Example sentences of "last [noun] [pers pn] wanted [be] for " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing they wanted was for the Americans to know they were about to learn their secrets . |
| 2 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |
| 3 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |
| 4 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 5 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 6 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 7 | At this stage Hitler 's plans were still fluid , but the last thing he wanted was for the useful Danzig problem to be solved . |