Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] wanted be [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man they wanted was a New Zealand-born heroin tsar , sought in a dozen countries but slippery as an eel . |
| 2 | I already had two children , and the last thing I wanted was a third . |
| 3 | I was glad he chose to wear it , for otherwise , in his shirt-sleeves and braces walking between us , it could have been mistaken for an arrest or at least a ‘ helping with inquiries ’ and the last thing I wanted was a street riot . |
| 4 | When neighbours tried to visit , she had Jennifer send them away , and when they said Mr Drew might be coming down to call on her , she became very agitated because the last thing she wanted was a turncoat parson at her deathbed , and she was so afraid that he might confiscate her silver Madonna that she had Jennifer take it from her neck and put round her own . |
| 5 | When he got to the line about its not being long , love , till our wedding day , Jarvis felt the old undefined longing and the tears pricking his eyelids , though the last thing he wanted was a wedding day or a wife or any permanent relationship , come to that . |
| 6 | The last thing he wanted was an argument . |