Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Even allowing that man 's capacity to overlook what he does not want to see is almost unlimited , the folk of this age can hardly have failed to observe that new law was being made all the time . |
| 2 | We see we see this forum as very much the right sort of forum for either making or breaking the case for a new settlement , the one thing I do have to say , however , is that the Department wants to see this particular issue settled in the context of the alteration , and full significance of that is n't immediately apparent , it , what we do n't want to see is what was envisaged in the H B F statement , where they thought that we might end up with a decision to have a new settlement in principle and then leave it open to the local plans , all four of them around the city , to then explore the possible alternative locations . |
| 3 | I agree wholeheartedly , with what we were saying , what we do n't want to see is a whole one house block in the countryside , he wants to see it as part of a farmstead and order to prove that it 's going to be part of a farmstead , the buildings should be prerequisite to go up first before the house does . |
| 4 | ‘ What we do n't want to see is our own producers being undercut . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ What we do n't want to see is our own producers being undercut . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ One other thing they 'll want to know is the real reason why Sara was in father 's office at just after six this morning . ’ |
| 7 | d you do n't have to be that specific , you 'd , really you 'd want to know is it erm |
| 8 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 9 | ‘ If someone has gone through the trauma of a crime like this the last thing they want to see is a court handing out a light sentence , ’ she said . |
| 10 | Eubank has got where he is by aggravating public and opponents alike to the point that all they want to see is the object of their dislike brought down with a bump . |
| 11 | Old-fashioned they may have been but they proved a point , which today 's deregulated TV stations would do well to heed , that what the public actually want to see is characterization , plot , and relationships . |
| 12 | The last thing I want to see is local authorities skimping on the police . |
| 13 | ‘ What I want to see is the woman you should be — the one you were born to be . |
| 14 | The recession has hit the farming community as hard as anyone — and the last thing farmers want to see is their livelihood going up in smoke . |
| 15 | What we want to emphasise is the theoretical context of method and how this is integral to sociological investigation , not simply as a technique but as something which has profound significance for the possibility of sociology itself . |
| 16 | ‘ Detective Eddy has received word from London that someone he wants to see is expected to be here today . |
| 17 | Right what we want to find is how steep is the the hill we want to find that angle . |
| 18 | But what I want to know is this — how come a Pakistani hot off the banana boat can get a mortgage when a decent cop with 25 years service in the force can not ? |
| 19 | No , what I want to know is whether the US is gripped by a wave of fear of the Japanese . |
| 20 | Once I am interested in an act 's music and I like their live performance , the first thing I want to know is where this new band sees itself going . |
| 21 | What I want to know is , is it cold or hot ? |
| 22 | On the one side , the callers : individuals who have been deluded into believing that the prime function of a national government is to look after them and who therefore itemise their personal miseries in public ( unemployed , house repossessed , eldest son unable to claim benefit , one leg ) before asking the politician : ‘ What I want to know is , what you going to do for me ? ’ — for all the world as though asking a pretty sharp question . |
| 23 | ‘ What I want to know is who 's in the team ? ’ asks a gruff voice . |
| 24 | What you want to know is : |
| 25 | All they want to know is : am I going to get a good bottom turn ? ’ |
| 26 | What I want to know is where has she gone ? |
| 27 | All I want to know is , will he be all right ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ What I want to know is , why ca n't they carry on decently , like we used to do ? ’ |
| 29 | What we want to know is how to use that assertiveness in situations where we do n't know the rules . ’ |
| 30 | And all I want to know is which television series featured Under Siege co-star Erika Eleniak ? |