Example sentences of "[indef pn] want to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not everyone wants to get tight , you know . ’ |
| 2 | According to Nigel , ‘ everyone wants to get as much for himself and hang on to it : that 's the definition of conservatism ’ . |
| 3 | Everyone wants to get into his band . |
| 4 | Everyone wants to get away now do n't they ? |
| 5 | If someone wants to get you , they 'll keep trying — and you 'll never be sure where they are . |
| 6 | ‘ Someone wanted to get at her and put her character in a bad light , ’ said Mrs Barrantes . |
| 7 | ‘ Nobody wants to get old , but ageing is one of those things that 's going to happen and I 'm just going to let it . |
| 8 | So , so , he looked , he looked round at me , he looked at the the other group waiting in front and he was , he flashed his lights at them so that , they realised what was going on by then , they moved forward a bit , I moved back a bit and he just had enough room he reversed right up close to me and then got out but he just had enough room to get out , and since then I wo n't park over the driveway up there , cos you can bet your life the one driveway along that road and you parked in front is the one that somebody wants to get into . |
| 9 | There was never any problem in getting hold of the firearms ; but nobody wanted to get hold of them , because it was ‘ not done ’ to use firearms . |
| 10 | If somebody wanted to get out quickly |
| 11 | Thus , if one wants to get to London , it is irrational to take a train which one should have known not to be going to London or which one wrongly calculated to be quicker than the bus . |
| 12 | Instead of looking directly for something one wants to get a true belief about , one can look instead for a sign . |
| 13 | I mean it one wants to get a settlement quickly |
| 14 | With this business of embargo , Liz , I 'll agree with that but the , the off the record , one wants to get the local people very well and you do develop this , this trust , and if you can in fact give them a lot of scope that you know what to use . |
| 15 | Because if one wanted to get into the house unheard , one would n't cross the gravel , but approach the house from the rear , or the far side . |
| 16 | ‘ Everybody wants to get into the act , ’ Chico said . |
| 17 | Yes , Tuesdays , the accounts manager , I think if everybody wants to get that reaction , if that 's the regular reaction that they get , you know , people dumping on them all the time , it is water off a duck 's back , you take it more , you take it more on board if it is an occasional thing , . |
| 18 | Erm I do n't know the figures , but the feeling certainly was that everybody wanted to get out , and thy wanted to get out as quickly as they could . |
| 19 | After all , a murderer and a rapist is n't the type of person anyone wants to get mixed up with … ’ |
| 20 | Anyone wanting to get in touch with the Graingers can write to them at the above address . |