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Example sentences of "[pron] want be [prep] " in BNC.

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1	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 .
2	We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’
3	‘ What I want is to be in charge of myself , to decide what I will or will not do . ’
4	‘ All I want is to be able to go out and play with my friends , ’ she says .
5	‘ It 's so wonderful — all I want is to be with her and I get terribly possessive .
6	‘ 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 . ’
7	and all I want is to type down there , cos that 's all I do
8	The last thing I want is for the case to be closed .
9	Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’
10	‘ All I want is for him to come here , take Jennifer in his arms and face me .
11	‘ All I want is for you to be happy , Peachcake .
12	‘ All I want is for him to be happy and secure , ’ Vitor assured her , ‘ which he is with you .
13	‘ What I want is for us to talk long and hard , and now , ’ she declared , and , swivelling on her heel , she marched back into the house .
14	The last thing I want is for them to be used as pawns in political games of chess to suit the personal ambitions of politicians .
15	‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning .
16	The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself .
17	And you kept trying all those complicated ways of pleasing me , but all I wanted was for you just to want me . ’
18	Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know .
19	All I wanted was to be left alone to get on with the job I 'd been trained for and loved .
20	All I wanted was to be away from Hampton Court before I further incurred Henry 's wrath .
21	Essentially , what she wants is for Berowne to discover what is serious in life , and to stop fooling all the time .
22	‘ The lad you want is under lock and key , ’ said Cadfael , dismayed .
23	Everything you want is at your disposal .
24	All you want is for things
25	I would n't put it into a company where the profit record was likely to be poor , because the last thing you want is for the share price to be lower than the option exercise price ’ .
26	And also I think , which is very strong and I think it does come out in , in the Chinese Communist Party , is the lust of power which can be even more dangerous when you convince yourself I 'll do all you lot good but I can make you all members of the Communist Party , whether you want to be or not does n't really matter , you know , it 's gon na be for the good of the country so you fall in with this trap of assuming that you want is for their good so it 's sort of a , a dangerous thing .
27	What you want is for me to stroke your ego by telling you that he does n't compare to you . ’
28	‘ Manners , she says — but all you want is to belt across country for a couple of miles .
29	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 .
30	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 .