Example sentences of "[adv] want an " in BNC.
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| 1 | On Sunday there is an additional train for grown ups who perhaps want an opportunity to celebrate in a seasonal way but without the children . |
| 2 | The SAAF Museum had long wanted an Oxbox and an exchange was arranged , with Lockheed Ventura II 6130 ( one time AJ469 ) coming the other way . |
| 3 | Mummy only wanted an excuse to get at me anyway . ’ |
| 4 | He did not want an American invasion . |
| 5 | She had also said that she did not want an epidural . |
| 6 | The teachers in the two departments are possessed of a missionary zeal to improve the quality of their pupils ' lives ; they do not want an English education to be useful or vocational , but to enable the pupils to think critically about themselves , about life , and about society . |
| 7 | They did not want an election on 7 November . |
| 8 | It is particularly interesting , however , to discover that a small group of white collar workers at Rolls Royce did not want an intellectually taxing job and provisions were made for them in the final design . |
| 9 | Mr Rurka said he found the council 's decision difficult to understand , but he stressed that he did not want an adversarial relationship . |
| 10 | The city 's council has decided that it no longer wants an unlimited number of gypsies or travellers , many of whom are using illegal pitches , descending on the city . |
| 11 | Most probably just want an inexpensive look at a bit of ‘ typical Greece ’ not far from Athens : the working waterfront , with fishing boats moored alongside the rich tourists ' yachts ; some amiable villages up handsome valleys ; a quick taste of that Aegean simplicity of water , bare rock and sky . |
| 12 | We might even decide we just want an effluent channel . |
| 13 | Not bothered about that , just want an idea . |
| 14 | The G M B and other unions , but principally the G M B cos that 's one I 'm concerned about , needs to pressurize councillors and officers because councillors and officers have been bombarded with almost as much legislation as the trade unions have had from the Tory government and most of them actually just want an easy time , so you 've got to hassle them , you got to harass them what they do . |
| 15 | He sighed , not wanting an answer and shook his head . |
| 16 | You just wanted an excuse to vamp him . |
| 17 | I just wanted an opinion . |
| 18 | They still want an independent inquiry conducted by doctors from outside the Oxfordshire Health Authority . |
| 19 | Despite abandoning a planned £34m ( $66m ) European airline venture with Belgium 's carrier , Sabena , and KLM Royal Dutch Airlines , British Airways still wants an alliance with the troubled Sabena , but faces competition from other airlines pursuing the same goal . |
| 20 | For a woman who still wants an active sex life , this is hardly satisfactory . |
| 21 | I 've always wanted an en suite bathroom , she would say to visitors , to her friends on the phone , to , he would n't be surprised , tradesmen on the doorstep or strangers she accosted in the street . |
| 22 | She had always wanted an animal of her own , and so she began to feel a little interest in Dickon . |
| 23 | I always wanted an A one photocopier . |
| 24 | The Italian army chief of staff , General Goffredo Canino , also wants an all-volunteer rapid intervention force composed of five brigades with , in all , 30,000 men . |
| 25 | Some district societies also want an assurance that the Institute will not take on additional regulatory responsibilities without consulting the membership : some go as far as urging it to oppose any future legislation to extend statutory regulation of members ' activities . |
| 26 | There were some questions he urgently wanted an answer to . |
| 27 | Parents also wanted an increased availability of specialist ‘ therapy ’ time , but wanted it to be used in a more flexible way . |
| 28 | But I , I also wanted an endorsement |
| 29 | well I do n't really want an electric one , I can see missing a hole on here and |
| 30 | I think an example which came up in the Health and Environmental Protection Committee recently , did we really want an AIDS Advice Officer ? |