Example sentences of "want [is] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I want 's a bit of cooperation . |
| 2 | Want 's a transfer , there was hundred 's of people on the list to try and get this way , I mean it 's like this women who took Jane 's house , to swop Jane , she did n't even come and look at Jane , she said yes I 'll have it |
| 3 | Who want 's a game of golf ? |
| 4 | What you want 's an Escort |
| 5 | The last thing we want is a fight now . " |
| 6 | What you want is a location that is always comfortably filled . |
| 7 | He added : ‘ What I want is a country of real opportunity where everyone is free to choose . |
| 8 | ‘ Anyway , what the Government want is a symbol of unity . |
| 9 | Mr Maclean said : ‘ You have big companies here who are trying to compete and the one thing these companies want is a level playing field . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ All I want is a bed for a few days . ’ |
| 11 | The last thing you want is a chill . |
| 12 | Although the last thing we want is a return to rigid central control , the NHS does need some coordination to ensure that scarce resources are used to best advantage and not wasted by the unsupervised duplication of facilities . |
| 13 | The last thing that we want is a return to the spend , spend , spend — tax , tax , tax policies of the Labour party . |
| 14 | Yeah all we want is a turkey . |
| 15 | But all I want is a knob to say right film tonight |
| 16 | ‘ But what I want is a bit of time to myself . |
| 17 | Only when you 've got brothers like mine , what you want is a bit of peace . |
| 18 | So all you want is a bit of erm |
| 19 | All I want is a chance to prove myself . |
| 20 | Yeah , right I 've decided what I really want is a dick that , that , that drags on the floor . |
| 21 | What they want is a change in the structure of society much more radical than political adjustment . |
| 22 | All I , all I want is a carrier bag . |
| 23 | What the RFU want is a period of experimentation rather than a four-year moratorium , a view shared by the Irish RFU technical director George Spotswood , the WRU director of refereeing Ken Rowlands and even one of the leading advocates of reform — NZRFU chairman Eddie Tonks . |
| 24 | What we want is a dictatorship . |
| 25 | I do n't want readers getting the wrong idea about this letter , but the compulsion to write came on seeing people like Jeff Young , who thinks I Should Be So Lucky is a good song ( well , it probably is , if you 're 10 years old ) ; Norman Jay , who does n't want bands to get in touch if all they want is a record deal ; Mick Clarke , who ‘ wants people to tell him what he 's listening to is good ’ , then only signs people he likes , etc . |
| 26 | I think that there is every reason to suppose and hope that that kind of approach is what most people want and er even er Mr Bush and Mrs Thatcher and others have said that er the last thing they want is a war . |
| 27 | When you get called out at 2am and it 's pouring with rain , the last thing you want is a car that wo n't start . |
| 28 | She is always turning from what has been offered her to say with a demure little sigh and smile , ‘ Oh , please , please … all I want is a cup of tea , weak but not too weak , and the teeniest weeniest bit of really crisp toast . ’ |
| 29 | What you really want is a printout of all those commands |
| 30 | Yeah that 's all you want is a rave up in n it ? |