Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If someone has gone through the trauma of a crime like this the last thing they want to see is a court handing out a light sentence , ’ she said . |
| 2 | Eubank has got where he is by aggravating public and opponents alike to the point that all they want to see is the object of their dislike brought down with a bump . |
| 3 | Old-fashioned they may have been but they proved a point , which today 's deregulated TV stations would do well to heed , that what the public actually want to see is characterization , plot , and relationships . |
| 4 | The last thing I want to see is local authorities skimping on the police . |
| 5 | ‘ What I want to see is the woman you should be — the one you were born to be . |
| 6 | The recession has hit the farming community as hard as anyone — and the last thing farmers want to see is their livelihood going up in smoke . |
| 7 | What we want to emphasise is the theoretical context of method and how this is integral to sociological investigation , not simply as a technique but as something which has profound significance for the possibility of sociology itself . |
| 8 | Right what we want to find is how steep is the the hill we want to find that angle . |
| 9 | 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 ? |
| 10 | No , what I want to know is whether the US is gripped by a wave of fear of the Japanese . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | What I want to know is , is it cold or hot ? |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ What I want to know is who 's in the team ? ’ asks a gruff voice . |
| 15 | What you want to know is : |
| 16 | All they want to know is : am I going to get a good bottom turn ? ’ |
| 17 | What I want to know is where has she gone ? |
| 18 | All I want to know is , will he be all right ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What I want to know is , why ca n't they carry on decently , like we used to do ? ’ |
| 20 | What we want to know is how to use that assertiveness in situations where we do n't know the rules . ’ |
| 21 | And all I want to know is which television series featured Under Siege co-star Erika Eleniak ? |
| 22 | He branded the portrait ‘ quite disgusting , pure chocolate box rubbish ’ and scoffed : ‘ What I want to know is , where are the Seven Dwarfs ? |
| 23 | ‘ What I want to know is what 's so interesting on the other side of that wall that Madonna has to see it before putting her knickers on ? ’ |
| 24 | This is because the method poses what may be a false question , ‘ is this structure necessary for the process I am studying ? ’ , when what we really want to know is ‘ what part does this structure play in the process I am studying ? ’ |
| 25 | What most managers want to know is how they should juggle what Mr Stark calls the ‘ confusing mix of self-interest , altruism and other influences ’ that make their businesses tick . |
| 26 | What I want to know is Andie MacDowell 's telephone number ( get your hands out of your pockets , Corky — Ed ) . |
| 27 | All we want to know is what happened to the cargo . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ All I want to know is what you think you 're playing at ! ’ |
| 29 | " What I want to know is why there 's all this talk of marriage all of a sudden ? " |
| 30 | ‘ What I want to know is what 's wrong with us and our galaxy ? |