Example sentences of "want [verb] [pers pn] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She 's looking for a decent second-hand one , and I actually want to buy her a new one , and she does n't know about it . |
| 2 | I 'm doing it tomorrow cos I want to leave it a little bit |
| 3 | ‘ And if you want to do me a real favour , stop saying yes , for Christ 's sake . ’ |
| 4 | Or maybe maybe that is n't the first thing you want to do , if you want to do it a different way , do it whichever makes more sense to you . |
| 5 | We love her so much and want to give her a lovely home . |
| 6 | What happens if he says well I want to alter it a little bit ? |
| 7 | I I 'm very grateful to the minister but I want to ask him a straightforward question . |
| 8 | They would begin to know that putting a little eighth note right before the next bar meant anticipation and that made things easier because , if you have a half hour lesson and they want to learn something by Iron Maiden , and you want to show them a dorian mode in three octaves and they 've got to show you their chords in four or five positions , you 've got to work fast ! |
| 9 | They want to rip all the trees down as well they want to make it a little piazza thing do n't they ? |
| 10 | I want I want to tell you a secret |