Example sentences of "wants to know [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | When it comes to profiles and interviews , familiar names usually get the nod over the up-and-coming , partly because they are the ones the powers-that-be have heard of , and partly because the famous and/or notorious are what a less obsessive and more catholic readership wants to know about . |
2 | No one really wants to know about him , and he knows why he agreed to do the film , why on the last day of shooting he dismissed it as a ‘ stinker ’ , what he thinks of it now . |
3 | I got a bit carried away with Martha and dallied in the Arran Heritage centre over long — ‘ Everyone wants to know about the past and it is too late . ’ |
4 | Although it 's a Class A drug , there are no side-effects ( well , none anybody wants to know about ) . |
5 | De Sade said that if one wants to know about death one should look at sexual excitement . |
6 | No , well I 'm I 'm saying to you the same sort of things , in general skills and abilities there are certain things that we required to put in the er numeracy the literacy er , to some degree attendance and punctuality , although we do n't have to do it on a subject specific basis erm we , everybody wants to know about he young , ho whether their youngsters are trying i.e. effort ha , whether they behave in lessons . |
7 | He wants to know about Nairobi . |
8 | After all , it is flattering to a hard-working policeman to think that someone as glamorous , or glamorous-seeming , as an author wants to know about his dull daily life . |
9 | ‘ Gog wants to know about Zadak , and about you , ’ she said . |
10 | Who wants to know about Blot ? ’ |
11 | But if the hon. Gentleman wants to know about investment , let me give him some information about investment . |
12 | If the hon. Gentleman wants to know about claptrap , he should listen to what he has just said . |
13 | If the hon. Member for Wansbeck ( Mr. Thompson ) wants to know about urban regeneration , he should know that the most exciting urban regeneration project probably anywhere in western Europe is that on the river bank in my constituency . |
14 | ‘ He wants to know about Leila , ’ said Gamal . |
15 | Absolutely , but they do n't , but they do n't do they , I mean , bad news everybody wants to know about , but , but not good news . |
16 | ‘ Everybody wants to know about it . |
17 | Someone else wants to know about VAT on thoroughbred horse breeders . |
18 | Teacher wants to know about conversations |
19 | I mean there 's no earthly use doing a beautiful piece of evaluation erm which no one wants to know about , and publishing something that has no effect . |
20 | I mean there 's no earthly use doing a beautiful piece of evaluation erm which no-one wants to know about at the end , or publishing something that has no affect . |
21 | Because he 's got a plan of the site so he wants to know with his little squares , what 's what . |
22 | Like a wine connoisseur who only has to sniff the vintage to know how good it is , a cat can learn all it wants to know without actually trying the food . |
23 | C.1 which are brought after a certain period because the Vendor would otherwise have a contingent liability for six years which is unacceptable ; the Vendor wants to know after a reasonable period that it is free from any further claims . |
24 | He wants to know by tomorrow if they will allow Andersson to spend a month on loan at Newcastle . |