Example sentences of "[pers pn] want to know " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | That 's what I want to know . |
| 3 | I want to know everything ! ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Sorry , ’ said Jay , ‘ just I want to know everything about you . ’ |
| 5 | No , what I want to know is whether the US is gripped by a wave of fear of the Japanese . |
| 6 | ‘ Funnily enough , we could detect how the readership was developing from book signings : initially it was the children who came ; then mothers , mumbling that their children were at school , and then the fathers saying , ‘ I want to know what my children are reading ’ ; and finally , the parents on their own , no longer needing childish excuses . ’ |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | I want to know what all the fuss is about . |
| 9 | ‘ As a driver who is generally considered as being more level-headed than most , I want to know whether there is any danger of me being banned for two months if I have an accident here at Phoenix . |
| 10 | Now I want to know about Charlie Hatton . ’ |
| 11 | I want to know what that lot are up to . ’ |
| 12 | When are you going to catch his killer , that 's what I want to know ? |
| 13 | ‘ So I want to know how the investigation is getting on . |
| 14 | What I want to know is , is it cold or hot ? |
| 15 | I want to know what they meant by sending a son of mine to — ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I want to know what is going on in Birmingham , chapter and verse . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I want to know what discussions took place during the Rover negotiations on other civil and military issues ; on launch aid for the Airbus ; and on the general tax affairs of British Aerospace . |
| 18 | ‘ I want to know what tax concessions the Government believed they had made to British Aerospace . |
| 19 | I want to know where she 's been and what she 's been doing . ’ |
| 20 | I want to know if that 's going to inhibit you , put you off . |
| 21 | I want to know why Ewan Famber wanted to die . |
| 22 | I want to know it all . |
| 23 | I want to know where we 're at . ’ |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | I want to know where you personally stand on the subject . |
| 26 | ‘ Labourer : ‘ What I want to know be this . |
| 27 | ‘ What I want to know is who 's in the team ? ’ asks a gruff voice . |
| 28 | I have shaken hands with a great many friends , but there are some things I want to know which no-one seems able to explain . |
| 29 | That 's what I want to know ! ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I want to know if any of your drivers saw something unusual last night . ’ |