Example sentences of "'s [adv] [pers pn] want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah you see , well when we were looking you see so many and you think ooh that looks nice , ooh that 's nice but some of them are just so squadgy and well nice if you , if that 's how you want to sit |
| 2 | ‘ That 's how you want to play it , is it ? ’ he asked , coming quickly towards her . |
| 3 | I suppose I look very confident ; I know that most of the time , that 's how I want to look . |
| 4 | I think its very difficult to be yourself these days because you , you see so many magazines with beautiful people in and you think that 's how I want to look and its , its a sort of , pressure thing all the time |
| 5 | Well that 's when you want to put it on is n't it ? |
| 6 | That 's why they want to reassure them of their treatment at the Police station . |
| 7 | That 's why we want to stay in Hout Bay and most of us are working for them here in Hout Bay ; they should know that . |
| 8 | That 's why we want to learn . ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps that 's why he wants to talk . ’ |
| 10 | That 's why he wants to tell the police the whole story — everything that happened — then he 'll be able to clear his name and be a free man again . |
| 11 | That 's why he wants to stay here . |
| 12 | That 's why she wanted to get away quickly . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ I suppose that 's why you want to go on — you 're missing your usual dose of female adulation ! ’ |
| 14 | You want to get something out of it , that 's why you want to go . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's why you want to get rid of me . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ So that 's why you want to have a look round this Mait 's place ? ’ |
| 17 | Right and that 's why I wanting to see whether . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's why I want to invite Martin Ward out with us . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's why I want to invite her , ’ Lady Blemley replied . |
| 20 | That 's why I want to take one of you as you are now . ’ |
| 21 | Clara could hardly shriek at her , you know bloody well why not , you know bloody well why I ca n't go , it 's because you 're such a bloody-minded sadistic old hypocrite , it 's because you think Paris is vice itself , and so do I , and so do I , and that 's why I want to go . |
| 22 | That 's why I want to talk to you . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's why I want to alter it , ’ explained my mother wearily , too tired to argue . |
| 24 | ‘ That 's why I want to get out of it . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , that 's why I want to get rid of it first . |
| 26 | Well they ai n't going to anyway does a two or three years , they 're old age pensioners , the house is too big for them cos they 're waiting for a place to move , that 's why I want to get it , get this hedge grow before the next one comes in |
| 27 | I 've , I 've never seen it , well I 've , I 've , I 've only had contact , I 've had these , this last set of contacts for about two years now , that 's why I want to get some new ones and erm |
| 28 | That 's why I want to bring him along . " |
| 29 | That 's why I want to show you … ’ |
| 30 | That 's why I want to stay . ’ |