Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [conj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of course a theologian may move far from her background and Trible may well want to claim that she has done so . |
| 2 | I am not such an optimist as to imagine that we are always going to agree with you about the type of regulation , or its costs , but I do want to emphasise that we are determined always to try to talk through contentious issues with you and to ensure that there is real dialogue . ’ |
| 3 | Having said that , you may come to the conclusion that you do n't want to continue because it is n't what YOU want to do . |
| 4 | ‘ It was a derby which City did not want to lose and we were left to make the running a lot of the time . |
| 5 | Meredith watched the struggle on the man 's face as he tried to control his wayward mouth , and wondered why he did n't want to grin when he was so obviously amused by her cheek . |
| 6 | I did n't want to go but I thought she deserved a better life than I could offer . |
| 7 | Johnson soon wished to leave , and pressed Boswell , who , of his very nature , did not want to go until he had met the Earl . |
| 8 | But he did n't want to go if it meant leaving Kate behind . |
| 9 | Not if you do n't want to you do n't want to go if you do n't particularly |
| 10 | But you you do n't want to you do n't want to see that you 're doing it that way . |
| 11 | And do n't want to see that it 's any of their responsibility , at all . |
| 12 | Bloody man , I do n't want to see that it 's got three on it . |
| 13 | Do you want to see if we can finish it Christine . |
| 14 | Right , do you want to see if you can catch up ? |
| 15 | ‘ Do n't you want to wait until we get to the seaside ? |
| 16 | ‘ No , I do n't want to wait until we come to visit . |
| 17 | I should like to learn what , if anything , I can do here to enrol for any suitable course to get me into the business world or administration as I do not want to wait till I return to the UK , on leave , in mid-June till I begin finding out more about your courses . |
| 18 | I listened to others ' crises but did n't want to accept that I was in the middle of my own . |
| 19 | Right , do you want to comment if you wish ? |
| 20 | Professionally , if I felt there was a risk I should want to know that I was clear so I was certain there was no danger of me passing anything on to a patient or a future partner . |
| 21 | In any event the purchaser will want to know that he is buying the right assets from the right companies . |
| 22 | I do n't want to know that he says . |
| 23 | She did n't want to feel this attraction , and did n't want to know that he felt it too . |
| 24 | They will want to know that you have a safe , warm place for children to play , and that your kitchen and toilet facilities are adequate . |
| 25 | You need to know what you 've got , not precisely the solicitor does n't want to know that you 've a house and three insurances and two bank accounts and a building society . |
| 26 | You do n't want to know that she was wearing odd socks and one of them was green , it 's |
| 27 | Even if the costs were entirely comparable , what kinds of things would we want to know before we could judge the performance of secondary education ? |
| 28 | You 'd say , rubbish I did n't even want to know whether it was say two thousand two hundred and twenty six . |
| 29 | what you do n't want to know because it 's One of the problems here is there 's so much noise . |
| 30 | ‘ If Brian Clough is still interested in me he will want to know if I cope as well during a bad spell as I did when I was enjoying a purple patch and scored 11 goals in 14 games earlier in the season . ’ |