Example sentences of "want [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had reasoned that , like him , Eleanor would want to continue their friendship and sweep the quarrel under the carpet . |
| 2 | ‘ Of course schools will want to continue their good practice of regular reports to parents and responding to any concerns parents might have . |
| 3 | He was concerned that parents would want to see their children doing ‘ real ’ maths , and advised injecting investigations into the existing syllabus instead . |
| 4 | ‘ These men had been trained to do specific jobs and we did not want to see their skills just thrown away . ’ |
| 5 | Closet countrysiders may want to pretend their patch is actually a corner of some Sussex meadow and picture it swagged with honeysuckle and waving with ox-eye daisies and scabious . |
| 6 | I would n't want to prompt their disapproval and anger , so I try to eat less and my trips to the biscuit tin become fewer , or more sneaky . |
| 7 | YWAM do not want to discontinue their current policy of encouraging in every way current initiatives for church planting and feeding people in to help such work . |
| 8 | I do n't want to kill their dreams . |
| 9 | Does this tell us that either JS or Hovis do n't want to promote their bread to us ? |
| 10 | Again , few long-standing customers will surely want to compromise their future bargaining position by revealing to the court the true weight which they gave to the various considerations before them prior to the placing of interim contracts with the employer . |
| 11 | Why birds should want to increase their active sleep is a mystery . |
| 12 | Parents who have had one food-sensitive child will want to minimize their chances of having another , and some useful preventive measures are described in Chapter Thirteen . |
| 13 | The former will feel that they do not want to impose their views and problems on the others , whilst the latter will tend to see their problems or their viewpoint as essential . |
| 14 | The servants did not want to offend their young master , and Mrs Reed could see no fault in her dear boy . |
| 15 | This is usually a very popular event as parents want to see their own children involved in something special . |
| 16 | They want to see their own chaps , keen as mustard , potting Jerries ( or Tommies ) whenever the opportunity arises . |
| 17 | Surely British aviation enthusiasts want to see their team doing well ? |
| 18 | Once parents begin to think about what they want to see their child doing rather than what they do n't want to see , their whole orientation to management starts to change . |
| 19 | One Bangkok stockbroker says that ‘ when people make investments because they want to see their name on a school in their home village , they are heading for trouble . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I want to see their little nest . ’ |
| 21 | We want to see their country benefit from all of this . |
| 22 | More importantly , however , teachers want to enjoy their own teaching . |
| 23 | He says it 's for tourists and people who 've read the novels who want to refresh their thoughts . |
| 24 | It has taken the black South African Rugby Association and the ‘ coloured ’ South African Rugby Federation under its wing , and they no doubt now want to flex their own muscles . |
| 25 | It 's hardly surprising that no-one wants to miss their moment of glory . |
| 26 | Whether the men of the Eighties want to risk their ageing bodies against such threats , only the Nineties will reveal . |
| 27 | They want to arrange their own lunches , decide for themselves how to spend some days . |
| 28 | the French are convinced that the Germans want to preserve their monetary hegemony as EMU approaches : the more dominant the Mark is , the more Germany will be able to dictate conditions and draw up plans for a European central bank based on the Bundesbank . |
| 29 | Responding to what they say are inaccurate press stories — which we have not seen — Micro Focus Plc has issued a statement with Microsoft Corp 's concurrence , saying that their current agreement between will expire on September 30 , but that both want to continue their business relationship into the future and are exploring the terms for the new agreement ; as if to emphasise the point , Microsoft yesterday announced shipment of Microsoft Cobol professional development system version 5.0 for Windows , with support for the Visual Basic programming system for Windows and embedded structure query language ; it says the new release incorporates the latest version of the Micro Focus compiler , and creates executable files faster and smaller than previous releases ; it is $900 , now . |
| 30 | The process is two-way ; some users who have used 1981 data want to continue their research with 1991 ; other users start with 1991 and decide they would like to see how the situation has changed in the last ten years . |