Example sentences of "he want a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What would he want a word about ? ’ she questioned hostilely , wanting him to be gentle as he had been that morning .
2 ‘ Or did he want a couple with the same number of children as he had ?
3 Does he want a Cardiff bay barrage to be built ?
4 Does he want a smack in the mouth ?
5 ‘ Well , does he want a home for the priest , I would take him with pleasure , ’ said Bishop Jon , ‘ and no doubt you could find room for the other if called on .
6 He asks , explains Odd-Knut , why , should he want a picture of his hut on the wall when he can go outside and look at it ?
7 ‘ And if I do , will he want a slut ? ’
8 J. decided he wanted a photograph of me , and although I did tease him a bit about this — what did he want a photograph of me for when I was there in front of him most of the time ? — at his insistence I finally went and had it done .
9 Is Jamie being collected , or does he want a ride home ? ’
10 But we asked erm Colin , di did he want a monitor ?
11 Well Boris Yeltsin this morning has said that he wants a veto over the use of nuclear weapons and about ninety percent of which I think are on Russian soil , that perhaps can be interpreted , additional safeguard to have another veto .
12 He thinks that he wants a reconciliation , and up to a point he does ; but what he hopes most of all is that Alfred will give his blessing to the new play he has written — a drama of sibling rivalry called Brother Mine .
13 The bird he wants a biscuit .
14 That 's why he wants a goal urgently , and , besides , he has a point to prove — he wants to show United they were right !
15 Now he 's got that , he says he wants a wordprocessor .
16 PIECES OF EIGHT : Lewis lands his eighth Olympic gold medal — now he wants a showdown with Christie
17 T to shift the gear , cos he wants a couple
18 Perhaps he wants a drink now .
19 I bet he wants a bollocks P C.
20 Di , Di did n't have but the one but he come up , he said said he wants a spirit level and he wants a tape measure he 'd got the spirit level he said I ca n't find the tape measure he said , said it was on top of the bag .
21 Because it was agreed it should be a single storey dwelling and he 's going for he wants a chalet type bungalow .
22 He wants a girl friend and I want a boy friend , and as I like him ( or at least what I know of him ) and I think he likes me , I think it would be good for both of us if we could be friends .
23 He wants a word with you . ’
24 He says he wants a word with you , Sophie . ’
25 If he wants a wife he 'll find one soon enough .
26 My daughter ( seven ) wants to be a ballerina when she grows up and my son ( five ) says he wants a wife ‘ to do the cooking ’ .
27 and he wants a wife
28 Perhaps he wants a tip ?
29 He wants a machine with intelligence ; he must therefore have a man .
30 He says he wants a compromise acceptable to Britain and its partners — which means he does not want to stop other countries moving towards EMU .
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