Example sentences of "want [pers pn] [to-vb] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 've been through it and I do n't want them to have to go through it because it can be stopped . |
| 2 | Why does not he tell Russia and the other former Soviet Union countries that we want them to get rid of nuclear weapons ? |
| 3 | Sarah 's told Teresa she 's to work she wants her to start working till five o'clock every night , and erm she wants to work sometimes , in the summer it 's gon na be |
| 4 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 5 | So it , then I had erm , I brought up my husband 's sister 's daughter from when she was fourteen , I brought her oh , yes fourteen , I brought her up for nine years and br brought her up as my own daughter like because she got , got to be put away in a home and I did n't want her to have to go into a home so I , I brought her up you know we brought her up and sort of as , I lost my little girl she was with me like , see and she still comes to me like , she still calls but she calls me mum , mother like now , ha , you know all those years I had her , she 's married and her family 's grown up now and er she 's got one daughter left , left at home who 's just got engaged that 's Mrs from er she lives , yes so , so that was my hubby 's er sister 's daughter she only had the one daughter and two brothers , but she , the brothers she do n't hear nothing of them they just , you know they were gon na put her in a home , but we took her so she did n't have to go in a home , I did n't want her to have to go in a home |
| 6 | If she is severely disturbed emotionally , above the level normally expected in bereavement , and if she can not sleep , he may prescribe tranquillisers and a night sedative ; but this will usually be only for a limited period to help her over a particularly bad patch , as he will not want her to become addicted to these drugs , which if taken for too long may delay the normal grieving process which she will need to experience if she is to make a satisfactory recovery . |
| 7 | ‘ Do n't want 'em to start puttin' on an act for us . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ People do n't want us to cut spending on hospitals , ’ he says . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you want us to get rid of it all for you ? ’ the man asked . |
| 10 | She realised that , subconsciously , she wanted him to keep talking to her . |
| 11 | Bernard smiled at Jenna and looked even then as if her wanted her to refuse to go with Alain . |
| 12 | ‘ There were a couple of stains here he wanted us to get rid of . |
| 13 | Len wanted us to get married in a Registry Office , but somehow , I would n't have felt properly married . |