Example sentences of "[pron] want to know [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | No , what I want to know is whether the US is gripped by a wave of fear of the Japanese . |
| 3 | Once I am interested in an act 's music and I like their live performance , the first thing I want to know is where this new band sees itself going . |
| 4 | What I want to know is , is it cold or hot ? |
| 5 | On the one side , the callers : individuals who have been deluded into believing that the prime function of a national government is to look after them and who therefore itemise their personal miseries in public ( unemployed , house repossessed , eldest son unable to claim benefit , one leg ) before asking the politician : ‘ What I want to know is , what you going to do for me ? ’ — for all the world as though asking a pretty sharp question . |
| 6 | ‘ What I want to know is who 's in the team ? ’ asks a gruff voice . |
| 7 | What I want to know is where has she gone ? |
| 8 | All I want to know is , will he be all right ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ What I want to know is , why ca n't they carry on decently , like we used to do ? ’ |
| 10 | And all I want to know is which television series featured Under Siege co-star Erika Eleniak ? |
| 11 | He branded the portrait ‘ quite disgusting , pure chocolate box rubbish ’ and scoffed : ‘ What I want to know is , where are the Seven Dwarfs ? |
| 12 | ‘ What I want to know is what 's so interesting on the other side of that wall that Madonna has to see it before putting her knickers on ? ’ |
| 13 | What I want to know is Andie MacDowell 's telephone number ( get your hands out of your pockets , Corky — Ed ) . |
| 14 | ‘ All I want to know is what you think you 're playing at ! ’ |
| 15 | " What I want to know is why there 's all this talk of marriage all of a sudden ? " |
| 16 | ‘ What I want to know is what 's wrong with us and our galaxy ? |
| 17 | What I want to know is : how long will he last ? |
| 18 | What I want to know is : who did you tell ? |
| 19 | ‘ What I want to know is where God 's supposed to be . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ All I want to know is , if such a substitution was made would you have noticed it ? ’ |
| 21 | " That 's for you to say , but what I want to know is , how do you get on without him ? |
| 22 | ‘ All I want to know is what you did with the information Nadine sold you . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Look , all I want to know is if you have a friend called Svend . ’ |
| 24 | Or what I want to know is but the question is |
| 25 | like most of these these have , erm what I want to know is er why , when I was disposed of as you like as a useless article , why I am suddenly called upon by this government to be one hundred per cent , not fifty per cent responsible , but one hundred per cent responsible , not only for my children which I 'm quite happy to do , but one hundred per cent responsible to keep my wife off of benefit and one hundred per cent responsible if she should ever want one , t for her partner . |
| 26 | ‘ Jo , all I want to know is what have I got into and how do I get out ? |
| 27 | What I want to know is how do they do it ? |
| 28 | And the Chief said that does n't compare he said that does not concur with a visit I had last night in Glasgow whilst asleep when he awoke to a gleaming light at his bedroom and he said who are you and this figure said I am God and the Chief Fire Officer said well God , all I want to know is one thing , will I get my southern fire station ? |
| 29 | Now what I want to know is could you work out , without measuring it , could you work out what that one will be ? |
| 30 | ‘ Now , what I want to know is , are you coming to my wedding ? ’ |