Example sentences of "want know [Wh adv] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They will want to know why we did not appreciate the inconvenience and stupidity of having to change currency constantly as one moved from country to country in the Community . |
| 2 | Given the history of European developments in the past 20 years , those people will also want to know why we did not learn from Britain 's earlier mistake . |
| 3 | They will want to know why we did not join the Community at its inception and fashion the very fabric of it to our advantage . |
| 4 | And your husband will want to know why they should be interested in his movements in connection with a man he never heard of . ’ |
| 5 | " Do n't you want to know why I did ? " |
| 6 | Do you want to know why I 'm wearing two pairs of knickers because |
| 7 | I found the homework , homework diary was useful because I used to check in , end of every of week they used to know if it was n't there I 'd want to know why it was n't done ! |
| 8 | They 'll want to know why it is that Britain 's second busiest airport has once again come perilously close to disaster . |
| 9 | And if the Bosnian Croats , dependent on Croatia for support , are now being caught ethnically cleansing Mostar of Muslims , then many people , not just the Serbs , may want to know why there are sanctions on Serbia and not on Croatia . |
| 10 | Do n't you want to know why he 's been looking for you ? ’ |
| 11 | Very well , I will tell you what you ask me , and I do not want to know why you ask it . ’ |
| 12 | They 'll also want to know why you 're doing it , when there 's been constant obstruction for two years . |
| 13 | Regret because maybe her husband will find out and want to know why she was going with another man in the first place . |
| 14 | They took it well , although Greg Downs will want to know why his defence did n't stop Nick Richardson from scoring . |
| 15 | What d' ya want to know when someone picks up the phone . |
| 16 | Leeds did n't want to know when he was a youngster . |
| 17 | Shops in town do n't want to know when you ask for a toilet . |
| 18 | You will want to know when she can go home . ’ |
| 19 | And they 'll want to know where we 're going . ’ |
| 20 | Your mother will want to know where they came from . |
| 21 | Oh they will , mind , they 'll want to know where their daddy is , and why he does n't come ! |
| 22 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 23 | They 'll want to know where you are . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Do you want to know where I went ? ’ |
| 25 | After a bit , he said , he would want to know where I came from and all . |
| 26 | Parents really do want to know how they can bring their children up to understand , very simply , what is right and what is wrong . |
| 27 | I shall want to know how she died , and who was responsible , and if I do n't like the answers , I shall get rough . |
| 28 | ‘ Well , do you want to know how I really caught it ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I know that Ella and Dimity — everyone in fact — will want to know how he is and would like to call , but they do n't wish to intrude at a time like this . |
| 30 | I shall want to know how he knew when and from where that bomber was taking off . |