Example sentences of "want [verb] their " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is usually a very popular event as parents want to see their own children involved in something special . |
| 2 | They want to see their own chaps , keen as mustard , potting Jerries ( or Tommies ) whenever the opportunity arises . |
| 3 | Surely British aviation enthusiasts want to see their team doing well ? |
| 4 | Once parents begin to think about what they want to see their child doing rather than what they do n't want to see , their whole orientation to management starts to change . |
| 5 | One Bangkok stockbroker says that ‘ when people make investments because they want to see their name on a school in their home village , they are heading for trouble . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I want to see their little nest . ’ |
| 7 | We want to see their country benefit from all of this . |
| 8 | More importantly , however , teachers want to enjoy their own teaching . |
| 9 | He says it 's for tourists and people who 've read the novels who want to refresh their thoughts . |
| 10 | It has taken the black South African Rugby Association and the ‘ coloured ’ South African Rugby Federation under its wing , and they no doubt now want to flex their own muscles . |
| 11 | Whether the men of the Eighties want to risk their ageing bodies against such threats , only the Nineties will reveal . |
| 12 | They want to arrange their own lunches , decide for themselves how to spend some days . |
| 13 | the French are convinced that the Germans want to preserve their monetary hegemony as EMU approaches : the more dominant the Mark is , the more Germany will be able to dictate conditions and draw up plans for a European central bank based on the Bundesbank . |
| 14 | Responding to what they say are inaccurate press stories — which we have not seen — Micro Focus Plc has issued a statement with Microsoft Corp 's concurrence , saying that their current agreement between will expire on September 30 , but that both want to continue their business relationship into the future and are exploring the terms for the new agreement ; as if to emphasise the point , Microsoft yesterday announced shipment of Microsoft Cobol professional development system version 5.0 for Windows , with support for the Visual Basic programming system for Windows and embedded structure query language ; it says the new release incorporates the latest version of the Micro Focus compiler , and creates executable files faster and smaller than previous releases ; it is $900 , now . |
| 15 | The process is two-way ; some users who have used 1981 data want to continue their research with 1991 ; other users start with 1991 and decide they would like to see how the situation has changed in the last ten years . |
| 16 | They want to cultivate their fields ; to live peacefully under conditions which suit their habits and characteristics . ’ |
| 17 | The Tories desperately want to claim their befuddled education policy is working while schools running their own budgets strain to publicise exam results , hoping to attract pupils . |
| 18 | The volunteers now want to establish their own orphange in Moscow . |
| 19 | The volunteers now want to establish their own orphange in Moscow . |
| 20 | If fast-food take-aways want to find their best prospects they can do a lot worse than identify areas which have a high proportion of ‘ households sharing access to a bath ’ . |
| 21 | Self-employed person , we want to find their , |
| 22 | Some nurseries will supply rugosa rootstocks for those amateurs who want to try their hand , or you may raise them yourself by cuttings as described above . |
| 23 | We want to know their opinion of the band so that if we sign the group , we hope everyone in the company will like the artist 's work and try to promote it as well as possible . |
| 24 | I want to know their views on what needs to change . ’ |
| 25 | One can hardly blame them but you can be sure that they are not thinking that those poor people in the audience must be feeling hungry — they simply want to increase their profits . |
| 26 | The two men just want to brew their traditional beers and make enough money to live on , but as things stand it 's becoming more and more difficult . |
| 27 | Also in Basingstoke , Cylink Ltd has launched the LS-20 Low Speed Data Encryptor for people that want to secure their dial-up links : the company also announced a rack-mounted system that can take up to 12 encryption boards — they use either DES or the company 's proprietary encryption algorithm and come with V.24 , V.28 and RS-232 interfaces ; the stand-alone encryptor costs £1,250 , the hub system £2,800 plus £900 for each board . |
| 28 | From Wednesday people allowing their dogs to stray will have to pay a new fee of £25 on top of the existing boarding charges if they want to retrieve their animal . |
| 29 | We get people who simply want to recharge their batteries . ’ |
| 30 | Meanwhile , for those who want to revive their spirits , there 's a re-furbished pub in Banbury , which opened today . |