Example sentences of "[adv] want be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that what she really wants is for words to be more like numbers . |
| 2 | ‘ The only thing I really want is for Alonzo Kettless to carve me an East Suffolk Policeman 's helmet , ’ said Chief Superintendent Rom Rumsby on his retirement . |
| 3 | But what I really want is for the book to be read and enjoyed by the people who read the other books . |
| 4 | ‘ What I really want is for us to reach these people before Moscow does : there 's no argument about who they 'll want to pin it on . |
| 5 | ‘ What members really want is to be got going again and not just towed off to a garage . |
| 6 | All he really wanted was to be next to O ; and you could see that the whole time he was listening , watching . |
| 7 | But what Kenneth really wanted was to be where the action is , on the footplate . |
| 8 | I finally said the only thing I damn well wanted was for them to leave so I could get to the hospital . |