Example sentences of "want [verb] a big [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heart 's desire : Jeffrey Archer who wants to play a bigger role in politics |
| 2 | So if you want to camouflage a big feature , keep it matt . |
| 3 | Well I I want to have a big picture of England on the wall on which I can start to tick off bits as we get them . |
| 4 | Both Boeing and McDonnell Douglas are making shorter versions of their small jets , and Holland 's Fokker wants to make a bigger version of its 100-seater . |
| 5 | The delay is due to the complex documentation required , X/Open claims , saying that it wants to make a big splash for XPG4 , now scheduled for the Autumn . |
| 6 | Eddie Bleasdale , managing director of Bleasdale Computer Systems , sums up : ‘ We never want to become a big company because it is just not our scene . |
| 7 | I just did n't want to make a big mistake . ’ |
| 8 | Anyway , I do n't want to make a big issue about this , I just want to ask . |
| 9 | ‘ I do n't want to make a big thing about holing myself up in the middle of nowhere , but people are asking me where I 've been and I ca n't really say I 've been touring the Far East or helping Bob ( we think he means Dylan — Ed ) with his album . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't want to make a big thing of it . ’ |
| 11 | Johnny Kirk , whose family had been connected with the ‘ mayor-making ’ over the years , said they did not want to make a big production of it or turn it into a tourist attraction ; they wanted to keep it as it was , ‘ a local event for local people ’ . |
| 12 | Mansell , due to race for the Newman-Haas Indy Car team in America next season , said : ‘ I ran across the track to get away because I wanted to avoid a big fight . |