Example sentences of "[verb] and [pers pn] wanted [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I tell ya , so I think we got out , we got our hair done and she wanted to go down to the mission so the hairdresser phoned a different taxi , we have this one up here , he took her down from there to the mission , cos he went down the back ways , you know , |
| 2 | ‘ I wanted to carry on the great work that Nick had done and I wanted to broaden the paper 's scope . |
| 3 | My rash courage ebbed and I wanted to run . |
| 4 | It should because that was what was written and I wanted to show people what er she did n't give me , the , the letter went to the kids . |
| 5 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 6 | It sounded an ideal way to explore some of the remoter parts of this region , but our time was limited and we wanted to move on to the higher mountains . |
| 7 | This was the most overwhelming experience I had ever had and I wanted to understand it . |
| 8 | She wanted to play and she wanted to colour and oh oh |
| 9 | has been vacated and they wanted to grant an under-let to another |
| 10 | When asked if his first sniff made him fee sick , Carl had this to say : ‘ No , it 's something I enjoyed and I wanted to do more . |
| 11 | They protested and you wanted rid of them so you decided to have their house set on fire . |
| 12 | A few years passed and he wanted to work . |
| 13 | Yes and then er I wanted to change and I wanted to do private nursing |
| 14 | I suppose the reason was one of policy really — they had the youngsters hooked and they wanted to keep them in that position by not rocking the boat . |
| 15 | She was always there trying to be what he wanted and she wanted to make things great for him . |
| 16 | I felt rather mean at not staying to chat with him , but there was nothing I could say and I wanted to get away somewhere by myself to study movements of ships . |
| 17 | Black Wry rose in him against this creature , this monstrous being who was turning Ireland into black barrenness ; above the mask his eyes glinted and he wanted to spring on the Robemaker and tear his throat from his body . |