Example sentences of "last [noun sg] [pers pn] wanted be " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing they wanted was unexpected demands for cash from ITN . |
| 2 | The last thing they wanted was for the Americans to know they were about to learn their secrets . |
| 3 | Their names were Donald , Ian and Hugo , and they told us that they were extremely grateful for all the food but that the last thing they wanted was to put us in any danger : they begged us not to come again because there would almost certainly be someone in the village who would denounce us to the Germans or the Fascists . |
| 4 | I thought the last thing you wanted was to have to spend more time than necessary in my company … seeing as you dislike me so much ? ’ |
| 5 | The last thing I wanted was to find myself slithering down the steep craggy section above the corrie , having mistakenly bypassed the Y-shaped gully that led back to the car , yet I could sense I was getting it all a bit wrong . |
| 6 | The last thing I wanted was to make some hasty move which might invalidate my claims to a large share of our joint estate . |
| 7 | I already had two children , and the last thing I wanted was a third . |
| 8 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |
| 9 | The last thing I wanted was Great-uncle interfering ! |
| 10 | But the last thing I wanted was them chasing Zaria and her telling them about the package she was posting . |
| 11 | The last thing I wanted was to have to write the outline again . |
| 12 | I was glad he chose to wear it , for otherwise , in his shirt-sleeves and braces walking between us , it could have been mistaken for an arrest or at least a ‘ helping with inquiries ’ and the last thing I wanted was a street riot . |
| 13 | In the last game when we lost two players in the same position the last thing I wanted was to come to a quick decision with my brain still buzzing after a training session . |
| 14 | ‘ She knew if she had attended one of the public services she would have been the centre of attention and the last thing she wanted was to be photographed as the woman alone . |
| 15 | An aide said later : ‘ The last thing she wanted was to have her picture taken when she was eating . ’ |
| 16 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |
| 17 | When neighbours tried to visit , she had Jennifer send them away , and when they said Mr Drew might be coming down to call on her , she became very agitated because the last thing she wanted was a turncoat parson at her deathbed , and she was so afraid that he might confiscate her silver Madonna that she had Jennifer take it from her neck and put round her own . |
| 18 | The last thing she wanted was even the smallest degree of intimacy in this relationship . |
| 19 | Melissa was beginning to wish the conversation had never started ; the last thing she wanted was to become embroiled in a dispute between two women she hardly knew , but Rose was looking her squarely in the eye as if demanding a response to her outburst . |
| 20 | She could n't think why — the last thing she wanted was to prolong her time in his company . |
| 21 | The last thing she wanted was to meet Dana and Garry face to face in a place crowded with tourists . |
| 22 | Claudia felt as if she were drowning in a pool of conflicting emotions ; the last thing she wanted was to go anywhere with Roman and yet the thought of being with him for a little while longer filled her with delight . |
| 23 | The last thing she wanted was to have some overbearing man muscling in . |
| 24 | Somehow the last thing she wanted was concrete proof of Luke 's betrayal , and yet here she was , actively searching for it . |
| 25 | The last thing she wanted was to spend more time with this abrasive Scandinavian . |
| 26 | The last thing she wanted was to be a pawn between the two of them , and was n't that just what Rune had made her by drawing deliberate attention to himself on the stage before making an exhibition of both of them ? |
| 27 | Besides , the last thing she wanted was to come face to face with Rune again , especially if he was in the arms of a reconciled Lotta ! |
| 28 | The last thing she wanted was to attract the attention of the neighbours . |
| 29 | The very last thing she wanted was to go up to Rune 's apartment and drink any more of that transmogrifying liquid that already had so much to answer for ! |
| 30 | The last thing she wanted was to prolong the agony . |