Example sentences of "it be [noun] [pers pn] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh , I always wonder about that , I never know whether it 's correct I mean it certainly sounds better as you said , she did n't take her hand away , but I always find that when I 'm writing something down , I 'm torn , if it 's dialogue I want to say they did n't , could n't and all things come in . |
| 2 | ‘ It 's Stone he wants , really . |
| 3 | ‘ OK , so it 's honesty you want . |
| 4 | If it 's crowds you want , you can even get to Venice in three hours . |
| 5 | It 's money you want , and you 'll make when — |
| 6 | If it 's money you want , I do n't have much with me , but what I got you 're welcome to . |
| 7 | It 's Gerry I want . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's bread you want , right ? ’ |
| 9 | It 's love I want , ’ to be replaced by , ‘ I have no sex . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ It 's Godolphin we want . ’ |
| 11 | Sarella turned in time to catch Marc 's worried glance following the reckless path of the jeep , but then he turned , and she could almost believe she 'd imagined that fleeting expression when he gave her a cynical smile and said , ‘ If it 's proverbs he wants I could have swopped him a more appropriate one . ’ |
| 12 | Silly buggers , it 's jobs they want there first . |
| 13 | Political loony , surprised thief , old lag with a grudge … it 's facts I want , not surmise . |
| 14 | If it 's hits you want , you got ‘ em , loads of them , every one of them perfectly performed from ‘ Song For Whoever ’ , ‘ You Keep It All In ’ to ‘ A Little Time ’ . |
| 15 | Their skin will be very flushed and dry you 'll get deep sighing and this is the one you 'll get the smell of acetone , not always , you know the nail varnish smell , the pear drops , and then from there they 'll get , they 'll go into gradual I 've put coma there , but gradual unconsciousness treatment the same sugar , if it 's sugar they want they 'll come round almost immediately , if it 's , they 've already got too much well you have , that little bit 's not going to make them any worse , they 've got to go to hospital anyway . |
| 16 | Oh yeah it 's Food you want is n't it ? |
| 17 | ‘ It 's Scott I want to stop seeing , not you , ’ she told him . |
| 18 | This I could have done from the Royal College — but it was Oxford I wanted — and to go to Somerville where I had a friend who told me about it . |
| 19 | His voice betrayed him ; she saw at once it was Jake he wanted to talk about . |
| 20 | It was women they wanted up there to spread some common sense among them . |
| 21 | Adam suspected that these days Rufus might be quite fastidious about wine , a wine snob even , the kind that savours bouquets and talks about nice little domestic burgundies and so forth , but in those days it was plonk he wanted . |
| 22 | The editor knew nothing of the story of Boyd 's promotion , about to be featured in the financial section , and she said firmly that it was Henry she wanted . |
| 23 | But it was Kevin she wanted . |
| 24 | I wish it was Friday I want it to be the weekend man . |
| 25 | Each time we went to bed , you 'd realize that it was Andrew I wanted to lay with . |
| 26 | Now , ’ he continued , giving Hilary a warm smile , ‘ it was paint you wanted , was n't it ? |