Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 2 | I 'll be looking at your statement later and I 'll probably want to see you in the next day or so . ’ |
| 3 | He did not want to bring her in to talk to him , nor did he want to interview her in the presence of her devoted but sharp-eyed husband . |
| 4 | I would n't want to tip you over the brink . ’ |
| 5 | You do n't want to stick them on the wall cos of bringing all the er paint off . |
| 6 | Mind you , I do n't suppose you would really want to stick them in the top of the Christmas pudding either . |
| 7 | ‘ She did n't want to discuss it on the phone , that 's all I know . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'd want to club him on the head with a soulier de satin after two hours , ’ said Roger , in a harsh hurrying tone . |
| 9 | As the weather became colder , I did n't want to leave him in the pond . |
| 10 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 11 | But I do n't want to leave it to the last game of the season . |
| 12 | I do n't want to leave it in the car . |
| 13 | Only we I do n't , I do n't know about you but I do n't want to leave it until the last minute |
| 14 | Why did everyone want to put her in the wrong when she had done nothing to deserve it ? |
| 15 | I said to him on what grounds did you want to put her in the unit . |
| 16 | Do want to put her in the bed now then ? |
| 17 | You would n't mind if he married your daughter , but you would n't want to put him on the front page . |
| 18 | They did n't , the Apple did n't like it , they did n't want to put it in the font . |
| 19 | Well let , let , let , let me tell you , I do n't want to put you on the spot , the , the , the analogy is of er the typical pattern of development of a neurosis , which Freud says is a trauma that happens often in infancy . |
| 20 | ‘ I did n't want to disturb you in the middle of a meeting . ’ |
| 21 | When you can use video as another classroom aid , when and how it suits the language programme you are teaching , you almost certainly wo n't want to use it in the same way at the same time each week . |
| 22 | I do n't suppose Father Courtney will want to expose you to the temptations of the World and the Flesh a day longer than necessary . ’ |
| 23 | Who would want to run her off the road the way the Audi had done ? |
| 24 | I shall want to send them to the department in Whitechapel Hospital , but I 'm sure they 'll confirm — ’ |
| 25 | I do n't want to share it with the rest of the bloody world , and I do n't intend to . |
| 26 | It must be for the local authorities , which have the statutory responsibilities , to take those responsibilities extremely seriously and I would not want to divorce them from the primary responsibility for undertaking those tasks . |
| 27 | You may wish to leave your monthly transfer at the same amount ; or you may want to amend it in the light of an increase in the cost of living or changes in your expenditure plans . |
| 28 | The local enterprise companies in Scotland would want to consider the matter , although I doubt whether at this stage we should want to regard it as the responsibility of the LECs to give individual support or subsidy to people seeking such a qualification . |
| 29 | ‘ I particularly do n't want to get it at the moment , ’ he said rather irritably . |
| 30 | Do you want to , do you want to check it on the calculator ? |