Example sentences of "want [pers pn] to " in BNC.
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1 | I 'm going to die , but they do not want me to , and so I try to stay cheerful for them . ’ |
2 | ‘ Do you want me to be married ? ’ |
3 | ‘ Perhaps it 'll make Daddy want me to be one too , ’ she added hopefully . |
4 | I guess he 'd want me to , if you asked . |
5 | She did n't want me to … women 's things … ’ |
6 | You can be Prince Philip — who do you want me to be ? ’ |
7 | ‘ Do you want me to be nice or honest ? ’ |
8 | I just suspect she 'd want me to . |
9 | So then Berndt and the old witch will know I 'm as smart as they do n't want me to be , AND that I 've been poking around in high-security files . |
10 | ‘ But do n't you want me to — ‘ |
11 | But do you really want me to … ’ |
12 | The police did n't want me to be sentenced , which I was stunned about . |
13 | Do you honestly want me to be your wife ? ’ |
14 | I had assumed he would still want me to be his wife , and wondered why he did not ask me . |
15 | ( somewhere I think he did n't want me to ) |
16 | ‘ Do you want me to … ? ’ he said , leaving the offer hanging . |
17 | Do you want me to be struck off ? |
18 | I can never be this … this dream woman whom you 've invented for yourself , nor live as you would want me to . |
19 | I will continue with the phototherapy work , as I believe she would want me to . |
20 | I called him in Aswan that afternoon , I said , " Majesty , do you want me to cone ? " he said , " Come at once . " |
21 | ‘ Then you really do n't want me to ? ’ |
22 | Er do you want me to ? |
23 | Do you want me to ? |
24 | Are you going to write them on , down , or do you want me to ? |
25 | ‘ Because you do not want me to . |
26 | Then what did you want me to be ? |
27 | ‘ You did n't want me to be hurt ? |
28 | ‘ As for my standing up for you , ’ he said now , out of the blue , ‘ why do n't you want me to ? ’ |
29 | My mother will want me to be more altruistic to hers , than my father will . |
30 | My father will want me to be more altruistic to his relatives , than my mother will . |