Example sentences of "want [is] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I mean I 'm not , do n't get me wrong , I 'm not one of these formal you know want 's to everything but the idea of this is that we go we get it off the ground and then the management committee take over and run it , it will hopefully have two parish representatives , wo n't be overcommitted by being you know constantly hectored and badgered by people saying this is your ground . |
| 2 | We do n't , we , I do n't even know where Penny want 's to be buried . |
| 3 | make sure Keith our want 's to be cremated |
| 4 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 5 | Richard Nelson , Director of Market Research Services at Campbell Soups All consumers want is to be told what is happening to their food , how safe it is and what is its quality … |
| 6 | Rightly or wrongly , what chairmen want is to narrow ownership back into the hands of rich individuals . |
| 7 | The last thing most of these people want is to be given reasons for changing their minds . |
| 8 | ‘ Manners , she says — but all you want is to belt across country for a couple of miles . |
| 9 | If you find that the property you want is to be sold at Auction , remember that a lot of time , effort and fees can be expended prior to an Auction and there is no guarantee that you will be successful in purchasing the property . |
| 10 | ‘ What I want is to be in charge of myself , to decide what I will or will not do . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ All I want is to be able to go out and play with my friends , ’ she says . |
| 12 | ‘ It 's so wonderful — all I want is to be with her and I get terribly possessive . |
| 13 | ‘ He ca n't hold my grandmother 's misguided behaviour against me when all I want is to be part of the family , to know I belong . ’ |
| 14 | What you want is to be able to answer a few sensible questions uniquely identifying you , the trouble is there 's probably a repertoire of only ten of those questions , you 're going to get asked three or four of them , but those questions , your date of birth , your telephone number , the er address of your bank and so on and so forth , if you 're a private detective you can get those , you can have them on a sheet of paper and you can pretend to be whoever you like . |
| 15 | You do n't work for money , the haves conceded , all you want is to be near us in order to become us . |
| 16 | Er the reason want referring because has n't commenced it 's considered er view and the last thing we want is to be in business actually doing is enclosing on St Albans and anything that St Albans does n't actually want . |
| 17 | What we want is to be working here . |
| 18 | ‘ What members really want is to be got going again and not just towed off to a garage . |
| 19 | and all I want is to type down there , cos that 's all I do |
| 20 | The last thing he wants is to be dubbed ‘ Saint James ’ . |
| 21 | The last thing the retailer wants is to be left with a lot of stock that does n't sell . |
| 22 | McCrea sums up the Western code by his declaration that all his wants is to ‘ enter my house justified ’ while Scott is more easy-going and hence survives to mourn his partner in a world where a Westerner is more likely to be an unshaven brute played by Warren Oates than a white-hatted , true-hearted paladin . |
| 23 | If all he wants is to hitchhikers does n't he ? |