Example sentences of "want [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Furthermore , you should not hesitate to ask as many questions as you want about any points that are unclear or any technical term that you do not fully understand — including in particular any questions you may have about the level of charges . |
| 2 | But I was talking to a Prof up there the other day , the actual A level , do you know , it 's pathetic really , I mean when you 're talking about law degrees you want about threes A's at A and now even accepting C's A , A level C's for engineering itself ! |
| 3 | well there the sort that you only want about a couple at a time at the most |
| 4 | Investors can take out a combination Pep , allowing them to choose the balance they want between the two plans , though they have to put at least £500 in each one . |
| 5 | Right , so me and Jim had a chat the other day just looking at the the roadside entries and the counts and I was sort of saying if we work on the basis that we want between ten and twelve people , twelve people maximum |
| 6 | So the horse gets used to doing what we want by suggestion rather than by domineering authority and punishment , and continues to do what we want through respect , habit , and a growing trust and affection for us . |
| 7 | ‘ I want through the churchyard at four , and into the Close from the west side . |
| 8 | Or you can have grades so that 7% get A , 12% get B , 28% get C , ‘ % get D and 17% get E , depending , not on what they are like , but on the numbers you want through your filter . |
| 9 | I think that Mr has lost his bet because we are a party who is not obsessed by ideology we are not prepared to act indefinitely like bulls in a china shop when the owners of the shop have an infinite supply of china We want to move forward and we want to move forward in the real world and the idea that a strong government and sticking to what you want through thick and thin when clearly you 're not going to get the result you want , as indeed the government did over the poll tax , in the end you have to recognise the reality the Labour group , as much as anything else , are part of that reality . |
| 10 | I have to get down all the colours or elements I want for the poem . |
| 11 | ‘ Smith seems determined to tell me what I want for Roy Aitken , when in fact he has never asked me . |
| 12 | What they really want for Christmas PAGE wom |
| 13 | Placid and peaceful ponies are usually what people want for their children , and with good reason . |
| 14 | It 's strange you have an image in your mind of the particular person you want for the particular role . |
| 15 | If that 's what you want for the museum . |
| 16 | No matter what you want for your home , from a high technology water system to a scrolled Edwardian radiator made from original castings , it should be there . |
| 17 | He 'll make sure neither the wife nor the two boys ever want for anything . |
| 18 | Instead , it sets up shame , hatred and sometimes a complicated sexual response , which is not we want for our children . |
| 19 | Now , she thought , now Edouard will have what I know he wants so desperately , what I want for him . |
| 20 | You will notice that I never include rice and pasta in the menus on the last day of the week to avoid causing an artificial weight gain — the last thing we want for tomorrow morning . |
| 21 | When he told his wife she said , ‘ ’ Right love , you can have anything you want for your tea — anything , you 've only three days to live , what do you fancy ? ' ’ |
| 22 | Cook anything you want for supper ’ |
| 23 | Mother love , iron discipline , cooked breakfasts — nothing promises the protection we want for our six-foot babies . |
| 24 | At an adjoining table , Sharon Dudley and David Wilson described themselves as consultant marketists — they sell discount cards on the basis that ‘ it gives people the stuff they want for three-quarters of the normal price and the shops would rather get 75 per cent of something than nothing in recessionary times ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ When I wear a fine coat , the working people that I want for models are afraid of me and distrust me , or they want more money from me . ’ |
| 26 | If that 's what they want for me , Benny asked herself , why on God 's earth are they allowing me to go to university ? |
| 27 | We may accept lower terms than we want for a job or a project , and in undervaluing ourselves we become less powerful in the eyes of others . |
| 28 | So while I 'm not suggesting that you buy every gauge ( though that would be many a machine knitter 's idea of heaven , I guess ! ) , when working out what machine(s) you want for the yarns you want to knit most , look at the optimum yarn for each gauge . |
| 29 | Use a strip of knitting as long as you want for your finished garland , sewn as you go so that you have a covered cone , about six inches of knitting unsewn , another cone — as long as long as you want your garland to be . |
| 30 | I have a moderate level of fitness throughout and I think that 's what you really want for an expedition . |