Example sentences of "[noun] that he want [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On that thought , a streak of fairness smote Fabia and she became guiltily aware that , since he must spend a good deal of his time cooped up in his office , it was no wonder that he wanted to enjoy his walks without any prying journalist asking the ‘ whys and wherefores ’ of everything . |
| 2 | Jones , married with an 18 month-old daughter , was adamant last night that he wants to regain his Test spot , but admitted he felt trapped financially . |
| 3 | There were lots of little gems of advice that he wanted to offer his daughter , but Ian could only look blankly at her as he steeled himself to give her away . |
| 4 | ‘ He was so impressed with our salmon that he wanted to know who our suppliers were , ’ says Karen . |
| 5 | Salaquin Mandru sent word that he wanted to see his new Ixmaritian vibrancer a week or so after Lucien had recovered from his fever . |
| 6 | He obviously had thought out everything in advance , because he led her quite briskly to a deserted passage , under the rather trite pretence that he wanted to show her a certain painting . |
| 7 | He had left her in no doubt that he wanted to take her to bed . |
| 8 | When I was out of the room , he told Margaret that he wanted to see me write weightier books than that . |
| 9 | She ought to hate him for what he threatened to do , yet inside she felt a treacherous excitement at the fact that he wanted to keep her close . |