Example sentences of "want to [be] [adj] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er and then to contrast this you 've got like the feminist view er well it 's a just reconstruct a lot of these ideas instead of saying that women 's talk was diffident they said it was more considerate , and so the idea that quite often A lot of the features that are in this conversation are n't because women want to be deferential to the men they 're talking to , it 's that they actually want to show some consideration to the turn-taking or the conversational style that 's going on . |
| 2 | If you want to be close to the centre there 's a campsite within the grounds . |
| 3 | The village is the place to stay if you enjoy a relaxed , informal atmosphere and want to be close to all the activities . |
| 4 | Within five years we want to be close to 15 per cent . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Now , darlin' , you want to be nice to old Eddie , ’ he said softly . |
| 6 | I have been to the Benefits Agency in my constituency , where the manager and staff made it plain to me that if staff were concerned about their safety they would not wear a name badge — but most of them want to because they want to be able to be identified by the public , so that if someone rings up a week later he can identify the person to whom he spoke a week before . |
| 7 | In addition , if we want to be true to our ecumenical commitment , it should not exclude religions other than Christianity . |
| 8 | Everton have cut the cost of their kit , while Wimbledon , who are refusing to jack up their prices , have said : ‘ We want to be fair to our supporters . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm sorry but I , I want to be fair to everybody , yeah and I also want to be fair to the debate that 's still to come later this afternoon , but I 've called for questions and I 'd like everybody to start their statement with the question which they 're going to put to the convenor . |
| 10 | I 'm sorry but I , I want to be fair to everybody , yeah and I also want to be fair to the debate that 's still to come later this afternoon , but I 've called for questions and I 'd like everybody to start their statement with the question which they 're going to put to the convenor . |
| 11 | The hon. Gentleman must forgive me : I want to be fair to other hon. Members who have been here for a long time . |
| 12 | Well it 's bound to me , he must get fed up , but eh , he do n't really want a job like , full time , he wants to be able to he gets fed up of it being full time after a while . |
| 13 | I also want to establish the degree to which he wants to be true to the facts , such as they are . |
| 14 | They range variously from Fokine 's Pierrot in Le Carnaval who only wants ‘ one kiss ’ and his puppet Petrushka who wants to be free to Ashton 's Alain mentioned above and MacMillan 's Bratfisch in Mayerling . |
| 15 | Tendring District Council wants to be responsive to the needs of residents and to work in partnership with them . |
| 16 | ‘ But each time I saw you I could feel myself weakening — wanting to be close to you . ’ |
| 17 | Wanting to be near to something |
| 18 | She did n't want to be obliged to him for another lift . |
| 19 | ‘ Number four nurse does n't want to be bad-mannered to her host , but she does n't want to be number four casualty . ’ |
| 20 | Do you want to be close to work or near transport facilities ? |
| 21 | I was n't nice to him , I do n't want to be nice to him , I sha n't be nice to him . |
| 22 | I know what a flea and a slug look like , I do n't want to be frightened to death every time I pick up the packet . |
| 23 | By the time I 'd worked all that out , you 'd gone , and in a way I did n't want to be beholden to you . |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want to be attractive to him ’ , she replied , ‘ Every time I am attractive to him , it means another kid ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I would n't want to be attractive to someone like you , ’ Jenna blurted out , driven to defending herself . |
| 26 | Do you want to be near to something e.g. friends , theatres , swimming baths , country parks , bustling town ? |
| 27 | You might want to be able to sort of get to their flat very quickly . |
| 28 | They were not forewarned of the final paragraph , added by a Vatican envoy : ‘ There is no way the Bishops could want to be disrespectful to His Excellency the Life President of the Republic , whom they hold in high esteem . ’ |
| 29 | She did not want to be rude to him . |
| 30 | HEAVEN is my witness that I do not want to be unfair to British Telecom , so I must , with frank and honest gaze , report that I have had several letters saying that I am up the pole in carrying on about the method of charging recently mentioned in this column . |