Example sentences of "they really wanted " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was the eldest daughter and they really wanted to keep me . ’ |
| 2 | Its continued presence always surprised him since it served no purpose that he could see except symbolically to cut off the headland and to give travellers pause to consider whether they really wanted to continue . |
| 3 | But if they really wanted a Rolling Stone with Youth Appeal , they asked the wrong one . |
| 4 | They were that girls thought 16 was the right age to lose their virginity and that 75 per cent of them admitted to saying yes to sex when they really wanted to say no . |
| 5 | On the eve of their presentation to the Women 's International Professional Council , a group of British tennis writers , plus two from France , were summoned to hear Gerry Smith suggest that all they really wanted to do was to give the women players the same sort of voice in the game as the men ; that they had no intention of tearing the women 's game apart and that if they had been able to carry on negotiations quietly and in confidence , there would have been no problems . |
| 6 | Vince has has raised a point about er erm , informing er and consulting local people and to let local people know erm when the meetings are then local ca n't go , I 'm sure that if they really wanted people to come they 'd make it much more er , in erm with the advertising so clear that er people would be able to and also if they had it at the times when a their meeting at the times when it was mostly convenient to er , the general public . |
| 7 | ‘ I had plenty of Lego , but what they really wanted were the expensive toys they saw advertised on children 's TV . ’ |
| 8 | No doubt , though the Dalgliesh , the old warrior was unaware that other schools existed ; like every other class , the aristocracy , however poor , could always find the money for the things they really wanted . |
| 9 | If they really wanted to find a motive for the murder , they should grill Mrs Sweet . |
| 10 | Great care has been taken in the current depression , for example , to construct the image of scrounging , fiddling , laziness and greed as characteristic of the unemployed who ‘ could find work if they really wanted to ’ or whose misfortune can be explained by ‘ the irresponsible pay demands and restrictive practices ’ of those still in work . |
| 11 | Hey , what 's going on here ? ’ and all that bullshit , but what they really wanted to know was , where 's the nearest topless beach ? |
| 12 | Er they night go back to it then if they really wanted to , or usually there was a reason for it . |
| 13 | You know we had it once a month and they really wanted this kind of support and help and er for the ch children to have a christian foundation . |
| 14 | If they really wanted |
| 15 | If they really wanted they could 've just gone straight for it . |
| 16 | Both Michael and Carrie do not use their TK powers to cause a knife to kill someone , instead they controlled the death as if it was something they really wanted . |
| 17 | Well as you said last year they really wanted something for nothing , for it |
| 18 | They really wanted the damn work on that car ! |
| 19 | They really wanted Dee , but she 's |
| 20 | And eventually they said well the stereotype is basically sort of like the equivalent in litho plate making really said that this was , no of course it is metal , sorry it 's not metal , it is letterpress The Guardian and it is , they make these Nyclopone plates or something and they really wanted to keep it for that reason . |