Example sentences of "you want [verb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I said a suite ; there are two bedrooms , though if you want to spare the maids some work we can share . ’ |
| 2 | So I said to him , ‘ If you want to drive the Glory move your finger . ’ |
| 3 | I mean what do washing each day if you want to if you want to clean the walls , want to do |
| 4 | Then tell us , in no more than 20 words , why you want to attend the class . |
| 5 | Suppose you want to record the achievements of your sales team for each month of the past year . |
| 6 | The ONLY time you want to take the weight off is at the end of the casting off . |
| 7 | And if you want to take the matter further I suggest you call the President . |
| 8 | If you want to treat the pond , try cooking salt at a half-ounce per gallon of water . |
| 9 | If this is the case and you want to close the flue , you still have to start by having the flue swept . |
| 10 | ‘ If you want to define the Thatcher-and-after era in a single phrase , ’ he muses , ‘ accountants with plenary powers ’ says it . ’ |
| 11 | If you want to improve the window 's proportions , use a café curtain and place the curtain rod just above the sill level , allowing the curtain fabric ( which should be opaque ) to cover the wall below to a suitable level . |
| 12 | But if you want to improve the quality of your sex life , you have nothing to lose and everything to gain . |
| 13 | Can you see it requires more in a static holding , this is building muscle power and you have to do things , and muscle can build it if , it c if you asked that those legs to do that every day they would get better at it , because what the body would then do would be build in more muscle fibre to cope with the job , so can you see it , what you ask the body to do , you 've got to ask it the right amount , not too much or else you damage and you 've got to ask it regularly and gradually increase it if you want to improve the muscle power . |
| 14 | The spring can then be pushed or pulled to where you want to bend the pipe and then pulled out afterwards . |
| 15 | Somebody 's slipped over and they 've got all the grit in their knuckles in the part of their knuckles and you want to bandage the hand or there 's a cut on the hand , even on the palm , we can do that one later when it 's really , when it 's really a gash , gushing blood we can do this afternoon , I repeat again none of these which you 've done this morning will control severe bleeding , get it into your heads this is just to cover to keep infection out , alright , these are not to control severe bleeding just covering a minor wound or a graze , right ? |
| 16 | You want to persuade the trustees to withhold Peter 's rightful inheritance , and as well as that you 'll throw him out of his home too . |
| 17 | That is you 've got to prove to the admissions tutor or admissions selector that you want to do the course . |
| 18 | You want to do the things other girls do , like making yourself cheap , going to discos , letting those louts paw you ? |
| 19 | And then you can talk about all that in the interview , about your motivation as to why you want to do the job you see ? |
| 20 | if you want to do the job correctly , er it 's no good buying very cheap material if it 's gon na ruin the chair is it ? |
| 21 | But then if you want to do the restoration yo |
| 22 | If you want to watch the woodlice , rest the sheet of glass directly on the top of the pot . |
| 23 | You want to watch the telly . |
| 24 | You want to watch the telly ? |
| 25 | If you want to witness the extremes of passion and jealousy , do n't miss it . |
| 26 | But if you want to tackle the problem at the source then we must be on our way soon . ’ |
| 27 | Sometimes " of course " is added not because the information is obvious , but rather because you want to create the effect of being someone so deeply familiar with the material that this information is basic or obvious . |
| 28 | So if you want to invite the schoolmaster to taste some expensive oysters in August , you will henceforth have to invite the rather naked-looking maitre à gouter des huitres couteuses en aout . |
| 29 | right , well I 'm just making you some coffee , it 'll be , it 'll , nearly ready if you want to put the Beethoven music on for them |
| 30 | Now something exciting has happened , you want to dull the effect ! ’ |