Example sentences of "[v-ing] that [pron] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The locals are praying that he wants to stay in Santa Barbara forever . |
| 2 | I subsequently wrote to you thanking you for this most generous offer and explaining that we wanted to use them as prizes in a raffle but were unable to proceed at that time . |
| 3 | ‘ Thank you for remembering that I wanted to see Karlovy Vary , ’ she opened sincerely . |
| 4 | Almost , but erm one could certainly arrive at a situation of the sort you 're imagining that we want to be sure that when we look at some very exotic phenomena in the past of the universe , which has no parallel on earth , erm or in our vicinity , how can we be sure that the laws of physics that we 've deduced on earth really apply ? |
| 5 | However , because the customer does not need to state in writing that he wants to be treated as a private customer , it is best to have an express written consent . |
| 6 | He told Mr Major he will leave once the Maastricht Treaty is ratified by Parliament , adding that he wanted to spend more time with his family and pursue his interests in the art world . |
| 7 | Deciding that you want to go out with someone because they happen to fit into this year 's idea of what is good looking is stupid . |
| 8 | One of the things I most remember about 1971 was my favourite artist , Kenneth Noland , deciding that he wanted his annual income to pass through the million-dollar barrier . |
| 9 | This was partly because of events that were going on around me : Kathleen building towards her retirement and , as was to become highly significant , Katrina deciding that she wanted to make a move as well . |
| 10 | Putting more money into the taxi part scheme , a scheme that is anything but everybody in the surrounding authorities , how many of us have had letters from the residents of Gerton or Promberton or wherever else complaining that they want to be included in this scheme . |
| 11 | ‘ Mr Butters has placed obstacles in our path all the way while at the same time stating that he wants us to stay at Belle Vue . |
| 12 | Mr Patten spent much of yesterday emphasising that he wanted to respect local decisions , and that once the regions and his department had worked out overall allocations , it was for local electorates to decide where they put the bricks and mortar . |
| 13 | ‘ I am demonstrating that I want to stand up for Hong Kong 's interests . |
| 14 | Th the motion 's basically saying that we want to continue er our demands for harmonization of conditions pe irrespective of what peop jobs people do er in terms of negotiating , negotiating agreements . |
| 15 | On hearing from a parent that : something was going on in terms of a library project , he proceeded to put everything into action and got the support of the governing body … saying that we wanted to do something with our library . |
| 16 | ‘ And after this they are all saying that they want to come back again . |
| 17 | Well you do know th th that you 're saying that they want to make a particular point strongly and er that that might involve erm an elephant in of bad taste in order to make it striking and to make people look at it and think about it . |
| 18 | It means saying that you want your organs to be used for transplantation after your death to help others . |
| 19 | Lady Pusey excused herself , saying that she wanted to get ready for Church . |
| 20 | Saying that it wanted to reorganise as an 8,000-employee company with $1,400m in annual sales , Wang Laboratories Inc last week filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection from its creditors . |
| 21 | The delay is due to the complex documentation required , X/Open claims , saying that it wants to make a big splash for XPG4 , now scheduled for the Autumn . |
| 22 | Just before we were to go upstairs to be photographed , an agitated Nigel Lawson came up to me saying that he wanted a word . |
| 23 | IN THE days when IBM was still the unchallenged ruler of the computer universe , Bill Gates , chairman and co-founder of Microsoft , was fond of saying that he wanted his firm to become the Big Blue of software . |
| 24 | Then Fred took Peaseblossom off to dance and Arthur gave Daisy an envelope of the uncashed dividend cheques , saying that he wanted her to plough them back into the business . |
| 25 | No formal time limit appeared to have been set on the US military presence , although Bush was reported on Dec. 4 as saying that he wanted the troops out by Jan. 20 , 1993 , when he was due to leave office . |
| 26 | Clinton spoke in a hoarse voice , saying that he wanted to ‘ bring our people together as never before so that our diversity can be a source of strength in a world that is ever-smaller ’ . |
| 27 | Another boy wrote me a postcard saying that he wanted to marry me tomorrow ! |
| 28 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |
| 29 | You can hear them screaming and banging their heads , crying that they want to go home . |
| 30 | ‘ Because it 's Stone 's suffering that he wants . |