Example sentences of "[pron] want [to-vb] and [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 It made me want to go and live in San Francisco . ’
2 ‘ That man makes me want to go and live in San Francisco , ’ said Mum .
3 I want to come and talk to you . ’
4 I want to grow and develop as a person in areas that I have not explored yet .
5 It is in this setting that I want to try and talk about Moral Re-Armament .
6 I wanted to teach and went to training college .
7 What a heavenly dilemma : I wanted to stay and go at the same time .
8 so I wanted to try and go for the C C Q , this is it , this is what we 're gon na ask you and of course it did n't work but I had to try it to see .
9 We are we are very close now to completing the final lease agreement with Moat erm as we 're not quite there yet I 'm I 'm gon na be suggesting if it 's possible to er , amend er one of the recommendations er , recommendation B , er , to take note of the facts that we quite er , finalised the agreement yet erm I wanted to try and get in line with the er , programme for the recommendation which came out of Great Parndon Neighbourhood Committee .
10 The way the parapet wall , which screens the attics , sweeps down in a bold curve is exceptionally pretty , and it really makes you want to stop and stare at the house as you glimpse it through trees and across the river meadow from the Dorchester to Godmanstone road .
11 Do you want to go and sit in the lounge , Joanna ?
12 Who do you want to go and gurgle at ?
13 Do you want to go and play with her ?
14 Oh dear God , why did she want to laugh and cry at the same time ?
15 ‘ Do n't you see , ’ the stranger said , ‘ she does n't want to wheedle your Uncle Albert into winding up the gramophone , she wants to sit and talk to me like a civilized person .
16 Write down exactly what you hope to do with your new horse and what your priorities are ; perhaps you want to hack and compete in Riding Club events , or maybe you want to concentrate on dressage or show jumping .
17 ‘ My father was an industrial chemist and he said if you want to go and work for them , go and work for them . ’
18 You want to go and look for him ? "
19 You want to come and talk to your daddy ?
20 I was going to say , you say you do n't have to watch it , well you want to come and stay in my house !
21 I mean do we want to go and stay with the children at camp or shall we stay home ?
22 We want to come and talk to you about — whatever it might be .
23 But another thing to be shown how to do it and that 's what , really what we want to try and do for the rest of the talk is to not just keep preaching at you and telling you what to do , but to show you how , so that 's the purpose of the talk from now on , now in this outline there are , I 've got about fourteen different points here and it 'll highlight ways in which we can er stay awake , what I 'm going to do is to read straight through them and then we 'll go back and pick a couple out , because it 's impossible to concentrate on the entire er amount , so we 'll do that , it 's er a number of things we can do to keep virtually awake keep up with the food at the proper time from Jehovah 's organizations that 's studying and things like that is n't it ?
24 For a department within C U and er we 've done this design on it , and come up with a new system , that we want to try and sell to other departments within the company .
25 We hurry them on when they want to stop and look at some new marvel .
26 They want to know what is going on , and what the general wants them to do , and why , and when ; they want to see and decide in their own minds what sort of person he is .
27 They wanted to stay and listen at the door , but I was n't having that .
28 Does n't anyone want to come and talk to me ?
29 It 's not the sort of room that anyone wants to come and chat to you in .
30 Now that David has decided he wants to stay and fight for his place , he will have made his job all the harder .
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