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Example sentences of "want [to-vb] he [prep] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	After spying him through the kitchen window with Mrs Files , so much himself , so much not Francis , I thought I did n't want to see him at all .
2	‘ What the hell do you want to see him for ? ’ asked Brown .
3	The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday .
4	She says she did want him out of the house , but she did n't want to kill him as a court was going to evict him anyway .
5	Of course I wanted to help but did n't want to startle him by suddenly appearing .
6	‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident .
7	I did not want to worry him in his last moments , so I did not tell him that Linton was also dying .
8	I 've pulled him out of it I pulled him out of it for the simple reason , he is the only one which is , I did n't want to segregate him on his own .
9	Trade supremo Michael Heseltine , whose supporters want to see him in Mr Lamont 's job , was even more lavish in his praise .
10	Want to nail him to the fence you should think he 's not
11	‘ I want to thank him for his patience , foresight , and ability to interpret my ideas , incorporate his own with them , and achieve what you see here tonight .
12	He 's missing but I want to find him without the law knowing I 'm interested . ’
13	If she 's particularly fond of someone who has Alzheimer 's and wants to help him by producing a foetus , who has the right to say no ?
14	If you want to challenge him about anything you had better have your facts right .
15	‘ I want to know the identity of a man , I want to reach him , I want to put him in handcuffs and read him a charge of First Degree murder . ’
16	On the last point that Les makes , I want to ensure him about this ; that when Horton run that boat business , that was a water-based business , it ran on the basis there were floats in the river and you stepped on to the float and you got onto a boat .
17	‘ Which presumably makes me the better teacher , ’ he returned with a dryness that made her want to pummel him with her fists from sheer frustration .
18	You want to send him for dancing lessons . ’
19	Cos I , I want to send him into the shed because I had him first
20	You can apply to my father for money if you still want to punish him for not backing you .
21	As Pip begins to know him better they become much closer and Pip even wants to save him by smuggling him abroad .
22	Charlotte only wants to marry him for the house and comforts he can provide her later in life .
23	I 've really had to work hard to get where I got to and when I fight a black guy , I know that he 's had to do the same thing , I think : ‘ Well , he 's had it as hard as me ’ and little zest goes out of your punching , I just want to beat him on points .
24	Nobody in particular , and I s I use the word him , nobody particularly wants to question him , nobody particularly wants to get him in a bad mood .
25	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 .
26	You may turn into one of those driving , ambitious wives who are not glad of their husband 's contentment but want to change him into something he is not .
27	Full-back Steve Mungall wants to join him on the score-sheet after bookmakers Stanley 's gave special odds on his scoring feats .
28	Now she wants to join him in the ring at Moscow State Circus .
29	Anyone wanting to render him into modern English must reckon with the possibility of having to abandon or in some way replace the metre ; and then , where Horatian Latin steps lightly , so lightly , as to the sound of flutes , in comes English with galumphing hoof , trumpeting rhymes .
30	Stephanie watched Daniel , wanting to protect him from Marcus .