Example sentences of "he want [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Merymose 's story had made him want to lose himself . |
| 2 | The feel of her body close to his in the carriage made him want to hold her , and he was tempted to cover her attractive though work-worn hand with his . |
| 3 | Her scarlet and green plaid outfit made him want to avert his eyes . |
| 4 | What had Julius seen in the nineteen-year-old girl she had been five years ago that had made him want to grab her and marry her , without even really knowing her ? |
| 5 | ‘ He 's done more , seen more , to make him want to toss it all in than almost anybody his age . |
| 6 | Unfortunately , Gail had n't realised that it was only because Mr Elder had only been in Hospital for so long , that he was overjoyed to see her and him wanting to kiss her was completely innocent . |
| 7 | It had had nothing to do with the past and everything to do with him wanting to oust her from her home . |
| 8 | Says another curator , ‘ Rusty may not have the vision to say , ‘ We need a Guido Reni at the National Gallery ’ he 's not the sort of person who could walk through the baroque galleries and realise they even need one , though if a curator went to him wanting to buy one , I think Rusty would certainly be supportive of the move , whereas Carter would basically have turned up his nose and said ‘ no ’ ’ . |
| 9 | How like him to want to slay her dragons , not realising he had been one himself . |
| 10 | Because I had n't sorted myself out about the whole thing properly , my feelings while waiting were a complete tangle — although I did n't want to see him , I did desperately want him to want to see me . |
| 11 | He did not want to bring her in to talk to him , nor did he want to interview her in the presence of her devoted but sharp-eyed husband . |
| 12 | ‘ What does he want to interview you for ? ! ’ |
| 13 | That is why licence powers are being used to control it and why this Bill , soon to go to Committee , will give the director general still more powers , should he want to use them . |
| 14 | Why did he want to hold his peace ? |
| 15 | ‘ Why does he want to see me ? . |
| 16 | ‘ Why does he want to see me ? ’ |
| 17 | Why does he want to see me ? |
| 18 | Why should he want to see her ? |
| 19 | Nor did he want to do anything prematurely which put a question mark against the potential of the United Nations or which unnecessarily provoked the USSR . |
| 20 | Why did n't he want to remember it ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why would he want to kill himself ? ’ |
| 22 | Well why would he want to tell him all his failures , especially that he 's viewing Nick as an opponent . |
| 23 | Why do he want to know them things I wonder ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Two , why does he want to know them ? |
| 25 | But why did he want to keep her here ? |
| 26 | Why does he want to hurt me ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why on earth would he want to contact you here ? ’ she wanted to know . |
| 28 | ‘ He want to see you outside . ’ |
| 29 | Still he want to feed me for ever . |
| 30 | no of course you would n't , I do n't suppose Mr would , but the whole purpose of a brochure like this , is not necessary a dishonourable purpose , it 's a hook the punter , to use Mr elegant word , he want to make it so simple to hook the punter and make him or her say to himself that 's where we want to live and set their heart on it , that 's all the purpose of this brochure in it ? or is the |