Example sentences of "[adv] want [to-vb] off " in BNC.
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| 1 | losing , she only wants to show off . |
| 2 | I did not want to come off , because the points were so important . |
| 3 | Chanting 's when you 're talking to other Orcadians in your best English when there 's really no need for it when you just want to show off that you 're . |
| 4 | It was as if he just wanted to show off , or something . |
| 5 | Oh no I do n't do that , I dare n't it 's week days and I usually want to go off back to sleep |
| 6 | Children always want to show off and be different . ’ |
| 7 | It wants to be less reliant on the depressed shipping industry but it also wants to shake off the tag of being the world 's market of last resort and is determined to win safer contracts . |
| 8 | It wants to be less reliant on the depressed shipping industry but it also wants to shake off the tag of being the world 's market of last resort and is determined to win safer contracts . |
| 9 | She longed to stay where she was , listening to Penry talk in the resonant voice with the attractive trace of Welsh lilt , but she got up promptly , conscious that he probably wanted to get off to bed himself . |
| 10 | I do n't know , the last few times I 've tried to come off , I have n't really wanted to come off , thinking about it now . |
| 11 | The first is : if your father ran off with someone only a couple of years older than you , what this probably means is that he really wanted to run off with you . |
| 12 | But at the time , I suppose I never really wanted to come off . |
| 13 | He had badly wanted to sign off with a first victory in Adelaide and a record 10th in a single season . |
| 14 | gestures , big ones , enough to you know you do n't want to take off but open gestures , get your hands moving , does n't matter does it . |
| 15 | It was n't how you might think — we did n't want a witness , we did n't want to show off that we were in love ; he was just easy to be with . |
| 16 | It was n't the hard work he minded , he liked work , he liked long hours , he did n't want to slack off : it was the anxiety he could n't stand . |
| 17 | What you 've done wo n't sink in for ages , but you wo n't want to get off that horse . ’ |
| 18 | Naturally she does n't want to get off before having looked for it properly . |
| 19 | ALSO , Liverpool wo n't want to write off the best part of £1 million spent on recruiting Souness : £500,000 a year salary and £400,000 compensation to Rangers . |
| 20 | ‘ No , I 'd expected it ; he would n't want to start off on the wrong foot . ’ |
| 21 | Moreover , most users who did actually want to come off were reacting , not to heroin itself but the associated dangerous and stressful lifestyle . |