Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pron] want for " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They had some panelling I wanted for a boat I did up , and some antique bathroom fittings . |
| 2 | Belinda was instantly aware of the fact that she was dressed only in the silk slip that Faye had decided best captured the mood she wanted for her painting . |
| 3 | ‘ First , you 're going to get the video equipment you want for Condor and take it out there . |
| 4 | Anyway , erm we went to the Ca Polly had n't seen them in the shops anywhere and went to Caerphilly market on Saturday morning and as we were coming from it he said look there 's a shirt you want for Robert there . |
| 5 | So if we see Father Christmas Carla you know that head band you wanted for Christmas dancing . |
| 6 | Get down to Bob Cratchitt 's this minute and give Tiny Tim that away kit he wants for Chrimbo you tight get . |
| 7 | Mother love , iron discipline , cooked breakfasts — nothing promises the protection we want for our six-foot babies . |
| 8 | So wh are you saying that all this stuff you want for the admin course , you 're gon na raise money separately or do you want |
| 9 | It 's strange you have an image in your mind of the particular person you want for the particular role . |
| 10 | That 's the sort of colour you want for the top of your is n't it ? |
| 11 | There , my darlings , is not Miss Abbott a finer sight by far than that tawdry tinsel fairy you wanted for our tree ? |
| 12 | At an adjoining table , Sharon Dudley and David Wilson described themselves as consultant marketists — they sell discount cards on the basis that ‘ it gives people the stuff they want for three-quarters of the normal price and the shops would rather get 75 per cent of something than nothing in recessionary times ’ . |
| 13 | Individuals and families differ considerably in what kind of education they want for their children and what kind of care for their dependants . |
| 14 | Over the past 20 years , there has been a growth in the number of these schools , because many parents have felt that governments have not been providing the quality of education once found in grammar schools , and are willing to forgo expensive holidays and luxuries , in order to provide the education they want for their children . |
| 15 | In fact , his parents had both been excruciatingly polite to her , but that had only made it even more obvious that she was n't the kind of wife they wanted for their clever , ambitious son . |
| 16 | Elizabeth had won the essay competition and was just about to stand up when Jessica got up and she walked up to Mr and she asked and he asked her what magazine she wanted for the year and she said Rock Seventeen Jessica knew what magazine Elizabeth wanted and she just said Rock Seventeen . |
| 17 | The money they wanted for us to use it even just a weekend was absolutely ridiculous which to me seems in opposition to the whole idea of the borough . |
| 18 | and he said , he said that 's just the man I want for a little job |
| 19 | TWO PEOPLE were charged last night with terror offences in London while police hunting the killers of a soldier in Derby named a man they wanted for questioning . |
| 20 | Shortly after , the Watch Committee decided unanimously that Henry Peck was no longer the man they wanted for Chief Constable . |
| 21 | You will notice that I never include rice and pasta in the menus on the last day of the week to avoid causing an artificial weight gain — the last thing we want for tomorrow morning . |
| 22 | Erm , if we are asking Mr to look at the long-term viability and the ways of preserving that , those options may be other than option one which was what you moved , and I think it 's rather premature to actually go down a road that says we preserve it in it 's present form with some disposals , when , we are asking for a report for it 's future viability , which may mean complete disposal , or may not , and I think , that , that 's why I 've seconded Mr 's amendment , because it 's right we should wait for that that report to come to property , know the full facts , and then we can make a decision as to which option we want for the County Farms estate . |
| 23 | In order to create the Party atmosphere we want for the show , the event will be recorded in front of studio audiences at Central TV 's studios in Nottingham on 13 and 15 December . |
| 24 | Emperor Frederick showed him great kindness and asked what reward he wanted for playing so well upon the bagpipes . |