Example sentences of "he only want " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well — he would not , and the laird turned him out for it — he turned him out and sent him off and we have had no land since and he put nobody else into Upper Farrochil — he only wanted it for himself . |
| 2 | ‘ He only wanted to go to the out-patients . |
| 3 | He would have returned it , of course , he only wanted it for a painting . |
| 4 | Perhaps he only wanted a cigarette , or a couple of bob for the meter . |
| 5 | He decided to play it like a bunker shot , nothing fancy because we were three in the lead ; he only wanted to put it out on the fairway and make a par 5 . |
| 6 | As well as the nastiness being endlessly stirred up by her mother , who whispered lies about him , saying he only wanted Sien for the posing and would drop her back in the gutter when he was done , there was Sien 's wretched pimp of a brother to contend with . |
| 7 | He said he only wanted to kill himself and claimed he ate rat poison and planned to inhale car exhaust fumes . |
| 8 | He tearfully said he only wanted to give the innocent insurance agent a ‘ headache ’ and wept so much in court that police branded him the ‘ cry-baby killer ’ . |
| 9 | The extension of the offence to include obtaining possession or control will have the result that if Kilham , although pretending that he only wanted to borrow the horse , had in fact intended to deprive the owner permanently , he would be guilty under the clause , because he obtained possession of the horse . |
| 10 | He only wanted the best for his people , of course ; to save them from the unjust regime of Sam . |
| 11 | I laughed sometimes when he chased intruders from the garden , but I wished he had n't been aware of the little cat , although I think he only wanted to frighten it away , not kill it . |
| 12 | ‘ She ought to have seen he only wanted her money , and refused him , ’ said Retty . |
| 13 | She had vowed to fight for Roman 's love , but how could she when he only wanted her for a stopgap while Dana was away ? |
| 14 | He only wanted to give you eight pounds a performance , but I pushed him up . ’ |
| 15 | He only wanted to help . |
| 16 | So when did he admit that he only wanted your money ? ’ |
| 17 | Her eyes could not have bulged further if Werewolf had told her he only wanted her for her mind . |
| 18 | ‘ When I went to old Abuelo Freitas , Maria told me that you sometimes worried too much about him — that you did n't understand that he only wanted to be left alone . |
| 19 | And if her head warned her that he only wanted her for sex , her heart ignored the warning and opened itself joyfully to his tender passion . |
| 20 | I did two steaks and he only wanted one . |
| 21 | they thought he only wanted to see two people . |
| 22 | So he only wanted o one man , and it w if I allowed two hours . |
| 23 | He is the odd man out at the ball , he only wants one kiss , but it always eludes him . ’ |
| 24 | — Because he only wants the land , see . |
| 25 | If he only wants to use a part-pack , the operator pulls the lever to suck neat chemical into the transparent tube . |
| 26 | ‘ Says he only wants the best men up the top of the tower . |
| 27 | ‘ He only wants to see the child enjoy herself with her friends . ’ |
| 28 | Then he had some caviar and rang Italy and said , ‘ Sophia , this play I sent that Marlon 's going to do , he only wants to do it with you . |
| 29 | He only wants to watch — |
| 30 | Pets , he just wants to say hello , you knock at the door and this Afghan wolfhound is playing in the back there , take it in the kitchen and they say to you he only wants to say hello , that 's right |