Example sentences of "thing that [pron] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | None of us can remember everyone we 've met , everything we 've done , and yet most can store away in their memory the things that we want to remember . |
| 2 | It is clear that , as the world becomes wealthier and other countries start to want the things that we want , there is a danger that we shall produce more and more waste . |
| 3 | It already makes us do things that we do not want to do and stops us doing things that we want to do . |
| 4 | I think those are the those are the key things that we want to put across really . |
| 5 | Er one of the other things that we want of course . |
| 6 | Well I have to say straight away that I 've erm worked on a Council with the Labour Party in opposition with us , and now with the Labour Party in Government with us with us a very small group , and I have to say it 's much preferable to have the Labour Party in power than to have the Conservative Party in power as far as we 're concerned , because at local level the sort of things that we want to do — providing better services , caring of people , all those sort of things — we do n't disagree . |
| 7 | Chairman chairman there seem to be when I looked at it there seem to a number of headings here that I could n't account for and I 've asked the chair of the finance committee , she could n't account for them either , and I think it 's , whilst I understand the reasons for going and I 'm sure we would have approved them , I think it 's actually quite important that all these small sums , wh when you add them up over this erm over this month and you look at them , are quite large over the budget that we have have already adopted and the things that we wanted to do , and it concerns me that some of these things which are maybe very sensible , actually reduce our effectiveness of doing things that the council 's agreed that they are going to do this year and next year , the seventy six pounds here , the thirty pounds later on , fifty four pounds for large thorn plants et cetera , et cetera , and a hundred and fifty pounds over the budget on the Christmas lights . |
| 8 | This is high-minded and perhaps romantic , but so is the opposition : so are the large things that they want , like freedom and justice . |
| 9 | So the time for meals should be determined by when people get up , when they go to bed and other things that they want to do during the day . ’ |
| 10 | And as you say it 's one of the best things that they want . |
| 11 | … the everyday sort of things , finding one 's way in the dark , using a compass , picking a lock , making up one 's mind quickly , the sort of things that one wants if one 's in a hurry or a tight corner . |
| 12 | There have been long spells out of work through a mixture of choice and lack of good stuff : ‘ I do n't think there are that many things that one wants to do . ’ |
| 13 | It left me free to do all kinds of other things that I wanted to do . |
| 14 | Then I got the things that I wanted from the ship . |
| 15 | But he was alright you know what I mean with the , I never never really knew want , there were lots of things that I wanted and never got of course but I never really , I could never say I wanted , and I never went hungry , not even at any time , you know . |
| 16 | I mean it wo n't mean me redoing it or anything , it 's just a few things that I wanted |
| 17 | They took things that I wanted to pass on to the children |
| 18 | Suddenly I realised that there were all sorts of things that I wanted to do that I had n't done . |
| 19 | And a couple of other things that I wanted to , to pick up on was erm Maggie |
| 20 | There 's things that I want to try that have n't been tried . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Before I kiss you , ’ she said , ‘ there are some things that I want to say . |
| 22 | Joan while I remember in my car I 've got some things that I want your professional advice about . |
| 23 | I 've put a list up erm for the things that I want for my birthday . |
| 24 | A tremendous talent , but unless things were made very easy for him to get on and do things that he wanted to do , he would lose interest very quickly . |
| 25 | The opposite was true in his perception and so it was necessary to work with this widower helping him say out loud the things that he wanted to say to his wife — all the uncomplimentary and difficult things — and then , having done that , to begin grieving for the lost relationship . |
| 26 | I think he could see things that he wanted to do individually , maybe in the same way that Hendrix did . |
| 27 | We do not recommend the ordinary letter service for sending things that you want covered for compensation . |
| 28 | Everyone loves me for the very things that you want me to cover up ! |
| 29 | It is surprising how many of the things that you want to draw are symmetrical in this way . |
| 30 | Erm and er you also try , so , so really it 's a question of developing your own ideas about what you think you want to explore and the sort of skills and things that you want to try and develop , |