Example sentences of "want [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to miss a second of it . |
| 2 | I did n't want to miss a trick . |
| 3 | He did not want to miss a word . |
| 4 | Andy 's form is exceptional and he has waited such a long time to make the jersey his own that he will not want to miss a game . ’ |
| 5 | But why anyone would want to carry a bike up a mountain on their shoulder for the pleasure of being able to bump about on it for tiny , short stretches of flat ridge was completely beyond me . |
| 6 | This removes some of the flexibility ( you need a mains socket ) , the portability ( the LAN adaptor itself may fit into your pocket , but you would n't want to carry a mains adaptor too ) , and the tidiness ( the power lead means yet another bit of wire at the back of your PC ) . |
| 7 | She had saved up for such a long time and did n't want to carry a load of coins around . |
| 8 | You can see why he did n't want to acknowledge a family connection with someone who was convicted of murder . |
| 9 | You may be using some particular part in the spreadsheet that you consider to be unusual , er you may want to include a page reference , so that er , you can understand it again |
| 10 | Even the smallest plot will have sufficient room for a small table and chairs , You may also want to include a barbecue . |
| 11 | When people employ a builder to repair their house , they will probably want to agree a price beforehand . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't want to lose a moment of the time I 'm allowed to visit you , ’ I said . |
| 13 | This does seem a reasonable argument , and I certainly would not want to lose a therapy which could be of real value to people . |
| 14 | Does anybody want to see a teddy bear ? |
| 15 | ‘ And we did n't want to see a team of scriptwriters messing around with our characters . |
| 16 | People just did n't want to see a sports film . ’ |
| 17 | Sure you do n't want to see a dentist just to make sure it 's all right ? |
| 18 | No I do n't want to see a dentist . |
| 19 | Mr Field has agreed not to make any statement about his next course of action before his 11.30am meeting with Mr Kinnock , but he said that his supporters in Birkenhead had told him they did not want to see a fudge . |
| 20 | John did not want to see a doctor , but they overrode him this morning and had the quack in . |
| 21 | It 's very difficult indeed to pin people down , quite rightly so , I mean , you do n't immediately want to see a scapegoat or something like that . |
| 22 | Oliver said : ‘ Look , you do n't want to treat a thing like this too lightly . |
| 23 | I do n't want to sound a snob but I thought it vulgar . |
| 24 | They do n't want to risk a break-up — perhaps for the sake of the children , or because it suits them to be married for other reasons . |
| 25 | Naturally I do n't want to risk a recurrence of the trouble , but equally , I hate missing any Ireland match and I 'll be giving it a full blast in the final training session to make sure I 'm 100 per cent . |
| 26 | With Amdahl Corp faced with an uphill struggle to adjust its business so that it can thrive in a post-mainframe world , and all its other major investments — things like the former Poqet Computer Corp and HAL Computers Inc still in the development stage and demanding more capital , while its own core business is a victim of the mainframe malaise , Fujitsu Ltd 's 80% of ICL Plc begins to look the company 's most valuable asset , making it increasingly likely that the company will in due course want to float a lot more than the 25% it originally suggested on the London International Stock Exchange : Fujitsu 's biggest problem is the one now facing all big Japanese companies — that the days of cheap capital at home are gone with the bubble economy , probably forever , and many Japanese companies issued convertibles in the 1980s that are coming up to maturity ; with prices on the Tokyo exchange still bombed out , few holders are going to want to convert into shares , which means that issuers will have to raise expensive new capital on the international markets to redeem them . |
| 27 | In particular , a database user may want to search a file in a number of ways , according to a particular application . |
| 28 | It would have been better than staying at home but I did not want to wear a school uniform . |
| 29 | I was holding off buying an away shirt , as I did n't want to wear a shirt that had never won a game . |
| 30 | Would she want to wear a sweater as wide as it 's long ? |