Example sentences of "woman [pron] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ There 's only one woman I want , Christine . |
| 2 | ‘ But if they were both dead — the King and the Duke — then you could be King and marry your Princess , and I could be rich , and have the woman I want . ’ |
| 3 | Here was the woman I wanted to marry , the woman I thought of every day as I looked beyond the cell to make plans for the future . |
| 4 | One woman who wanted to wear a sari had been told by her husband ‘ who do you think you are — Mrs Gandhi ? |
| 5 | After we split up he started going out with a woman who wanted to go out on the town every night — like him . ’ |
| 6 | Some have special requirements , like a playgroup looking for a church hall , or the woman who wanted a redundant church in Wales for a design company . |
| 7 | The related thorny question of abortion was another topic , and Mr. Jenks was cheered when , referring to his work in hospitals , he said : ‘ I have never seen a woman who wanted an abortion , but plenty who felt they had no alternative ’ , citing education to stop unwanted pregnancies as the real solution . |
| 8 | A woman who wanted a divorce because her husband made love to her not very often and not very well did n't get it . |
| 9 | But Neva the miller 's daughter had overheard this talk and felt sorry for the old woman who wanted to bake her yuletide cake . |
| 10 | There was a woman who wanted me to call her mother , and then called me awkward , exasperated and frightened with the dreams and the screams . |
| 11 | The new woman who wanted to be called mother put a stack of blouses and skirts out for me , like you might give milk to a stray cat . |
| 12 | ‘ You 'll have to excuse me , Doreen , I have work to do , ’ she tossed over her shoulder while dragging her mind back to the woman who wanted ferns dug up during the bush walk . |
| 13 | She had a few tawdry memories — and the constant presence of the woman who wanted to be his wife to deal with . |
| 14 | She was merely an old woman who wanted to spend a few minutes in nostalgic memory of long-ago visits to America . |
| 15 | Hello , I am just horrified that a young woman who wanted children presumably , can make such a damn fuss , I really am . |
| 16 | New black immigration has long ago been stopped , but any black man or woman who wants to bring dependants over , or be visited by relatives from home , is now afraid of what these people will have to suffer . |
| 17 | And I am not the only woman who wants a fulfilling working life and domesticity as well . |
| 18 | After November 1987 , a woman who wants to carry on working after state retirement age will be protected from unfair dismissal by her employer , provided the retirement age for a man doing her job is above the age of 60 . |
| 19 | Clearly it is vital to recruit more men or take account of the problems facing the married woman who wants to return to work . |
| 20 | In 1850 , from Constantinople , Flaubert announces three projects : ‘ Une nuit de Don Juan ’ ( which reaches the planning stage ) ; ‘ Anubis ’ , the story of ‘ the woman who wants to be fucked by a god ’ ; and ‘ My Flemish novel about the young girl who dies a virgin and a mystic … in a little provincial town , at the bottom of a garden planted with cabbages and bulrushes … |
| 21 | Abstinence following birth ( see post-partum abstinence ) should be distinguished from periodic abstinence or the rhythm method and from terminal abstinence which , in several cultures , is an accepted way of behaviour under certain conditions ( e.g. for a woman living with her married daughter or daughter-in-law who also has a child or for a woman who wants to cease childbearing altogether ) . |
| 22 | ‘ The Army provides excellent training for a young man or woman who wants to be a caterer , particularly a military caterer , ’ said Colonel Wilkinson . |
| 23 | ‘ A woman who wants family planning can have it . |
| 24 | We got a letter , passed on from the Newcastle office this morning concerning a woman who wants to sell her bungalow . |
| 25 | ‘ Not as rare as it is for you to meet a woman who wants to be there . ’ |
| 26 | " I 'm glad for you , my lord , but I expect that as you 're so rich you could have had any woman you wanted . |
| 27 | You can have the pick of any woman you want from Polruan to Port of Spain , and a good few more besides . |
| 28 | It has to be some other woman you want . ’ |
| 29 | He was saving the diamonds until then ; with that gesture the world would know that Edouard de Chavigny , now one of the five most eligible bachelors in Europe , had finally chosen the woman he wanted as his wife . |
| 30 | After a day of unsuccessful auditions , he went to a Barnsley nightclub , saw Lynne and knew at once this was the woman he wanted . |