Example sentences of "want [to-vb] on the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | well no , but not on , to town , but there might be somewhere they want to go on the way |
| 2 | All this supposes that the persons mentioned want to go on the search trek in the first place . |
| 3 | ‘ I want to go on the stage , ’ she had said , six long months ago now . |
| 4 | Tory vice-chairman Andrew Mitchell has written to all candidates asking if they want to remain on the list and requesting a new CV . |
| 5 | Want to sit on the floor mate ? |
| 6 | I 'll tell you everything you want to know on the telephone now . |
| 7 | And now you want to work on the exhibition you were so all-fired about , I was so inspired by , same deal , huh ? |
| 8 | If you just want to work on the length of pipe between the cistern and the taps , shut the gatevalve first ( if there is one ) opening the taps will drain the pipe . |
| 9 | By March 1989 Paddy Hopkins of MEG was arguing against the type of short-term development involved in mining and in favour of development based on indigenous , renewable natural resources , especially on the tourist and leisure industries : ‘ We want to concentrate on the development of tourism to provide jobs , not the short-term benefit — perhaps five years — which mining would bring ’ . |
| 10 | ‘ No , I want to concentrate on the boy , Peter . |
| 11 | In this chapter I want to concentrate on the response of community educators , particularly their reaction to the problems and issues facing the working class . |
| 12 | Like my hon. Friend , I want to concentrate on the future rather than the past 20 years . |
| 13 | I want to concentrate on the week in Adelaide in January 1933 that brought it all to a head , and the personal dilemma I faced as the Teuter-Press Association correspondent . |
| 14 | Some MEPs want ultimately to take over from the council the main responsibility for passing EC laws , while others want to concentrate on the right to appoint the European Commission . |
| 15 | It 's true that the show has to go on but if such behaviour caught on I 'd be bound to go on and say , ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , so-and-so is n't coming ’ because they not only want to appear on the show , they want to produce it as well ! ’ |
| 16 | Chairman , the last speech was really explaining what I want to get over the fact that so many people want to talk on the issue and to complicate the issue . |
| 17 | ‘ I want to play on the US Tour eventually , too , and the Americans do n't care how much money you have won . |
| 18 | oh tell mummy I want to play on the bikes |
| 19 | This course , which is the only one of its type in Northern Ireland , is designed to cater for students who wish to study accounting and other related subjects before deciding whether they want to embark on the study of professional accountancy , or who wish to acquire sufficient knowledge of accounting before taking up employment . |
| 20 | I want to spy on the shrubs . " |
| 21 | They want to build on the land . ’ |
| 22 | I want to build on the graveyard . ’ |
| 23 | Now they want to build on the site , but the local council say it should be restored as part of the countryside . |
| 24 | If borrowers want to keep on the insurance after the free 12 months , the cost is 43p a month per £1,000 of mortgage so the cost would be £12.90 a month for a £30,000 mortgage . |
| 25 | Why did this fellow Dickens want to live on the top of a hill ? |
| 26 | So you want to live on the coast ? |
| 27 | Colin Strang Steel who is dealing with the sale told Outdoor Action ‘ Some of the potential buyers want to live on the island , but I would n't expect it would be full time . |
| 28 | When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist . |
| 29 | It could be , that you want a house , you might currently be in rented accommodation and you want to get on the property ladder . |
| 30 | We must move on , because we 've got to have a commercial break , and then we want to check on the traffic . |