Example sentences of "want to be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 31 | " So you want to be rid of her now , is that it ? |
| 32 | And I 'll tell you one more thing , Mr Oh , so famous Vila , if you want to get rid of me , you ca n't begin to imagine how much I want to be rid of you ! |
| 33 | I 'm scared of him , and I 'm fond of him , and I want to be quit of him , and I want to stay with him , and he 's totally irrelevant in every way , and I 'm madly curious about him . |
| 34 | A theatre annual for 1791 , extolling the fine orchestra ( under La Houssaye ) of the new Italianate Theatre de Monsieur , claims that French ensembles ‘ want to be reassured by a donkey-stick [ guideâne ] ’ But these are shafts on behalf of Italian opéra as a whole , trading on memories of Rousseau 's ridicule and the mere fact that the Opéra was directed by a conducteur . |
| 35 | AT last the TV networks have realised that viewers want to be entertained on a Sunday not preached at . |
| 36 | SO D Webb believes viewers want to be entertained on a Sunday , not preached at . |
| 37 | But the majority of the advantage I make , I want to be put into the . |
| 38 | They want to be put at ease . |
| 39 | If you want to be put in touch with a local Community Insulation Project , ring the Winter Warmth Line and ask for your name and address to be passed to Neighbourhood Energy Action . |
| 40 | ‘ This is the kind of acting part I want to be offered in future . |
| 41 | ‘ Men want to be included in the great club of families . |
| 42 | Putting more money into the taxi part scheme , a scheme that is anything but everybody in the surrounding authorities , how many of us have had letters from the residents of Gerton or Promberton or wherever else complaining that they want to be included in this scheme . |
| 43 | ‘ I do n't think people want to be shouted at , ’ said Betty . |
| 44 | But sometimes I want to be pampered like royalty — without having to pay a king 's ransom . |
| 45 | We want to be judged by a period in government . |
| 46 | You go to an avant-garde exhibition in Germany or in Italy , in France , in New York of course , and you find that a lot of people want to be informed about it and even , if they are not normally art people , they accept it in the sense of not mocking it . |
| 47 | The clipped , breezy tone was one that Belinda knew by this time , and it meant , I want to be left to myself for the time being , thank you . |
| 48 | Perhaps when his desk collapsed through sheer weight of mail he finally will realise that we simply want to be left for 60 minutes an hour in our blinkered little world of leather and willow . |
| 49 | I want to be left in peace . ’ |
| 50 | I just want to be left in peace , I need time … ’ |
| 51 | Love is so highly charged you want to be left in peace or left with Andrew 's piece . |
| 52 | ‘ The Governments should simply say ‘ the talks bus is starting and we are taking on board everyone who wants to be involved , if you want to be left behind you do so at your peril ’ . |
| 53 | They 're still completely wild , but then they also want to be remembered as a damned good band and not just as part of a mad drugs scene . ’ |
| 54 | I want to be remembered for my skill as a stills photographer . |
| 55 | ‘ If you want to be wed in London … you 'd best get packed . ’ |
| 56 | They want to be degraded by the system and die in a pool of their own vomit in a motel , where rooms are rented by the hour to cowboys . |
| 57 | Hastily slamming the door on him , because she did n't damn well want to be beguiled by his blasted charm , because it was too late , she began to hurriedly lug her suitcase down the stairs . |
| 58 | Since you have the keys and I 'm a customer , I want to be taken to the vault , please , ’ she said in a loud , clear voice , her heart hammering with apprehension . |
| 59 | And then we come along , another lot of white men who 've also got two chaps in long black skirts with them , who also want to be poled up the river to the Orinoco . |
| 60 | Most people want to be paid in a valuable , stable currency that is a sound store of wealth . |