Example sentences of "[prep] [v-ing] what [pers pn] want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We got votes against our proposals with no reasons given at all , you 've now got down to the point of having no reasons at all for opposing what we want to do . |
| 2 | … children find it easier to improvise , and therefore liberate themselves in terms of discovering and finding valuable ways of expressing what they want to say through sound , but also learning new skills through improvisation . |
| 3 | It 's not just a question of deciding what you want to use a camera for ; you also need to think about the quality you want . |
| 4 | But I think young people now are much more free in terms of choosing what they want to read , or see , and in terms of things like the pill and contraceptives . |
| 5 | The only way to make mathematics relevant to pupils who study it is to involve them in deciding what they want to learn and how they want to learn it . |
| 6 | Now look at which fears prevent you from doing what you want to do now . |
| 7 | When I 'm happy I 'm a wonderful person to be with , but if anyone tries to keep me from doing what I want to do then I 'm … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ It 's just that in life we believe in doing what you want to do . |
| 9 | This approach , of course , has the added and considerable value of involving the users of the systems ( doctors , nurses , managers ) in specifying what they want to get from it . |
| 10 | They represent optional cues which writers and speakers may use in organising what they want to communicate . |
| 11 | Smashing Pumpkins have become one of the most fêted recent faces on the Amer-indie scene simply by doing what they want to do . |
| 12 | Perhaps these kinds of questions are best answered by knowing what we want to analyse . |