Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age .
2 ‘ We do n't want to go for the sort of so called innovation that can alienate an audience , ’ he exclaims when we talk about the sometimes clichéd dynamics of their music .
3 See really all you need to do is pull it , you 've got two posts , how high do you want to go with the posts , about that high ?
4 Observers see the Royal couple no longer enjoy each other 's company and reports reveal Diana did not want to go on the trip .
5 So I asked Dad , it took me ages , and he said , " What do you want to go on the Pill for ? "
6 I do n't want to go on the challenge .
7 The dogs were fat and strong , and they did n't want to go on the ship .
8 ‘ I do n't know why Judith did n't want to go on the boat .
9 ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’
10 Ten more minutes or so went by until she was ready for the net , one scoop followed by some frantic throwing in of excess tail which did n't want to go into the net and she was ours .
11 ‘ What made you want to go into the theatre ? ’
12 Cos I do n't want to go into the T S B !
13 ‘ I did n't want to go into the Army at all , ’ he will tell you .
14 Yes , I do n't want to go into the Poll Tax argument on this
15 Well do you want to go into the fashion shop ?
16 Yes , as I said previously , I did n't particularly want to go into the detail , because obviously as a member of P A G , Mrs , you 'll get an opportunity to see that particular detail .
17 He did n't want to go into the fact that someone had died .
18 Remember Colin was put into that job er because he was displaced , he did n't want to go into the job .
19 ‘ I do n't want to go into the castle .
20 ‘ I do n't want to go over the machine , ’ said Evelyn .
21 At first Lindy did not want to go over the wall .
22 I do n't really want to go over the grounds which you know you would seek to weigh different erm locations .
23 I did n't want to go through the arguments for and against .
24 As soon as the redundancies were announced , just over half of those who retired before the pension age decided that they did not want to go through the process of trying to find work .
25 I I I do n't want to go down the road to the same extent that they 've done , when they put us into debt by fifty er fifty billion o o o o o o o just on on on one day , but I 'm sure that there is a a strong case to look
26 Do you want to go to the Moon , too ? ’
27 Well they do n't want to go to the sea , erm
28 Remarkably , when she was given ungrammatical sentences to repeat , she often produced a grammatically correct version : she repeated ‘ She write she mother a letter ’ as ‘ She wrote her mother a letter ’ , and ‘ Do you want to go movies ? ’ as ‘ Do you want to go to the movies ? ’ .
29 I did want to go to the boutique .
30 He would start to pressurise her again and she did n't really want to go to the Dordogne at all .
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