Example sentences of "[vb -s] that [pron] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thinks that he wants a reconciliation , and up to a point he does ; but what he hopes most of all is that Alfred will give his blessing to the new play he has written — a drama of sibling rivalry called Brother Mine . |
| 2 | But in spite of clear signals from Virgin Records that it wants to remain independent , speculation was rife that the purchaser might be Sony . |
| 3 | It sometimes happens that you want to find a particular book but you have forgotten , or never knew , the name of the author . |
| 4 | Edward Gillespie says that they wanted to give their racegoers something extra and more excitement … and when times are hard this is one way of getting more owners into the sport |
| 5 | She says that they want the blossom , not stalks and leaves . |
| 6 | He says that they want to take away his living . |
| 7 | He says that they want to take away his living . |
| 8 | Indeed it says that it wants to hand its own computer business over to NCR 's managers , and has pledged not to close the firm 's factories or sack its workers as a result of the merger . |
| 9 | The company says that it wants to have a hand in computing , video , telephony , wireless and information technologies as these activities converge . |
| 10 | Every major political group , including Mr Hun Sen 's Cambodian People 's Party , says that it wants to see Prince Sihanouk installed as president . |
| 11 | The CBF says that it wants ‘ a new look , and perhaps a new name , to go with a new approach ’ . |
| 12 | No she says that she wanted to go to Nettos this morning so I says are you coming ? |
| 13 | She says that she wants to be a wildlife photographer . |
| 14 | ED BICKNELL is manager of Dire Straits who he says that he wanted to represent within five minutes of seeing them live . |
| 15 | James 's book rather rewrites history when he says that he wanted Niki to think he 'd been psyched out . |
| 16 | Widely known for his anti-Maastricht politics , Fillon says that he wants to avoid ‘ getting bogged down at the EC level … whose cumbersome procedures put a damper on the research community ’ . |
| 17 | He says that he wants a woman who wo n't mind a romantic involvement . |
| 18 | Kevin Morris says that he wants to get the boat journey over with first because last time they were so ill coming back . |
| 19 | William says that he wants to win and then hopefully look towards the world championship and then the next Europeans … it 's been a good year so far so he hopes it ends like that anyway |
| 20 | In his home town , Mr Edwards is a noted singer and says that he wants to go down in the programme as performing a selection of songs from Carousel and also Holy City . |
| 21 | I must move on , because there are one or two other points and safeguards that I want to mention . |
| 22 | All the fruits are available , but you must ensure that your local shopkeeper realises that you want , and are prepared to pay for , the best . |
| 23 | Now she exclusively tells PETER GRANT about her four years with the top soap and reveals that she wanted the writers to kill off the character of Chrissie Rogers . |
| 24 | Er Councillor Poole it seems that nobody wants to shift the trees . |
| 25 | At seventeen , he announces that he wants to spend his whole life in a ruined castle by the sea . |
| 26 | Having done this , you can begin by making sure that she is not left alone at all at first in her emotionally collapsed condition , unless she clearly indicates that she wants a period of solitude . |
| 27 | Although his head and body are bent towards her in paternal concern , their tension indicates that he wants to be elsewhere ; away from hysterical females , generally , and , in particular , at his lunchdate with the Chinese antique dealer who has hinted over the telephone that he has some particularly fine pieces of Ban Chieng that the National Museum will never see hidden away in his back room . |
| 28 | A means that one wants to please one 's peers , not one 's bosses . |
| 29 | The dilemma is simple : if the Sistine Chapel 's wall and ceiling were intended to be preserved as form , they should not have been painted with frescoes , it means that someone wanted to remove forever their original architectural character and create something else , which is acceptable ’ . |
| 30 | If you carry a donor card , it means that you want your organs to be used for transplantation after your death to help others . |