Example sentences of "wanted it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She wanted it to last too , to make love slowly and languorously , for it to go on forever . |
| 32 | He wanted it kept very safe from all harm . |
| 33 | She was grey haired , quite dumpy with a white coat on and she came to collect sperm if you wanted it stored . |
| 34 | He wanted it to replace the official versions in the liturgy . |
| 35 | Because so many people so badly wanted it to succeed when it did they almost believed it was because they had willed it to . |
| 36 | Everyone wanted it to go well — and , after a tentative start , it did . |
| 37 | She wanted it to go on for ever and ever ! |
| 38 | I put it to Andy that it must have been a blow when they split in 1988 , but he , ever the voice of reason , says , ‘ There was no point in trying to keep them together , it had gone as far as they wanted it to go and they wanted to do something different . |
| 39 | Explanations in the intentional mode express the relation between the action and the reason ( e.g. , John wound up the car because he wanted it to go ) . |
| 40 | John wound up the toy car because he wanted it to go . |
| 41 | *John wound up the toy car so he wanted it to go . |
| 42 | It was so wonderful and I wanted it to go on forever . |
| 43 | Then when he wanted it to go again he used to get the th the belt , the leather belt , and er sort of hook it on to the lower end of the cast iron pulley and follow it round until it went on . |
| 44 | With skill borne of long practice he let the old man talk but guided his talk in the way he wanted it to go , then he started to ask questions . |
| 45 | I mean they were pretty shambly when I got to them and I made a supreme effort to get everything going the way I wanted it to go . |
| 46 | She 's right nice , just qualified now to college , from Taunton you know , Daphne says steering the conversation in the way she wanted it to go . |
| 47 | Then , just when Rachel was feeling she wanted it to go on forever , this exciting masquerade between the two of them where it seemed as if the rest of the world did n't exist , she found herself beside Danny who began stuttering and waving his arms , obviously trying to tell her something . |
| 48 | I wanted it to go . |
| 49 | You wanted it to go out in the summer |
| 50 | Which was partly the reason why I wanted it serviced , it |
| 51 | She never wanted it to end . |
| 52 | It was as satisfying as coming home , lovely as a May morning , exhilarating as a roller-coaster ride , fierce as a forest fire , and she never wanted it to end … |
| 53 | He does n't think Joe wanted it to end that way . |
| 54 | He did , he just can you just go through it with a fine toothcomb if you wanted it proved . |
| 55 | They wanted it to come as a sudden surprise — jolt . |
| 56 | The sinking feeling I get when I fold it up again and stuff the envelope under my bed makes me realise how much I wanted it to come up with some answers . |
| 57 | He said we were holding on to the ball , but we wanted it to come out . |
| 58 | I wanted it to come out |
| 59 | Sounded rather forward-thinking for a major record company and I wanted it confirmed … |
| 60 | If I were going to spend the time and effort to write a book , I wanted it to get to as many people as possible . |