Example sentences of "want be [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing we want is teaching by numbers , reducing learning to a series of mechanistic measured units . |
| 2 | ‘ All I want is to sing in Hochhauser as usual . |
| 3 | It may be that a new course is still in the planning stages , or that what you want is offered at another local centre . |
| 4 | She said , ‘ All I want is to speak to one of the doctors . ’ |
| 5 | All I want is to get to bed as soon as possible . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ The document the kidnappers want was written by Vicente Ortiz , ’ said Charlotte in a rush . |
| 7 | It is available as pills or as a liquid and can if wanted be put in a glass of water to be sipped . |
| 8 | Dealing with Francis 's belongings had been a useful excuse , when all I had really wanted was to meet with Leon Kennedy , arrange a conclusive deal . |
| 9 | What I did n't want was to work for a large organisation . |
| 10 | All he wanted was to return to his family , to their home in Talica , Villa Destayala . |
| 11 | He knew it would take great care and he knew also — inadmissible , subversive thought — that what he really wanted was to live with her here , securely , for the rest of his life : that was the earthly promise of the revelation at Hause Point . |
| 12 | What she really wanted was to go on the pill , but as her doctor was a close family friend , she could n't face asking him . |
| 13 | I now knew the last thing in the whole world I wanted was to go into the mountains again with FAKINTIL . |
| 14 | She was in no mood to see Anna ; all she wanted was to go to her room and be alone , to think about this strange day and the stranger way it had ended . |
| 15 | To her he had seemed a hero : all she wanted was to kneel at his feet , kiss them and bandage them . |
| 16 | wanted was to walk through your door . |
| 17 | In the last game when we lost two players in the same position the last thing I wanted was to come to a quick decision with my brain still buzzing after a training session . |
| 18 | What she wanted was to get into the laboratory where Piphros had been life-commenced . |
| 19 | ‘ All he wanted was to get into something serious , ’ said Jones . |
| 20 | All you wanted was to look like your brother . ’ |