Example sentences of "[prep] [noun] [pers pn] wanted [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He has told friends for months he wanted to spend more time with his family . ’ |
| 2 | yeah and that 's the problem with this sort of whatever sort of watch you wanted to do , unless unless we encourage and get the backing of the troops on the ground we 're kicking ourselves in the teeth |
| 3 | Not only did Wilson have a good ‘ pair of ears ’ , in musicbiz speak , but she was also a formidable negotiator , tenacious in the pursuit of acts she wanted to sign , and in fighting her corner over day-to-day interdepartmental matters . |
| 4 | But by expressing his views in this way , Scott must have given his clients a clear indication of the type of building he wanted to build . |
| 5 | I suppose you do n't need to like us old people , ’ and entered into detailed descriptions of the state of their bladders and allied organs , and operations ; and then the jokes and the guffaws and laughter and the pokings and teasing turned to sexual matters , and Philippa felt ashamed for them , these shrivelled old dames , with dazzling movable white teeth , among them some whom surgery permitted to continue without wombs , without breasts , so gloating on the idea of dicks and holes and hairy entrances and moist lips , and cheeks and cracks , and their skinny stiff twisted hands , the thought of them pawing and patting revolted her , but of course they wanted to touch her , her shining hair , her firm face , her lovely arms . |
| 6 | Really you could n't ask for much more , of course we wanted United to win , but as people will see on the television tonight , they contributed so much to this game , they played so much good football and to watch Paul Gascoigne in this sort of form is worth anybody 's admission money . |
| 7 | The child was full of gratitude to her mother for having left the peace of the house so she could come , but of course she wanted to stay among the people . |
| 8 | Of course I wanted to help but did n't want to startle him by suddenly appearing . |
| 9 | I was n't — I was n't at all sure your aunt would want me here again , but of course I wanted to come . |
| 10 | It was n't fair to leave him in a fool 's paradise , and for her own peace of mind she wanted to have everything settled . |
| 11 | I was just wondering what sort of future you wanted to see for women in terms of their awareness of their own power ? |
| 12 | Perhaps there 'd been some trouble — some kind of scene he wanted to warn her about . |
| 13 | It 's just a bunch of tunes I wanted to record and I just felt it was time to get an album out again . |
| 14 | Eliot 's early and best criticism was what he called ‘ workshop ’ criticism , an attempt to realign literary tradition in the interests of the kind of poetry he wanted to write . |
| 15 | Also for me , I was able to see the type of job I wanted to do . |
| 16 | She had a lot of questions she wanted to ask him — his pottery — his plans , but she felt too filled with emotion at the moment . |
| 17 | That was only one of dozens of questions she wanted to ask Veronica . |
| 18 | The idea of the feasibility studies was to clear three problem areas : to determine what kind of after-care provision the DHAs wanted to fund to complement DGH facilities , what kinds of models of service they wanted to achieve , and on the basis of this work to clarify whether district authorities did see asylum replacement as feasible or not . |
| 19 | He is furious that billions of pounds he wanted freed to put in people 's pockets are locked up by the banks ' determination to boost profits . |
| 20 | ‘ We drew up a list of things we wanted to do and people we wanted to see , ’ says Bridget . |
| 21 | Can anyone tell me why we put it on the list of things we wanted to discuss then ? |
| 22 | She kept thinking of things she wanted to tell him . |
| 23 | For his funeral he had made a list of people he wanted invited ( they did not include any Japanese ) , the lessons he wanted read , the hymns he wanted sung . |
| 24 | " I wondered whether , now you 've done a lot of redecorating , you had any little pieces of furniture you wanted to sell . |
| 25 | I was put to work with him on the same bench and he not only taught me toolmaking , he also taught me about the trade union movement and the kind of society he wanted to see . ’ |
| 26 | Not exactly the sort of thought you wanted to pass on to the police at a time when two boys ' bodies had been found . |
| 27 | When Adeane left , Charles had definite ideas about the sort of man he wanted to replace him , but it was six months before the right man could be found . |
| 28 | ‘ We had a kind of ‘ wish-list ’ of players we wanted to come in , ’ explains Emily . |
| 29 | As people became more intensely aware of the pleasures of beauty they wanted to create it for themselves and another new source of happiness was discovered . |
| 30 | It was n't the kind of possibility she wanted to contemplate , she told herself firmly . |