Example sentences of "want [verb] [prep] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some people will want to quarrel with this analysis ; but for our present purposes its accuracy is less important than the use Miller makes of it . |
| 2 | It may well be a mistake for a director to restrict earnings in favour of dividends , however , if he thinks he might want to retire within 13 years . |
| 3 | Why would she want to go with this man ? |
| 4 | possibly also they might not want to go on national television |
| 5 | Did you want to go on this side ? |
| 6 | I 'd like you to tell your story to a couple of my colleagues and they may want to go into greater detail . |
| 7 | I do n't want to go into great detail , but I would be happy to make reference to the document . |
| 8 | I do not want to go into that argument ; I simply wish to illustrate my point . |
| 9 | The difference between the two types is their chemical make-up and whilst I do n't want to go into lengthy explanations about the proportions of carbon and hydrogen atoms that determine the types of fatty acid it is important to realize that fat is n't just a single compound but comes in many forms . |
| 10 | I 'm sorry about that , it really is more of a second thought , although I do n't want to go into any detail and I 'd like , like any broad that you have to be in my mind in this case at least |
| 11 | ‘ We do n't want to go through that business we had with A&M . |
| 12 | The more experienced teacher who has used the program several times , on the other hand , will not want to go through lengthy explanations and interrogations by the program amid the pressures of the classroom . |
| 13 | The training in on offer appears to be about increasing management capabilities and if you do n't want to go down that road there is a problem , for there is a significant and genuine gap between the expectation of school boards and how their task was perceived by the Scottish Office . |
| 14 | Er I I I he said that oh yes I do want to go down these stairs but there 's folks coming up and down and the esc you know , someone coming on the escalator . |
| 15 | Harold Samuel was furious , ‘ What do you want to go to that place for ? |
| 16 | It was luck that Anne came out on top because she did n't want to go to medical school anyway . |
| 17 | ‘ Who 'd want to go to those places ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want to go to any Florida ! ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Do we really want to go to this bash ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ The businessman does n't want to go to different people to talk about things on the marketing front and someone else on the financial front . ’ |
| 21 | But , she thought , I might be called back and I would not know what to say , I do not want to go amongst mad people , to have them stare at me , to see the unpleasantness of a lot of geriatric cases . |
| 22 | Do they want to plan for organic change or reap the fruit of a retail giant that might , no matter what the quality of the architecture , be redundant in another 25 years ? |
| 23 | He was rude today and I do n't want to sit with rude people and I 'm not going any more . ’ |
| 24 | We may be an enlightened society but I 'm sure many people do n't want to sit through graphic descriptions of a certain type of sanitary towel — especially at meal times . |
| 25 | But will anyone want to sit through nine hours of amateur theatre ? |
| 26 | We do n't want to fall into that situation . |
| 27 | I think you mentioned earlier on in the meeting that some authorities have n't taken advantage of European money and we do n't want to fall into that trap . |
| 28 | With the South Koreans proving to be serious challengers , the Japanese obviously do not want to contend with another team for Asian supremacy . |
| 29 | In such circumstances it is natural that Ministers should want to implement without undue delay policies for changes in the legal framework of the criminal law and for dealing with offenders which they may have espoused before coming to power . |
| 30 | Remove handles , nameplate and door seal and carefully mask off all areas that you do not want to paint with overlapping sheets of newspaper . |