Example sentences of "[noun pl] [vb past] that [pron] wanted " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is interesting to note that , in attempting to answer the questions at Maastricht , most of our Community partners said that they wanted to go faster and further forward . |
| 2 | The Rotuma Council of Chiefs said that it wanted to monitor the islanders ' movements " for social and cultural purposes " . |
| 3 | During the summer , both girls decided that they wanted to go to college to get some qualifications . |
| 4 | These changes followed from recommendations set out by the Public Accounts Committee ( PAC ) in its Eighth Report of 1986–7 ( HC 98 ) Members said that they wanted documents tailored more specifically to Parliament 's needs in its consideration of departments ' expenditure proposals and put forward three proposals ( Cm. 375 ) . |
| 5 | No further appeal was possible under Austrian law , but defence lawyers said that they wanted to apply for a retrial because of new expert evidence which cast doubt on their client 's conviction . |
| 6 | Born in Limerick a year and a half ago as The Cranberry Saw Us ( shudder ) the three boys decided that they wanted a girl to call their own . |
| 7 | But government spokesmen said that they wanted to see it eventually set so as to maintain the level of existing capacity at the end of the century . |