Example sentences of "saying he want " in BNC.
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| 1 | However , ‘ I invite nobody into my soul ’ he declares , as if to banish the exhibitionist thought.44 And then if the search for suffering is allowed to eclipse the rest , we are back with Marmeladov squinnying into the bottom of his vodka jug ; whereas Stavrogin saying he wants to forgive himself might be Raskolnikov pondering retrospectively , selfcritically , on his admission of guilt at the police station . |
| 2 | That is another way of saying he wants his team to win , because they remain only a point clear , although after tonight they will still have a match in hand . |
| 3 | He has been quoted as saying he wants to play long-ball football and that 6ft 2in Deane would come in as his target man . |
| 4 | Terry the way this came about is that one of our clients is saying he wants us to do it . |
| 5 | No he 's saying he wants to go upstairs . |
| 6 | In 1985 a smooth man ’ , a ‘ sophisticated hustler ’ appeared in Washington and approached North , saying he wanted to do something for the contras . |
| 7 | Mr Alan Bleasdale , author of the Channel Four serial GBH , which the four jurors say should have won the best serial prize , joined the row , saying he wanted to share the award . |
| 8 | Imagine our laughter and hilarity when the same dear friend began our next meeting by saying he wanted to share something before we began , and went on : ‘ This morning , as I was praying , the Lord gave me the gift of tongues . ’ |
| 9 | She claimed the King had left a suicide note for his father , saying he wanted to die because he had cancer and could not face an agonising death . |
| 10 | Another new face , in the pub after a meeting , approached Simon and Nigel , saying he wanted to join . |
| 11 | She tried to remind him who Berg was but he cut across her saying he wanted her key so he could go and move his belongings out . |
| 12 | The next anyone heard from him was a post card from the south of France saying he wanted to start a fresh life . |
| 13 | He refused , saying he wanted nothing more to do with her . |
| 14 | The advocate-depute , Paul Cullen , told the High Court in Edinburgh that McKie had asked the girl to go outside , saying he wanted to talk to her away from the loud music . |