Example sentences of "want [verb] his [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jock then tried to hit Denis , who was still swinging at Michael , who did n't want to hit his big brother , and stumbled back into Sean , who jumped to one side and collided with Pat Kelly , knocking his next drink out of his hand ! |
| 2 | Was that because Theo did n't want to risk his precious name in the Paris art world ? |
| 3 | He wants to express his deep sympathy to the Humphreys family . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's not to say you wo n't get waylaid by the odd passenger who wants to discuss his medical history ! ’ |
| 5 | He wants to put his British flag there . |
| 6 | Danson wants to quit his key role as bar owner Sam Malone , and TV bosses say Cheers ca n't go on without him . |
| 7 | Mr Salmond added : ‘ We have spent more than two months at Labour 's behest going through a process of consultation with the STUC only to be told at the end of it that Labour want to junk his key proposal before we get to a meeting . ’ |
| 8 | It 's shaping up to be an exciting climax to the group and I know Billy Bingham wants to end his managerial career on a high note . ’ |
| 9 | But Bingham wants to end his managerial career on a high note and is determined to get something out of each of the last three games . |
| 10 | He has formed a close relationship with a woman during his six months in Bosnia and now wants to end his 19-year marriage , the Sun newspaper reported today . |
| 11 | Mr Hazell said : ‘ My client wants to offer his heartfelt apologies to Mr Whitehead . ’ |
| 12 | At seventeen , he announces that he wants to spend his whole life in a ruined castle by the sea . |
| 13 | She did n't turn , not wanting to see his obvious disappointment on top of everything else . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't think he would want to discuss his private financial arrangements with a newspaper , ’ a Stormont spokesman said . |
| 15 | It is likely that the church planter will soon want to leave his secular employment to devote himself fully to the work . |
| 16 | The Daily Post asked Mr Patten to comment on parents ' and teachers ' misgivings on examination league tables but , according to the department , he did not want to pre-empt his prepared formal announcement . |
| 17 | On the other hand he does not want to jeopardise his shadowy courtship of Indonesia 's 160m Muslims . |
| 18 | Wanted to look his elegant best for the bitch , his nominal company chief , Leonora Buckmaster . |
| 19 | Dana had wanted to take his old bike with him on the ship back to the States . |
| 20 | One , he might have wanted to show his national pride . |
| 21 | Leslie had wanted to rejoin his old regiment , presumably in the belief that they would be going on to Sicily and Italy without too much delay . |
| 22 | The film people wanted to shoot in the local pub , but the landlord refused them permission , explaining that he did not want to inconvenience his regular customers , despite being offered a tidy sum as recompense . |
| 23 | Well do you know , when I met , I , I 'm meeting old chaps through this very excellent marriage agency , I 've never expected any thing like it , they are marvellous , and the sent me a nice old lad , but I knew I was onto a looser when he said , of course I go to my daughter-in-law every Saturday for lunch , she absolutely insists because she says , she wants to make sure that I 'm eating properly , now this is a very healthy old man with a very good income who could afford to buy any food he wants and the fact of the matter is his that he 's son is probably not , he does n't want to upset his old dad , and it 's handy to have him to come on Saturday for lunch and be done with it as it were , but I thought surely Bernard your own sense would tell you that nobody want 's their old father and father-in-law every Saturday of their life , for lunch oh . |
| 24 | ‘ I think he feels guilty about his old buddy Tatham and does n't want to interrupt his posthumous triumph the Crocus List . |
| 25 | Furthermore , the individual may not want to reveal his private life in a public role . |
| 26 | Salaquin Mandru sent word that he wanted to see his new Ixmaritian vibrancer a week or so after Lucien had recovered from his fever . |
| 27 | It is said that Mr Shamir appointed Rehavam Zeevi , who runs a party called Moledat ( Homeland ) , as minister-without-portfolio in his inner cabinet mainly for coalition reasons : he wanted to increase his narrow majority and to avoid being attacked from outside it by the extreme right . |
| 28 | Instead , he wanted to meet his final challenge , to take over the West Indies captaincy from Lloyd and continue their triumphal march through the record books . |
| 29 | The marriage , and the recruitment and endowment of the two Rhinelanders , had the same purpose : Charles wanted to strengthen his general position in the part of Francia which was to constitute the northeastern sector of his kingdom . |
| 30 | He did kiss me back then , as if he wanted to press his wretched thin inhibited mouth right through my head . |