Example sentences of "wanted [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If she had wanted to scotch the rumours completely she could have said the reports that her marriage is in difficulties are untrue . |
| 2 | Half of these had not realised that they were pregnant , and others had not wanted to confirm their fears , or did n't see a need to go earlier , or were afraid the doctor might tell their parents . |
| 3 | Yeah , that 's fine , I just wanted to confirm that that was okay |
| 4 | Irina had wanted to nurse him , but the doctors had sent her away . |
| 5 | Design , yes a Metro , I 've always wanted to like Metro , but never quite managed to . |
| 6 | Would she have wanted to continue working there after she was married ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ She would have wanted to continue , yes . |
| 8 | He had wanted to continue the relationship but the woman would n't let him . |
| 9 | Bolivia nevertheless wanted to continue as a member of the Acuerdo de Cartagena or Andean Pact ( involving Bolivia , Colombia , Ecuador , Peru and Venezuela — ibid . ) . |
| 10 | He said he had wanted to see a national statistics council to act as a protective agency 10 years ago . |
| 11 | Leaning in over the sleeping child I must have wanted to see myself as the angel , hovering in protection of an infant who was so obviously in peril . |
| 12 | Unfortunately , the announcement of free time seemed to be the local signal for metal shutters to clang down over everything one might have wanted to see . |
| 13 | ‘ BR just wanted to see what they could get away with , ’ said Mr Canford . |
| 14 | Jeffries had wanted to see Baxter flogged through the streets of London , but his fellow justices would n't allow so harsh a sentence . |
| 15 | About two months after I had returned home , a letter came from Angela Woodin at Bletchley ; she was someone I had wanted to see but had not had the opportunity : |
| 16 | wanted to see all that is evil and he |
| 17 | I 've allus wanted to see it . |
| 18 | He 'd wanted to see how everybody was . |
| 19 | ‘ Actually even if we had n't wanted to see each other again she would have got the flowers , ’ laughs Colin . |
| 20 | ‘ I would not have wanted to see either player carted off to hospital because of a tackle like that which was dangerously high . |
| 21 | He said he 'd always wanted to see St Matthew 's . ’ |
| 22 | I 'd been doing a bit of photojournalism and had always wanted to see and photograph the world . |
| 23 | Everything you 've never wanted to see |
| 24 | ‘ I really just wanted to see somebody who had done some heinous crimes and find out if there was anything different about him that would throw light on demon possession , that type of thing , ’ he says . |
| 25 | Erm and er what I would like to see , and I 've long wanted to see this coming out of the church , is a rite of passage that I with integrity can offer to any parents who come to me with a , a , a lovely little baby in their arms saying to me parish minister can you give us something that would satisfy us , and they 're not saying it like this , but they want a rite of passage . |
| 26 | She had wanted to see him wake to the possession of all this beauty but he watched its passing impassively , stirring only to ask practical questions . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've wanted to see you for a long time , ’ he said . |
| 28 | I 'd been doing a bit of photojournalism and had always wanted to see and photograph the world . |
| 29 | What everyone else wanted to see was how gold medal standard stacked up against professional match racers . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'd wanted to see it of course , but I also wondered why he was so desperate to get here . |