Example sentences of "[adv] want [to-vb] to " in BNC.
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1 | We have two sorts of customers — those who are happy with DOS and want to carry on using it , and those who eventually want to move to Windows . |
2 | Frank obviously want to travel to the US next year and to be in contention he — has — to play first team football — Frank was cited today as not beeing to impressed with Deano : ’ 2 goals in 12 matches in England is not at all impressive ; the chances keep coming all the time in games over here ’ . |
3 | In all instances it is important for services to offer choice — some people need individual counselling or family work ; others merely want to talk to someone when they get desperate or need practical advice but are not yet ready to contemplate altering their habits . |
4 | ‘ We only want to talk to you . ’ |
5 | ‘ We only want to talk to you . |
6 | I know it 's a terrible time for me to turn up on your doorstep , but I only want to speak to you for a moment . |
7 | They no longer want to go to school . |
8 | Although The Art Newspaper has written extensively during the last few months about the problems the international art trade will be facing in just over half a year from now , I nevertheless want to bring to your attention some other serious difficulties which the art market will have to confront , issues which are quite separate from the general economic malaise affecting business at the moment . |
9 | I believe that the C E C is accepting this , and I just want to say to the branch secretaries out there , do what I do , tell every member grab the cheque and throw the disclaimer in the bin . |
10 | But please , I just want to talk to you for a little while . |
11 | ‘ I just want to talk to you about him . |
12 | I just want to talk to you , honey , and I ca n't . |
13 | I just want to go to bed and get to sleep . |
14 | ‘ I just want to go to sleep . |
15 | I just want to go to sleep and forget — forget it . ’ |
16 | ‘ Thank you , but — I just want to go to my room . ’ |
17 | I just want to get to Marks and Spencer . ’ |
18 | ‘ We just want to get to the bottom of things ’ |
19 | ‘ We want to find out what happened , we just want to get to the bottom of things . ’ |
20 | ‘ It is important we get these things right but basically we just want to add to the enjoyment of the displays . |
21 | I cried over that old letter , that fragment of academe , because it said in part what I had wanted , then wanted and still want to say to you and only to you , and because it expressed in part some of the physical ache and fear and disappointment I had felt , then felt and still ( in an increased measure ) feel . |
22 | I mean , that may have been the right impression , and I do n't want to force you to say more than you want to , or really anything , but I 'd like to know if you still want to write to me , possibly just about books , or if you wanted to — |
23 | You must pray to God to change it , if you ever want to go to heaven . ’ |
24 | Do you What do you do do you know if erm if you ever want to get to a phone to see a doctor or wh to get to a the doctor |
25 | Some clearly want to switch to city centre . |
26 | And I want to get back into Tibet and I also want to go to Russia . |
27 | They also want to talk to anyone in the Greta Avenue , Caledonian Road , Fernwood Avenue area at around 11pm on Saturday night or anyone who saw Mr McEvoy and his blue Ford Sierra car registration number D234 HAJ that night . |
28 | They also want to speak to an elderly man who was wearing a brown jacket and was refused entry to the bank because he arrived just as the robber had left . |
29 | They also want to speak to anyone who saw a silver-coloured Sierra leave the hotel car park just after 1am . |
30 | I want you all to think very hard about whether you really want to go to the toilet . ’ |