Example sentences of "want [verb] be [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because it , it 's , it 's not particularly going to grab me because I 'm going to look at it and I 'm going to I 'm going to look down to see what it 's asking me do and certainly a busy news editor is looking down the line to see , and the first thing he 'll actually do is , is just have a , a very fast glance at it , find out what it 's about , and just make sure there 's someone who can be phoned , and what the news editor will do is actually throw it out into a pile of other handouts and there 's usually a journalist who 's , who 's who 's won first prize and their task for the day is to do all the handouts , and all you want to be sure of is that someone can make a phone call and the news editor wo n't , wo n't bother with any with any superfluous detail , all he 'd want to know is that somebody can be contacted , we 'll find out about it later . |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | ‘ Labourer : ‘ What I want to know be this . |
| 4 | The third provision I want to discuss is that of age-related testing . |
| 5 | What I want to ensure is that Computer Services aspirations for Phases 2 and 3 do not cause unnecessary delay or additional cost to an improvement in the Committee Division 's use of computers . |
| 6 | ‘ What I want to say is this , there was a misunderstanding . |
| 7 | What I want to say is this . |
| 8 | Or you can do what I have just said , which is , say ‘ I , I 've made a mistake there , I think I 'll do it again , what I want to say is this . ’ |
| 9 | Erm , it as I say it does n't provide for the the uses we 've just discussed and in my , I do n't want to get too entangled in the statistics of it , the main point I want to make is that |
| 10 | The general point here and I want to make is that er , these are n't officers ' promises these are the members ' promises and er , erm , we 've got to be careful that er when they 're all drawn together that we are n't making a hostage fortune , erm and so that I think it is very important members take aboard er what is suggested and test them themselves to see that they are realistic , I would also say that er as these promises are being considered by the various committees and I note a considerable variation in standards which will need to be addressed when the promises er , have come back to the Policy Committee , these are particularly in reference to the time required to respond to er , erm complaints etc , it 's no use having the Highways Committee wanting two weeks and incidentally on promise number two erm I think that er any up , somebody else 's point er straight forward wants to be deleted , erm the highways require two weeks to respond er , erm hearts and libraries want a , you know half a day , er and we 've got to get these er erm more or less synchronized I think , and whilst I 'm thinking Chairman on the last page er of the er favourite for , for first for agent authorities , but it does n't give any indication about the contact point and as most of our population live in the agent authorities that the er it needs to be expanded to give the contacts er points for the members of the public . |
| 11 | Here , the argument I want to make is more than that critical thought is an important feature of higher education . |
| 12 | The point I want to make is this . |
| 13 | But the only one he had found himself wanting to see was this girl . |
| 14 | I think the third general point I 'd want to make is this : if you 're applying for a course at university , then it does n't matter what A-levels you 're taking , or what courses you 've put down for at the five universities . |
| 15 | At that moment all I wanted to hear was more of her story , but she 'd lost interest in that now . |
| 16 | The high-grade components I wanted to use were all okayed , too , and so Ampeg now have very high-grade systems which have filtered into the stuff that the other guys are designing . |
| 17 | Er , but the point I wanted to make was that , after trying for twelve months , first of all , er , I wrote to my local M P . |