Example sentences of "[adj] desire [to-vb] [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Maybe … but veterans deserve a bit of R and R. Why this sudden desire to get back into the action ? ’ |
| 2 | He felt something like battle-fatigue — a great desire to lie down on the ground with his hands over his ears and take no further part in the war . |
| 3 | By the time she had got her cases up to the guest room , made the bed up and sorted out her food supplies it was beginning to get dark and , although she had a burning desire to go up to the studio , caution prevailed . |
| 4 | The appliance manufacturers , the frozen food kings , the canners and food merchants exploited to the hilt the female desire to get out of the kitchen just as quickly as possible . |
| 5 | Almost without being aware of it I 'd progressed from the hesitancy of my first few days there to a strong positive desire to go down to the starting gate : any starting gate , anywhere . |
| 6 | Just a positive desire to get out of the door and then you just pray . |
| 7 | Just a positive desire to get out of the door and then you just pray . |