Example sentences of "they wanted give " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could only speculate whether the industrial activity required to produce the clock radio and the telephone they wanted to give me , and all the ongoing activity to service those industries and their customers , would not cause more pollution , lead to more acid rain , and so destroy more trees than the one they planned to plant for me . |
| 2 | They wanted to give everyone an equal opportunity at the beginning of their lives , in health and in education . |
| 3 | Some spoke of the challenging messages that they wanted to give out when they walked down the street in a particular outfit . |
| 4 | They wanted to give the notebook to Chris Bonington who they thought was coming to Kazakhstan in July . |
| 5 | They wanted to give my body a chance to return to normal . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ They wanted to give you a birthday present . |
| 7 | ( Later ) They wanted to give Lenin tea and to treat him to speeches of welcome , but he made them talk about tactics . |
| 8 | Edward Gillespie says that they wanted to give their racegoers something extra and more excitement … and when times are hard this is one way of getting more owners into the sport |
| 9 | In a concession made without fanfare , Israeli officials said , they wanted to give the Palestinians a ‘ face-saving ’ gesture that should enable them to agree to resume negotiations over self-rule in April . |
| 10 | In Hong Kong yesterday the Group of Seven leading industrial nations said they wanted to give new help to Moscow 's reforms , but both they and Russia 's deputy premier stressed that future aid had to be tailored to win Russian hearts and minds . |