Example sentences of "[verb] was for " in BNC.
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| 61 | 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 . |
| 62 | This father insisted that all they wanted was for their children to receive a schooling based on English traditions and values . |
| 63 | The last thing they wanted was for the Americans to know they were about to learn their secrets . |
| 64 | And you kept trying all those complicated ways of pleasing me , but all I wanted was for you just to want me . ’ |
| 65 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 66 | I finally said the only thing I damn well wanted was for them to leave so I could get to the hospital . |
| 67 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 68 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 69 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 70 | All they wanted was for him to sit still as a stone — to be a piece of scenery , a decoration like one of the stone angels he had watched the Mason carve , up in the roofs of churches . |
| 71 | What Harry Truman wanted was for Douglas MacArthur to behave himself , he wanted Douglas MacArthur to stop giving impromptu press conferences , he wanted him to stop inventing strategy as he went without reference to the president , he simply wanted to restore the chain of command . |
| 72 | Frankly , the last thing she wanted was for him to come too close . |
| 73 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 74 | The last thing she wanted was for him to know just how badly his words had affected her . |
| 75 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |
| 76 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |
| 77 | Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know . |
| 78 | Why they found them striking was for the stylistician to explain . |
| 79 | First he pointed out his own editorial cubicle , then the adjacent one which he explained was for his personal assistant , Carmel Bedford . |