Example sentences of "[adv] wanted it [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They said they just wanted it to stop |
| 2 | ‘ We have n't shown the cornflower blue yet and I particularly wanted it to have an airing . |
| 3 | And when Biarritz scored a quick try and Blanco landed a sensational penalty from about 60 metres it looked as if a miracle seemed possible simply because so many people passionately wanted it to happen . |
| 4 | Because so many people so badly wanted it to succeed when it did they almost believed it was because they had willed it to . |
| 5 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |
| 6 | At some point she tried to say , ‘ David — ’ but his mouth was on hers again , and his long sensitive hands were sensuously caressing her , and she never wanted it to stop . |
| 7 | He successfully ran it as what he wished it to remain , the last of the medieval halls ; he never wanted it to have full collegiate status . |
| 8 | She never wanted it to end . |
| 9 | It was as satisfying as coming home , lovely as a May morning , exhilarating as a roller-coaster ride , fierce as a forest fire , and she never wanted it to end … |