Example sentences of "said that [pron] want [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Chief inspector Walter Walker , who helped organise the survey , explained , ‘ Many said that they wanted us to be more friendly and caring , and give more information to visitors . |
| 2 | In the same speech she said that she wanted her government to be remembered as one ‘ which decisively broke with a debilitating consensus of a paternalistic Government and a dependent people ; which rejected the notion that the State is all powerful and the citizen is merely its beneficiary ; which shattered the illusion that Government could somehow substitute for individual performance ’ . |
| 3 | ‘ When , some time later , he and I discussed who might take over the responsibility for producing it I rejected the traditional drama types , who did the children 's serials , and said that I wanted somebody , full of vinegar , who 'd be prepared to break rules in doing the show . |
| 4 | Dad always said that he wanted me to seize all the opportunities that he had missed . |
| 5 | It is in Britain 's interest for us to be at the heart of that Europe — where the Prime Minister said that he wanted us , but where he signally failed to put us at Maastricht . |