Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a tiny lizard but not er not that you would want to hit with a sweeping brush . |
| 2 | The hostility of the Newcastle poetry scene ca n't hurt him : he does n't want to perform for poets , anyway . |
| 3 | ‘ Nor do I want to indulge in a post-mortem — although I suppose it 's an appropriate description , if the thing between us is now dead . ’ |
| 4 | But once you 've experienced the peace of mind that this insurance gives you , we 're confident you 'll want to continue with your valuable protection . |
| 5 | Do they want to continue to be ruled by communists ? |
| 6 | The following article written by , the editor of the national journal of the NCT ‘ New Generation ’ , struck a chord with the branch committee members , and we hope that you too will want to continue to be part of NCT for at least the year 1991 ! |
| 7 | Most UK investors will want to invest with a sterling denominated cheque , rather than convert to dollars beforehand . |
| 8 | I do n't want to invest in anything where every day I have to worry whether my managers are going to leave me . ’ |
| 9 | At the moment computer manufacturers and disc drive makers who do not want to invest in their own design are uncertain about whose bandwagon to jump on . |
| 10 | A recent objection came from a client who did not want to invest in a company that gave political donations . |
| 11 | Third party test facilities are another option for manufacturers which do not want to invest in their own facilities . |
| 12 | Whatever comments were made in the heat of the negotiations at Maastricht , there can be no doubt that those who wish to invest in Europe will want to invest in countries that will be part of the economic and monetary union and not in countries outside it . |
| 13 | Here I would suggest that if the beginner does not want to invest in a full set , he should settle for the 3 , 5 , 7 and 9-irons , sand wedge , plus a 3 and a 5-wood . |
| 14 | Post-production editing is a boon if you are uncertain as to what you will want to include in the final version of the video . |
| 15 | Perhaps that was why she did n't want to lunch with him alone , away from their usual theatre crowd . |
| 16 | I 'm tired and I do n't want to cope with you , otherwise you both go to bed this minute . |
| 17 | She did n't want to quarrel with Maria , today of all days , when they had so little time left together . |
| 18 | Some people will want to quarrel with this analysis ; but for our present purposes its accuracy is less important than the use Miller makes of it . |
| 19 | I did n't want to quarrel in front of Flora — it seemed humiliating over something so small — so I said , ‘ Well , it 's just that they seemed so happy and fond of each other . |
| 20 | Finally it was time to tackle the design of the hotel 's talking-point — the vast fresh-water swimming-pool Stephen planned to construct to cater for guests who , having come thousands of miles to see the Caribbean , decided they did n't actually want to swim in it . |
| 21 | I know when we 've er sold the house , when our children all went and left us , the house was for three bedrooms , right , and I , I said to my husband I do n't want to stay here because they built the school outside behind our er , erm back yard , and every , all the rubbish that kids throw threw over and I said to him I do n't want to stay now kids , kids gone , children gone leave , left home , got married and went to off , I said I do n't want to live here , I do n't want to retire to , to stay at home and listen to the kids at school all day long and have the rubbish thrown over the hedge |
| 22 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 23 | This change in the law was forced on the government by the European Court of Justice which decided in favour of a woman who did not want to retire at 60 . |
| 24 | It may well be a mistake for a director to restrict earnings in favour of dividends , however , if he thinks he might want to retire within 13 years . |
| 25 | Then he looked up and said , ‘ Celia , you do n't want to remain at Brentwoods for ever , do you , to have our child turn to some third party for its emotional and creature comforts , to get the odd pat on the head from a parent at six o'clock of an evening ? |
| 26 | Wendy and I had decided that we did not want to remain in Wolverton , if we could go to one of the more interesting towns nearby . |
| 27 | These people do not want to remain in Bosnia-Hercegovina , they wish to join Croatia , a dream they share with the Croat president Franjo Tudjman . |
| 28 | But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound . |
| 29 | ‘ We do n't want to go for the sort of so called innovation that can alienate an audience , ’ he exclaims when we talk about the sometimes clichéd dynamics of their music . |
| 30 | If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’ |