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 . |