Example sentences of "want know [adv] he " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't you want to know why he 's been looking for you ? ’ |
| 2 | Leeds did n't want to know when he was a youngster . |
| 3 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 4 | ‘ I know that Ella and Dimity — everyone in fact — will want to know how he is and would like to call , but they do n't wish to intrude at a time like this . |
| 5 | I shall want to know how he knew when and from where that bomber was taking off . |
| 6 | You want to know why he 's coming . |
| 7 | They want to know why he was in Portugal . |
| 8 | And if he 's out — ’ she was reaching for the handkerchief in her apron pocket — ‘ I want to know where he is . |
| 9 | I want to know where he goes , who he meets … everything . " |
| 10 | I want to know where he goes . ’ |
| 11 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 12 | In the following pairs of examples , ( a ) represents normal placement and ( b ) contrastive : a ) I want to know where he s travelling to ( The word ‘ to ’ , being a preposition and not a lexical word , is not stressed. ) b ) ( I do nt want to know where he s travelling from ) I want to know where he s travelling |
| 13 | If an author says that a third of the present holders of dukedoms in Britain have been divorced we want to know how he found this out . |
| 14 | I want information , Millet , I want to know how he 's going to cope . |
| 15 | I want to know how he 's doing in general and where he needs a bit of encouragement . |
| 16 | His father , David Wilson , said : ‘ We want to know how he died . |
| 17 | ‘ And he wants to know why he 's doing all this research . |
| 18 | If the hon. Member for Copeland is complaining about the level of tax now , the country wants to know why he proposes to add considerably to it . |
| 19 | And he wants to know where he can buy them in Ipswich . |
| 20 | He describes an extraordinary incident when , after top police officers had left , other men involved in the torture spoke to him , wanting to know how he had resisted . |
| 21 | The chief wanted to know when he could bring us news of his uncle 's barges . |
| 22 | I wanted to know when he 'd last seen Ephraim . |
| 23 | ‘ My eight-year-old brother is really jealous and wanted to know why he could n't come . |
| 24 | She wanted to know why he never brought anything home , why he had no reading book . |
| 25 | I did not notice the weather or my surroundings at all , I only wanted to know why he looked so fierce . |
| 26 | She wanted to know why he had not written to her . |
| 27 | You know simple language , they wanted to know where he was coming from , but Jesus it says would not say a word in answer to any of those accusations , but then the High Priest says are you the Messiah , the Son of the Blessed God . |