Example sentences of "want is [art] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ What you want is no concern of ours .
2 After reading your All I want is a room somewhere , I decided to write in case any of your readers were considering a home to Carla .
3 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 . ’
4 The last thing they all want is a Saddam bloody but unbowed ( President Bush , for the first time , last week urged the Iraqis to take matters into their own hands and force Saddam to ‘ step aside ’ ) .
5 What they want is a job . ’
6 ‘ But what I want is a bit of time to myself .
7 All I want is a little cottage .
8 What you want is a location that is always comfortably filled .
9 He added : ‘ What I want is a country of real opportunity where everyone is free to choose .
10 The Arts : All I want is a room in Soho
11 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 .
12 Well that 's all very nice , very nice indeed , but what I also want is a guaranteed non-stop sex machine and that 's exactly what I got with Jack .
13 ‘ What I want is a biodegradable board — like the husk of a grain of wheat .
14 All I want is a little of your energy .
15 All over the world ordinary people are marching , demonstrating , making their voices heard , letting the people in power know that what they want is a peaceful world for themselves and their children .
16 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 .
17 ‘ The only reward I want is a baby of my own .
18 What they want is a quick response facility to deal with emerging issues , and if the IASC is not prepared to do it , they will take it on themselves .
19 ‘ What I want is a safe , happy and successful climb — very much in that order .
20 What you want is a parasite that works for you , not on you , he had said .
21 Top Olympic official Dick Pound angered riders throughout the world by declaring : ‘ All the owners want is a horse that wins an Olympic gold , then sell it and make a fortune . ’
22 Now that I 'm famous , whenever I speak to my family , all they want is a signed photo for Enid or Ethel or someone at the office .
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 ‘ Anyway , what the Government want is a symbol of unity .
25 With our long history , with our traditions , what they have decided they want is a constitutional monarchy .
26 The last thing we want is a fight now . "
27 They soon agree that what they both want is a gentle current of fresh air , without direct draughts .
28 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 .
29 The problems start when they get out of the ‘ All I want is a basic word processor ’ frame of mind and start getting into some serious computing .
30 If all you want is a simple page of text run out in one of the standard LaserWriter fonts then any of the bureau should be able to manage that without any difficulty at all — if they ca n't then they probably wo n't last long in the business .
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