Example sentences of "i wanted them [prep] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Like Freya , I knew something was wrong with me precisely because my periods had n't come back , and weirder still ( I thought ) , I wanted them to . |
| 2 | I 'm an old-fashioned textual critic , not a biographer — I do n't go in for this sort of — it was n't profit — I 'll put them back next week — I wanted them to be a secret . |
| 3 | It was important to me that I did tell them individually because on their own I felt I could get their attention and having to explain why I felt like this , but more than that , I wanted them to fully understand that all of a sudden I was n't a lesbian whose name was Carla — I was still Carla , except that I just had different feelings . |
| 4 | Herbert , a 22-year-old Reading University history student , said : ‘ I wanted them to be prepared to die for it — and they nearly did . ’ |
| 5 | I wanted them to ste start doing a self assessment on the child about their strengths and weaknesses leading o , into the I A P right and coming through with that what they would like to achieve in where they 'd like to go two years hence . |
| 6 | Cos I wanted them to re settle for a week before starting on them . |
| 7 | ‘ Paul , carry some of these for me ; they would have delivered them , but I wanted them for tonight . ’ |
| 8 | This repeated general principles well known to a ( l good teachers , but I wanted them in the Report so there could be no doubt about the kind of teaching we admired . |