Example sentences of "[verb] that he [verb] to get " in BNC.
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| 1 | The prosecution tried to rebutt this defence by offerring evidence of a statement made by the defendant to the police in which he inferred that he wanted to get rid of the person he attacked . |
| 2 | Kevin Morris says that he wants to get the boat journey over with first because last time they were so ill coming back . |
| 3 | And with him adding that he had to get rid of a notion in football that Manchester United was a drinking club . |
| 4 | Zantford Granny Granville was a motor mechanic who decided that he wanted to get into aviation , so offered to work as a mechanic at East Boston Airport in exchange for flying lessons . |
| 5 | Once or twice lately he 's mentioned the possibility that he might ‘ change his way of life ’ which could mean that he intended to get married , but with Francis it could equally mean that he was thinking of taking up golf or ludo . ’ |
| 6 | But she heard herself saying , still in shrewish style , that on the contrary there was n't any time in the morning , that she had to go to a psychoanalytical conference in the Metropole Hotel with a bunch of Japanese in the morning , that she wanted to talk now , that he could n't just announce that he wanted to get divorced and then decide he was too tired to talk about it . |
| 7 | Naturally , I wanted to see him and to introduce him to my family ; but I also felt that he needed to get out of London from time to time , because he seemed to be assuming an increasing load of public work , as well as public lectures and broadcasts . |
| 8 | ‘ During our negotiations , he said that he wanted to get a message across to the media . |
| 9 | She felt absurdly safe here with Felipe de Santis , grieved that he wanted to get rid of her . |