Example sentences of "want it [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The use of ‘ but ’ where common sense demands ‘ and ’ is symptomatic of a general malaise : the scriptwriters do n't think about the meaning of what they 've written , they just want it to sound pretty . |
| 2 | ‘ And you want it to remain that way ? ’ |
| 3 | I want it to remain open , but I also want to understand the position . |
| 4 | The times I have heard : ‘ We want it to look nice , mind you , but not take a lot of time . |
| 5 | If you do a lot of entertaining and want it to look spectacular at night , then mirror tiles will gleam and sparkle and reflect candle-light beautifully . |
| 6 | And I want it to stay that way . |
| 7 | You were his victim ; he wants it to stay that way . |
| 8 | ‘ We would n't want it to go wrong , ’ said Garvin . |
| 9 | Cos they did n't want it to go bad you see . |
| 10 | And erm we had him on two lots of antibiotics before he even had an anaesthetic to get the inflammation down and I do n't want it to get worse ! |
| 11 | I got to take my hat off , cos it keeps falling off and I do n't want it to get dirty . |
| 12 | Rickards did n't want it to become public knowledge and it wo n't . |
| 13 | Sources say there were only really four companies behind COSE : Unix System Laboratories Inc , Hewlett-Packard Co , IBM Corp and Sun Microsystems Inc : beyond that , says the source , Santa Cruz Operation Inc had to fight to get in and the Open Software Foundation was not a party to the negotiations ; but the real power behind the throne , although it does n't want it to appear that way , was of course Novell Inc . |
| 14 | The power behind the throne , though it does n't want it to appear that way , was Novell Inc . |
| 15 | Oh no I think I 'd want it to be comfortable , but I 'd also want it to look well what I considered to be nice . |
| 16 | He looked at Hari , ‘ And I did n't want it to look bad for you . ’ |
| 17 | He does n't think Joe wanted it to end that way . |
| 18 | He successfully ran it as what he wished it to remain , the last of the medieval halls ; he never wanted it to have full collegiate status . |
| 19 | ‘ We wanted it to look comfortable , ’ Patsy says . |
| 20 | He wanted it to work more than any of us . ’ |