Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | The horrors of war made them want to prevent conflict . |
| 2 | That made them want to , of course . |
| 3 | They were similar types : happy , uncomplicated , but with an undercurrent of seriousness that made them want to take different directions , see with their own eyes , not other people 's . |
| 4 | What was it about the name that made them want to funk on down and start praising the Lord ? |
| 5 | ‘ It 'll make me want to be a Brownie even more ! ’ |
| 6 | I think about buying some fags but the headache 's still there behind my eyes and I have the feeling smoking a cigarette would make me want to throw up . |
| 7 | but when I was eleven years old I did n't look at the sixth form and do jus just because they were doing something I wanted to do it , I might have admired them but if they were smoking that would n't make me want to smoke . |
| 8 | often this is because of a distinctive vocal sound , but sometimes more subtle devices make everyone want to listen . |
| 9 | It made me want to throw up ! ’ |
| 10 | That study , more than anything else probably , made me want to see what we could do in making services more adaptable and appropriate and comprehensive . ’ |
| 11 | It made me want to go and live in San Francisco . ’ |
| 12 | When the ‘ Robert Johnson , Father of the Delta Blues ’ album came out , that was one of the main things that made me want to play slide . |
| 13 | But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound . |
| 14 | She makes you see reason — she made me want to smile more and drink less . |
| 15 | ‘ These are the songs I grew up listening to , ’ she says , ‘ they are the songs that made me want to be a singer . ’ |
| 16 | But I suspect that the unhappiness at home threw me even deeper into my ornithology , and made me want to spend more and more time with birds . |
| 17 | It made me want to run out and play the first two albums post haste , which is no bad thing . |
| 18 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 19 | But his own political outlook was also vital : ‘ Those influences made me want to write a history of the game 's toilers , the hired labourers . |
| 20 | I liked him , and he was different from other boys , not at all pushy , except pushy to please I suppose , but even that was sweet in a way — it made me want to say , it 's all right , do n't fret so much , I 'm having a perfectly nice time , slow down . |
| 21 | I 'd stare at him and he 'd stare back at me and it made me want to shoot myself . |
| 22 | Just looking at his fishy staring eyes and open mouth made me want to keep silent . |
| 23 | ‘ Watching you wee-wee made me want to go , too , ’ she giggled . |
| 24 | It made me want to slap his face . |
| 25 | Something made me want to touch you . |
| 26 | ‘ I did n't until I met you , but loving you made me want to know how twins could be so different . |
| 27 | ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more . |
| 28 | It made me want to throw up . |
| 29 | ‘ When I first saw the portrait , though the clasp did n't consciously register , my subconscious must have picked it up , because something I could n't pin down nagged at me , and made me want to look again . ’ |
| 30 | Good advertising communicates the right message to the right people at the right time in a way that will interest or amuse them , but above all make them want to buy the product , service , or even " idea " . |