Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The older men , who still wanted to attend live games , learned to avoid either of the ‘ ends ’ , and with falling attendances there was no difficulty in finding a relatively safe place elsewhere in the ground . |
| 2 | I wanted to publicise this outcome without making the implied criticism too hostile . |
| 3 | It is Protestant perceptions which explain their actions and those perceptions were amplifying the fundamental divisions between those unionists who remained committed to pragmatic reform , either because they believed in liberal unionism or because they believed that satisfying the Westminster government 's demands for reform was the only way to maintain Stormont , and the right-wingers who wanted to preserve traditional unionism . |
| 4 | " I wanted to preserve some grouse , Fairfax said doubtfully . |
| 5 | This gave a measure of protection since the Pharaohs wanted to preserve some animals to hunt . |
| 6 | That 's who Jesus is God in flesh , and he came to forgive sin and he wanted to forgive this woman her sin . |
| 7 | It can be said I wanted to taste other joys which were available in life before the inevitable disaster . |
| 8 | His mouth , sober just a minute ago , had drifted into a lazy smile , and she wanted to taste those freckles on his nose with her tongue . |
| 9 | On Aug. 7 Enoch Kavindele had withdrawn his candidature , the first such challenge to Kaunda ; he had said that he wanted to breathe new life into the party , but had little visible support among delegates at the congress . |
| 10 | They wanted to kill innocent people like us . |
| 11 | ‘ You wanted to kill poor Thomas in order to further your own beastly ends . |
| 12 | They wanted to kill one person in the Abbey to shock everybody but do as little more damage as possible . ’ |
| 13 | Friends of the Earth 's annual " Green Con " award was won by the newly-privatized Eastern Electricity , which earned the damning accolade on the grounds of a letter from its chairman urging its customers to use more electricity if they wanted to combat global warming . |
| 14 | Braque , on the other hand , wanted to paint these distances or spaces , to make them as real and concrete for the spectator as the objects themselves . |
| 15 | Risley Employee communications clerk Pat Hunt , who helped organise BNFL 's response to the appeal , said she wanted to thank all employees who generously donated spectacles and also the site collectors for their help . |
| 16 | Today she wanted to thank medical staff … police and hordes of well-wishers who 've sent cards and letters … including a surprising number of prison inmates |
| 17 | But I never wanted to see that gasoline engine washer on this hardstand again with the gas trucks parked around it . |
| 18 | He was concerned that Britain was becoming the dustbin of Europe and wanted to see stricter controls on the dumping of toxic waste . |
| 19 | they thought he only wanted to see two people . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought you wanted to see all papers relating to that takeover straight away . |
| 21 | Boxers fought an enormous number of contests by modern standards to satisfy a working-class public who wanted to see regular bouts . |
| 22 | Mr Fallon said officers he had canvassed wanted to see stiffer sentences for offenders and the return of the death penalty both of which he supported . |
| 23 | The British , like Norway 's Trygve Lie ( who conceived of an ‘ Atlantic ’ defence system ) , at first thought mainly in terms of a military alliance , but others , like Belgium 's Paul-Henri Spaak , wanted to see economic co-operation . |
| 24 | All the world wanted to see this race . |
| 25 | ‘ I wanted to see this Werner man . ’ |
| 26 | Most of all , though , she wanted to see this hacienda , this secret place lost in the mountains , and there was a mystery to solve . |
| 27 | The Kha-Khan wanted to see some prisoners who were taken near Pesth . |
| 28 | China wanted to see some reference to the possibility of direct trade — currently banned by Taiwanese law . |
| 29 | Molly , at least , wanted to see some pictures . |
| 30 | If Craig Charleston said that he never wanted to see another Spitfire project , I would not be surprised , I 'll wager that he does though ! |