wants him for the lead in Valentino , a movie which will explore the destructive effect of fame on silent screen stars . |
| 11 | EPIPHONE ET-270 , 3-a-side headstock , you 've got , I want it for a reasonable price . |
| 12 | they want it for a |
| 13 | Have you therefore reassessed the western relief road 's benefits on the base that y you will have now at that point in time both a southern A fifty nine , A one link and a southern northern link , if you want it for the A sixty one north of Harrogate . |
| 14 | Yeah but I want it for the men that 's going to alter the gas . |
| 15 | ‘ But I do n't want you for a stonechipper ! |
| 16 | I would n't want you for an enemy , Harry . |
| 17 | I 've wanted it for a very long time , and it will happen , I promise , but not now , not yet . ’ |
| 18 | right if you do n't want it for a pound I 'll have it back |
| 19 | sha n't want 'em for a long while |
| 20 | ‘ Do n't you want 'em for the BVM ? ’ |
| 21 | They wanted me for the part because it seemed they wanted someone younger . |
| 22 | ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan . |
| 23 | they wanted me for the whole day of Friday but I said I 'm sorry I can only do you half day if you 're interested , they were , they were desperate . |
| 24 | Hoskyns badly wanted him for the post . |
| 25 | Tite wanted him for the special unit he was setting up . ’ |
| 26 | When the news was broken to Martha that Lydia wanted her for a bridesmaid , she was excited . |
| 27 | She had vowed to fight for Roman 's love , but how could she when he only wanted her for a stopgap while Dana was away ? |
| 28 | Hitchcock wanted her for The Birds but she turned him down . |
| 29 | He would have returned it , of course , he only wanted it for a painting . |
| 30 | In Peart , the more authoritative case , the accused received a car from the victim when he had told him he wanted it for a certain journey . |