Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pron] [conj] want " in BNC.

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1 The point was the Germans hated them and wanted to get rid of them .
2 I wanted to believe that this man — this stranger — had seen me and wanted me .
3 If he 'd met someone and wanted to be unfaithful , he would have found an opportunity and I could n't have stopped him .
4 Maybe the scarred man had suspected something and wanted a cut of the ransom .
5 Emboldened by this , he had gone straight up to her and said that he had heard she had called him and wanted him .
6 At the end of August he received another letter from Leopold telling him that the archbishop had forgiven him and wanted a reconciliation .
7 I 've adjusted it that wants a bit of that 's it , one two .
8 Out of all the men who had liked her and wanted her , why did it have to be someone who thought her the most despicable of all cheats who made her yearn for something more ?
9 He who fondles you more than usual has either deceived you or wants to do so ( French proverb ) .
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