Example sentences of "[conj] [adj] [pers pn] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This father insisted that all they wanted was for their children to receive a schooling based on English traditions and values . |
| 2 | Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’ |
| 3 | McCrea sums up the Western code by his declaration that all his wants is to ‘ enter my house justified ’ while Scott is more easy-going and hence survives to mourn his partner in a world where a Westerner is more likely to be an unshaven brute played by Warren Oates than a white-hatted , true-hearted paladin . |
| 4 | They know the truth : that life with an aged parent can be a strange mixture of joy and sorrow , and all they ask is for that fact to be accepted , not glossed over by their family and society , and then to be offered some practical ideas on how to make the best of a good job , which they consider to be well worth doing . |
| 5 | Their private parts were firmly jammed in the wringer and all it needed was for somebody to the rescue . |
| 6 | And Carol and Ann are white and all it needs is for one of them to lead the other , censoring friendship , arousing hostility . |
| 7 | ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’ |
| 8 | and all I want is to type down there , cos that 's all I do |
| 9 | If all he wants is to hitchhikers does n't he ? |
| 10 | As a result , by the time war was declared in 1939 MI6 had failed to establish any worthwhile network of agents in Europe and those it had were of very dubious quality , some even dishonest and fraudulent . |
| 11 | ‘ Manners , she says — but all you want is to belt across country for a couple of miles . |
| 12 | And you kept trying all those complicated ways of pleasing me , but all I wanted was for you just to want me . ’ |
| 13 | They had altered the street route system since last he 'd been in the place . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ He ca n't hold my grandmother 's misguided behaviour against me when all I want is to be part of the family , to know I belong . ’ |