Example sentences of "[noun] want [pron] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Taylor wants everyone to be sunny side up after the World Cup qualifier to make up for the fact that no English club sides are left in Europe and give everyone — players and fans — a lift . |
| 2 | Rain wanted him to be careful not to gloss . |
| 3 | People want me to be funny all the time . |
| 4 | Only 31% wanted it to be illegal in all circumstances , and 5% were undecided . |
| 5 | The coheirs will be able to claim the share of the estate , with Titius retaining or taking in advance the amount with which the testator wanted him to be content . |
| 6 | Second , users want them to be portable , so size and battery life is important . |
| 7 | Will society want them to be literate and numerate in the senses we now use the words ? |
| 8 | They are not looking for you to fail — every audition panel wants you to be good . |
| 9 | The proper reply , which accepts the fact that we may rightly have some suspicion of a view on the ground that its proponent wants it to be true , is that the satisfactions afforded by indeterminist as against determinist claims of one kind and another are far greater . |
| 10 | This found that 7% of Irish voters wanted abortion to be legal under all circumstances and another 57% wanted it to be legal under certain circumstances . |
| 11 | She knew that her mother wanted her to be fatter ; she willed herself to grow solid flesh like Hyacinth , but nothing changed . |