Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] wanted do be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Unless I went back to Harwich , I was going to be flat broke in a couple of days and just at that moment the last thing I wanted to do was to go back to Harwich . |
| 2 | ‘ The last thing I wanted to do was teach . |
| 3 | Allen claimed last night : ‘ The last thing I wanted to do was go to court . |
| 4 | ‘ I reached such a low ebb that there were many times when the last thing I wanted to do was to go out and play golf . |
| 5 | ‘ I reached such a low ebb that there were times when the last thing I wanted to do was to go out and play golf . |
| 6 | The last thing I wanted to do was debate the horrific possibilities of Salome 's condition with Les Girls . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , anyway … the last thing I wanted to do was to get involved in a fight — especially as I had the children with me . |
| 8 | and the last thing I wanted to do was give , give erm give you anything because |
| 9 | The last thing she wanted to do was to encourage their flaring in response to an incautious comment , especially as , since he had got his own way about her not flying out that day , his behaviour had been impeccable . |
| 10 | But the last thing she wanted to do was make a scene . |
| 11 | Sophie glanced at Joanna , who shrugged , then at Helen , who was looking anxious , and , although Mr Greenwood 's attitude towards professional etiquette was more than a little arrogant , the last thing she wanted to do was to upset her godmother . |
| 12 | ‘ The last thing we wanted to do was move , ’ explains John , ‘ But we needed some extra cash to build an extension for our growing family . |
| 13 | Right okay what he is saying is erm that first of all the peasants hit the landlords politically erm and the first thing they wanted to do was smash the political prestige and power of the landlord class erm without victory in this struggle no victory is possible in the economic struggle to reduce rent and interest er to secure land and other factors of production . |
| 14 | The last thing he wanted to do was leave a trail for them . |
| 15 | The last thing he wanted to do was panic Larsen , but he had to warn him before the dogs spotted him and gave tongue . |