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Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] he wanted [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1	It caused him to look back in some compunction , in case he had lied to discover what he wanted to know ; but he could find no lies .
2	At the time David was going through , what I suppose you could call an apprenticeship and he really did n't know what he wanted to do .
3	Tony O'Brien first got into photography because he did n't know what he wanted to do .
4	He did n't want to know anything he wanted to drive the crane so he give me a start .
5	He told them he wanted to paddle to Norway .
6	Roles contacted a local cricket club , told them he wanted to photograph a bowler in action , and asked if they could help .
7	Now he told me he wanted to end it with Susan , and he begged my help and would I come down to New Orleans . ’
8	‘ I thought he was sincere when he told me he wanted to stay in France .
9	My last question to him there was what his reaction would be if one of his sons told him he wanted to marry a coloured girl .
10	They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends .
11	When such Stakhanovite chastity over a period of months finally coaxed some forlorn gesture of affection from the girl , he told her he wanted to get to know her better .
12	Charles believed what he wanted to believe .
13	I doubt if anyone ever dared broach the subject to Edwin and sometimes I think he simply believed what he wanted to believe , that the two were his . ’
14	He tried to choose his words carefully , but there was no tactful way to phrase what he wanted to say .
15	To do something concrete in this direction , Laing hit on the idea of forming what he wanted to call the One Per Cent Club , all the corporate members of which would pledge one per cent of their UK pre-tax income to the community .
16	Believing what he wanted to believe .
17	Philip Larkin ( in Required Writing ) said that part of the reason he wrote was that no one else had written what he wanted to read , and W. B. Yeats claimed that rhetoric emerges out of one 's quarrel with other people and poetry out of the quarrel with oneself .
18	So Kennedy could n't act precipitantly , he could n't simply do what he wanted to do which was to get rid of Castro , because if he 'd done that then his policy objectives in other parts of the world would be in jeopardy .
19	So Kennedy could n't act precipitantly , he could n't simply do what he wanted to do which was to get rid of Castro , because if he 'd done that then his policy objectives in other parts of the world would be in jeopardy .
20	He told us he wanted to quieten her — so he strangled her . ’
21	From here I found , as I had hoped , that I could see down to the shore at the point where Neil had told me he wanted to work .
22	Cornelius could no longer remember what he wanted to know .
23	At times my sleepy little daughter was brought down from the nursery and stood on a stool while John draped pieces of material on her and showed me how he wanted the costume move and flow , and so help to illustrate what he wanted to express and convey to an audience .
24	Just the same as he loved this woman of Samaria , and because he loved her he wanted to communicate with her , he wanted to share with her , he had something for her .
25	Sure , he would pause and argue , then continue doing what he wanted to do .
26	Ken seemed happy ; happy with his wife , with his children , and now with his work ; not rich , but doing what he wanted to do .
27	She says he was doing what he wanted to do .
28	But is this to say that the author deliberately chose a means of expression which did not communicate what he wanted to communicate ?
29	He had not quite known what he wanted to say .
30	And this er oh dear what was the name of it , they had a special title for the man that sort of ran the stall as they called it for getting the coal out and he he chose who he wanted to go to work .