Example sentences of "want on the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe that 's the type of thing you want on the floor . |
| 2 | Right Is that a word you want on the board ? |
| 3 | I thought it was today you want on the computer . |
| 4 | Even if your usual practice is to use handwritten notes there will be times when typed notes are preferable such as a difficult telephone conversation that you want on the record or a list of action points arising out of the meeting . |
| 5 | And just to make sure the volunteers sleep soundly they 'll be given a slap-up meal and as much wine and port as they want on the house . |
| 6 | Now that 's a word I want on the tape , rat-arsed ! |
| 7 | If one is in the midst of a worldwide tempest of economic recession , whom does one want on the bridge — my right hon. Friends the Prime Minister and the Foreign Secretary or their shadows , the two Ks ? |
| 8 | When she was castaway on Radio 4 's Desert Island Discs — a year before taking over the show — Sue told the then presenter Michael Parkinson that the luxury she would want on the island would be an endless supply of clean sheets and an iron . |
| 9 | She flicked a look at Travis as , without so much as asking her to hold on , Mr Green went away to tell Rosemary that she was wanted on the phone . |
| 10 | I 'm wanted on the phone , and then I have a long-standing business lunch and a couple of other appointments . |
| 11 | So the moment the shout was heard , one of them would rush and then try to provide what was wanted on the instant . |
| 12 | O'Hara 's landlady called up the stairs that he was wanted on the telephone . |
| 13 | At two o'clock he was called , and told that he was wanted on the telephone . |
| 14 | I was informed by a normally respectable member of the Gwili Board that I was wanted on the telephone in the shop . |
| 15 | They were at the toast and marmalade stage when Mrs. Mackintosh came in to say that Sir Bryan was wanted on the telephone . |
| 16 | But if you do n't tell them about things like banker 's order about the signature , particularly if two s two erm signatures are wanted on the cheque and the banker 's order , if the other guy 's not there you do n't go round until he 's available . |
| 17 | Details were wanted on the number of Englishmen employed " in the Mynes or at the said worke , either for getting Oare or about roasting & melting furnace or hamers , & whether there be any skilful to manage those works if the now farmers should dye . " |
| 18 | It was made clear to a friend of mine who was dying that he was not wanted on the ward , not through words but by the minimum care he was given after an unsuccessful operation and the refusal of any doctor to speak to him . |
| 19 | ‘ I 'm wanted on the ward , ’ she said breathlessly . |
| 20 | Besides which , Milada Pankracova , his secretary , expressly stated in her letter giving me the appointment that her employer had no time or inclination to repeat himself , and that this was the last communication they wanted on the subject . |
| 21 | If this was inconvenient , Richard did not say so , although to be called to the telephone , or wanted on the telephone , as Richard put it , always seemed a kind of reproach in itself . |
| 22 | He afterwards kept telephoning other Harvard dealers , pointing out that he could say what he wanted on the phone in his new place of employment as the calls were unrecorded . |
| 23 | That was illustrated by a sketch , and another drawing on the next page showed the ‘ Victorian bobble fringe ’ he wanted on the skirt . |
| 24 | What the people wanted on the fen was what they had already : grazing . |
| 25 | Satisfied that it would bring them exactly down to the point he wanted on the starboard side of Lord Jim , he asked — " How do you feel about your husband ? " |