Example sentences of "[pron] he really wanted be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What he really wanted was a two-tier price structure , with inaccessible places of ‘ secondary importance ’ facing a surcharge . |
| 2 | And of course sometimes during this apprenticeship Boy knew that what he really wanted was not to be taught to be one of us , not to be taught how to be a man at all , but to be reassured that he might somehow remain a boy forever . |
| 3 | He knew it would take great care and he knew also — inadmissible , subversive thought — that what he really wanted was to live with her here , securely , for the rest of his life : that was the earthly promise of the revelation at Hause Point . |
| 4 | What he really wanted was to get rid of Bagshot . |
| 5 | I think what he really wanted was an outline of the parish . |