Example sentences of "all [pron] want [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McCrea sums up the Western code by his declaration that all his wants is to ‘ enter my house justified ’ while Scott is more easy-going and hence survives to mourn his partner in a world where a Westerner is more likely to be an unshaven brute played by Warren Oates than a white-hatted , true-hearted paladin . |
| 2 | And you kept trying all those complicated ways of pleasing me , but all I wanted was for you just to want me . ’ |
| 3 | Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know . |
| 4 | All I wanted was to be left alone to get on with the job I 'd been trained for and loved . |
| 5 | All I wanted was to be away from Hampton Court before I further incurred Henry 's wrath . |
| 6 | ‘ All I want is to be able to go out and play with my friends , ’ she says . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's so wonderful — all I want is to be with her and I get terribly possessive . |
| 8 | ‘ He ca n't hold my grandmother 's misguided behaviour against me when all I want is to be part of the family , to know I belong . ’ |
| 9 | and all I want is to type down there , cos that 's all I do |
| 10 | Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ All I want is for him to come here , take Jennifer in his arms and face me . |
| 12 | ‘ All I want is for you to be happy , Peachcake . |
| 13 | ‘ All I want is for him to be happy and secure , ’ Vitor assured her , ‘ which he is with you . |
| 14 | ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning . |
| 15 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 16 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 17 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |
| 18 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |
| 19 | All she wanted was to be alone . |
| 20 | All she wanted was to be by his side . |
| 21 | All she wanted was to be their friend , but they responded by ridiculing her . |
| 22 | All you want is for things |
| 23 | ‘ Manners , she says — but all you want is to belt across country for a couple of miles . |
| 24 | You do n't work for money , the haves conceded , all you want is to be near us in order to become us . |
| 25 | All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’ |
| 26 | Otherwise all we want is for her to have fun , and to enjoy happiness and health . ’ |
| 27 | This father insisted that all they wanted was for their children to receive a schooling based on English traditions and values . |
| 28 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 29 | All they wanted was for him to sit still as a stone — to be a piece of scenery , a decoration like one of the stone angels he had watched the Mason carve , up in the roofs of churches . |
| 30 | All he wanted was to be free . |