Example sentences of "[pron] wanted be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said what I wanted was a pickup to make my guitar sound more like a Les Paul — really fat and not this thin , screechy shit that everyone 's got . |
| 2 | I already had two children , and the last thing I wanted was a third . |
| 3 | ‘ All I wanted was a signed photograph or something like that . ’ |
| 4 | And and what I wanted was a means of identifying whether we 'd achieved any anything over the two days . |
| 5 | Erm well actually what I wanted was a repeat of my prescription , but I wondered why the last time I had one I got sixty instead of a hundred that I got before ? |
| 6 | But all I wanted was a bit of independence , a chance to find myself and discover what I really wanted from life . ’ |
| 7 | All I wanted was a few roses , for goodness ’ sake . ’ |
| 8 | All I wanted was a tin of paint . |
| 9 | ‘ All I wanted was a pain-killer but they said at the desk that there were none in the hotel . |
| 10 | I was glad he chose to wear it , for otherwise , in his shirt-sleeves and braces walking between us , it could have been mistaken for an arrest or at least a ‘ helping with inquiries ’ and the last thing I wanted was a street riot . |
| 11 | When I was living in my former role I went along to a lesbian meeting , thinking that might be what I was , but what I wanted was a relationship with a woman as a man . |
| 12 | In Pakistan all that changed , all I wanted was the bed on which to lie alone . |
| 13 | All I wanted was The Marriage of Figaro , live from the Met in New York . |
| 14 | What I wanted was an area marked ‘ The sort of place where an average girl out on her own wo n't get mugged or raped and she can get a cheap bed for the night , no questions asked . ’ |
| 15 | All I wanted was an exceptional career for Jean-Claude , for that was what he wanted for himself . |
| 16 | THE VICTIM — ALL she wanted was a Saturday job . |
| 17 | What she wanted was a baby . |
| 18 | All she wanted was a doting beau on hand , and Rossmayne 's fortune . |
| 19 | When neighbours tried to visit , she had Jennifer send them away , and when they said Mr Drew might be coming down to call on her , she became very agitated because the last thing she wanted was a turncoat parson at her deathbed , and she was so afraid that he might confiscate her silver Madonna that she had Jennifer take it from her neck and put round her own . |
| 20 | She was furious that he refused to talk about religion except in terms of duty to her parents ; what she wanted was a discussion of Peter Abelard and an immediate place in a convent . |
| 21 | You said all you wanted was a roof over your head . ’ |
| 22 | That 's why he mentioned that sort of figure if all you wanted was a or , a fridge , a cooker and some carpets , you could do that easy on a thousand . |
| 23 | But , before you do , wait to see what is proposed around the 19th and then again on the 24th , because the chances are that someone will feel embarrassed and may even offer you the earth when all you wanted was an apology . |
| 24 | All you wanted was the thrill of the chase . ’ |
| 25 | All you wanted was the rough stuff out do you see , all the timber that was good , and the bad stuff as well , get it out . |
| 26 | ‘ Why did you go to the trouble of hiring me if what you wanted were the same drab old styles of before ? ’ |
| 27 | We made it clear that what we wanted was a better social security system and not just a cheaper one . |
| 28 | The man they wanted was a New Zealand-born heroin tsar , sought in a dozen countries but slippery as an eel . |
| 29 | One of them , Stuart Surridge , did not live to see the production , which is dedicated to him ; but he gave it a memorable quote when he reflected on his Surrey players of the 1950s , with whom he won five consecutive County Championships : they were a great side , he recalled : ‘ All they wanted was a kick up the arse ! ’ |
| 30 | What they wanted was a news interview with him . |