Example sentences of "that she wanted [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was not that she wanted to kill Simon any more . |
| 2 | But by August her feelings had turned full circle , she wrote that she wanted to kill both Hendry and his manager Ian Doyle — the nightmare had begun . |
| 3 | Not that she wanted to lose her virginity — nothing as drastic as that ! |
| 4 | She knew at that moment that she wanted to injure every penis that ever came into her hand . |
| 5 | Lee spoke simply , positively , but was aware that she wanted to hit Philippa . |
| 6 | Despite the fact that she wanted to weep , and she was shaking so badly inside that it was a wonder she could still stand up straight at all , she snorted derisively , because she was too afraid to believe his words . |
| 7 | He smiled down at her and , in the light from the fire , he looked so handsome , so strong and safe that she wanted to cling to him . |
| 8 | She withdrew , and Claudia opened the door , steeling herself to greet Roman without a trace of the emotion that made her want to run out of the flat , away from the two people she loved most and who were causing her so much pain that she wanted to die . |
| 9 | It was only partly that she disliked breaking arrangements , more that she wanted to let Cobalt see she was alive and well . |
| 10 | Today she had something of her own that she wanted to do and she felt trapped . |
| 11 | The last thing that she wanted to do was to add to his pain . |
| 12 | Had n't she always concentrated all her energies on having a good time , even though she knew deep down that she wanted to do more with her life ? |
| 13 | She was transferring her anxieties to him and now that she recognised that she wanted to do something about it . |
| 14 | Josie said that she did n't usually get in until around six , but that there were a few extra jobs that she wanted to finish off ; Lucy had the feeling , but did n't say so , that the main point of the exercise was probably to get her out of the way before the slender red-haired woman arrived home . |
| 15 | It was a pleasure that she wanted to press into her body while at the same time throw it off as far away from her as possible . |
| 16 | She had n't , either ; she had sensed , in Tommaso 's treat , something that she could not identify , but that she wanted to smother , keeping it from her sister 's knowledge : so she pinched Franco really hard on the arm until he cried out , ‘ What was that for ? ’ |
| 17 | You were eight years old and I suppose it is to your mother 's credit that she wanted to spare you any court proceedings . |
| 18 | She was giving no sign that she wanted to move . |
| 19 | Knew that she had warmed to him , that she wanted to ease his grief , and for a dangerous few seconds he thought he would cry . |
| 20 | At the beginning of each week she read through the Radio Times and TV Times and ringed the programmes that she wanted to see . |
| 21 | Lady Wilcox , the NCC chairman , told Valerie Grove of the Sunday Times in September 1990 that she wanted to see responsible lending and responsible borrowing . |
| 22 | Reluctantly she admitted that she wanted to see him all the time . |
| 23 | I know I were showing her alarms and that she wanted to see how they work . |
| 24 | Britta asked ; she already knew , but the sudden calm after battle , the jumbled thoughts filling her head , and the sensation of Lacuna 's strong arms around her combined to create a magical atmosphere that she wanted to prolong . |
| 25 | It was possible , of course , that she wanted to dispense tea and sympathy , but he had his doubts . |
| 26 | ‘ Because you ca n't face the truth that we are falling in love yet again ? ’ he suggested so calmly that she wanted to slap him hard for his change of mood . |
| 27 | Ludens thought , she 's a puritan ; and he felt a sympathy with her and would have tarried , as he sensed that she wanted to talk to him . |
| 28 | But she heard herself saying , still in shrewish style , that on the contrary there was n't any time in the morning , that she had to go to a psychoanalytical conference in the Metropole Hotel with a bunch of Japanese in the morning , that she wanted to talk now , that he could n't just announce that he wanted to get divorced and then decide he was too tired to talk about it . |
| 29 | Doreen moved about the office in a restless manner , giving the impression that she wanted to talk , yet not knowing how to begin . |
| 30 | Projects UK , 1 Black Swan Court , Westgate Road , Newcastle ( Until March 7 ) AS the second of the four overseas photographers , who came to Tyneside last summer , thereby pre-empting the international flavour of the Cleveland 's River Tees project by more than a year , Natassa Markidou , who has a studio and dark-room in Athens , decided that she wanted to commemorate her stay in the North-East by going back to basics . |