Example sentences of "wanted it to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | She could not be certain that she wanted it to be true . |
| 2 | And so it went : a nice enough American bewailing the passing of London as he wanted it to be . |
| 3 | I could n't help but think he wanted it to be a theme park . |
| 4 | She said nothing to her family , she wanted it to be a surprise . |
| 5 | I wanted it to be that I had n't really been that big before I left — in other words , prove them wrong . |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted it to be unanalytical , without wisdom , ’ he explained . |
| 7 | They wanted it to be rough sounding and we had a lot of discussions . |
| 8 | The WI also voted , ’ she said , ‘ and members wanted it to be retained . ’ |
| 9 | Did her excitement at the way the evidence fitted together mean she wanted it to be true ? |
| 10 | I certainly wanted it to be true because I was the only boy ( well , nearly the only boy ) in our class never to have had a girlfriend and I was beginning to feel a bit left out . |
| 11 | ‘ I originally wanted it to be ‘ Gor ra Band ’ , but nobody in the USA understood ! |
| 12 | So this song sort of sprang to mind and I could hear it as I wanted it to be and I could also hear a few little modifications that would suit their purposes , too . |
| 13 | He wanted it to be an apple charlotte , but I did not want another in fiction after that in Howards End . |
| 14 | It was Willie 's birthday on Thursday and he wanted it to be a surprise . |
| 15 | Nan continued , ‘ I wanted it to be clear from the start rather than having to ask every week . ’ |
| 16 | He wanted it to be his personal team . |
| 17 | ‘ My feeling was that if this was the last thing I was going to do , I wanted it to be of some value . |
| 18 | Caballe , Mercury 's favourite opera singer , told the Limit exclusively : ‘ When I recorded the song with Freddie I wanted it to be used at the Games . |
| 19 | Parents also wanted an increased availability of specialist ‘ therapy ’ time , but wanted it to be used in a more flexible way . |
| 20 | This found that 7% of Irish voters wanted abortion to be legal under all circumstances and another 57% wanted it to be legal under certain circumstances . |
| 21 | Only 31% wanted it to be illegal in all circumstances , and 5% were undecided . |
| 22 | And after a day as peaceful or energetic as you wanted it to be , there 's an evening of good company and good food to enjoy . |
| 23 | That was how I wanted it to be , but what made me ache was the knowledge that Jo could n't have all she wanted : to he the writer of stories , whose stories were her children , but heart-breakingly not to have Laurie . |
| 24 | If you wanted it to be a perfectly white background then you would also use bits of white tissue paper for a final polish on the surface . |
| 25 | He wanted it to be you , and if he found Vecchi first , he 'd make sure you got the tip straight away . |
| 26 | He wanted it to be a surprise for you , and I 'm only telling you in advance in case — in case you should think it might have been me . " |
| 27 | Morley had the concept ; in Paul Rutherford 's words , ‘ Morley had his strategy all worked out , he wanted it to be like the Sex Pistols — all the outrage , controversy — but this time with all the sex ’ , and it was rumoured that he was first interested in Bronski Beat for the Frankie role — they turned him down . |
| 28 | I wanted it to be over , to return to the innocence and freedom of life before the kidnap , for John to be safe , for us all to know some kind of certainty instead of this constant doubt and anxiety , to be able to think of the future again . |
| 29 | This is a lovely small , intimate gathering of friends , which is just the way Annabelle and Steven wanted it to be . |
| 30 | Life as she wanted it to be was momentarily embodied by the don who taught her Greek , a brave and learned man who fought the Turks in Modern Greece . |