Example sentences of "we wanted [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We wanted to do a research project on the reasons for the low take-up of Health Clinics and Health Services by Asian women . |
| 2 | ‘ We wanted to retain a restaurant of this standard in the town , but if people do n't want it there 's no point in persevering . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ We wanted to print a banner headline above the capture of a Jewish settlement by Lebanese soldiers , ’ he recalled . |
| 4 | Mr Pitt added : ‘ If we wanted to open a pub , we could do it much more cheaply and easily than by building ten football pitches . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ We started off by concentrating on hardback fiction and mass market paperbacks because we wanted to build a paperback backlist as quickly as possible to get regular sales going through each month . |
| 6 | We wanted to build a machine to run a single Desk-Top Publishing package such as Aldus Pagemaker , Windows and a graphics program such as Aldus freehand or CorelDraw . |
| 7 | ‘ We wanted to build a car that had a rational development from a production car , ’ said Blakeslee . |
| 8 | We wanted to build a pyramid that was going to be slightly bigger than the biggest pyramid in Egypt . |
| 9 | If we wanted to play a game that is not rough we could stick to bridge or three-card brag . |
| 10 | Three years ago I stopped taking the Pill because we wanted to have a baby . |
| 11 | ‘ The only time John interfered editorially was when we wanted to introduce a character called The Milky Bar Yid . |