Example sentences of "saying [conj] he want " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just before we were to go upstairs to be photographed , an agitated Nigel Lawson came up to me saying that he wanted a word . |
| 2 | IN THE days when IBM was still the unchallenged ruler of the computer universe , Bill Gates , chairman and co-founder of Microsoft , was fond of saying that he wanted his firm to become the Big Blue of software . |
| 3 | Then Fred took Peaseblossom off to dance and Arthur gave Daisy an envelope of the uncashed dividend cheques , saying that he wanted her to plough them back into the business . |
| 4 | No formal time limit appeared to have been set on the US military presence , although Bush was reported on Dec. 4 as saying that he wanted the troops out by Jan. 20 , 1993 , when he was due to leave office . |
| 5 | Clinton spoke in a hoarse voice , saying that he wanted to ‘ bring our people together as never before so that our diversity can be a source of strength in a world that is ever-smaller ’ . |
| 6 | Another boy wrote me a postcard saying that he wanted to marry me tomorrow ! |
| 7 | He thinks that he can lure me into making a statement that will have him attempting to give a poor man 's reading of ’ Erskine May ’ and saying that he wants me to lay the document before the House . |