Example sentences of "[modal v] have wanted [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am sure that if I had been his secretary for a fortnight I should have wanted to poison him , not marry him … yes , I should have run round to the chemist 's for threepennyworth of poison after a very short time . |
| 2 | I ca n't understand why Heather should have wanted to dig up such stuff . |
| 3 | Leaning in over the sleeping child I must have wanted to see myself as the angel , hovering in protection of an infant who was so obviously in peril . |
| 4 | ‘ She must have wanted to leave home terribly badly . |
| 5 | Anyway , when Sir Arnold finally died , his wife must have wanted to whitewash his reputation . |
| 6 | He must have wanted to know what triumphs she had to report . |
| 7 | We must have wanted to come here : to do so , I gave up a most coveted job , that of editor in chief of American Esquire . |
| 8 | A little bit I think that he was just concerned that perhaps there might 've been other people who might 've wanted to come and if people had rung up and you had had a waiting list something could 've been done about it |
| 9 | I do n't suppose you know of anyone who might have wanted to kill him ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Can you suggest any reason why anyone might have wanted to kill Matthew ? ’ |
| 11 | Lots of people might have wanted to kill him . ’ |
| 12 | Any idea who might have wanted to kill him ? ’ |
| 13 | Did you know anyone who might have wanted to kill him ? ’ |
| 14 | At one time she might have wanted to sit among the crowd , to escape from the prying eyes , but she would never have had the confidence to say so . |
| 15 | ‘ Yes , I can think of one or two people who might have wanted to harm her , as you suggest . |
| 16 | However much she might have wanted to remain aloof from publicity the female press corps had already identified her as the ‘ Woman Head ’ of a multi-million dollar international corporation and , through the same lens , saw her therefore as challenging a man 's world . |
| 17 | We had to tell them because they might have wanted to go home . |
| 18 | That was when the bravado and drink and adrenalin took me further than I might have wanted to go . |
| 19 | Unfortunately , the announcement of free time seemed to be the local signal for metal shutters to clang down over everything one might have wanted to see . |
| 20 | But there will be no compensation for those who might have wanted to deal during the suspension period . |
| 21 | She was suddenly seeing herself as a desirable young woman — a woman the famous Maître of the Maison de Verveine might have wanted to marry had he been free . |
| 22 | One , he might have wanted to show his national pride . |
| 23 | Much as she might have wanted to help , Diana was in no position to give Charles the attention he needed . |
| 24 | On a final afternoon in which lesser mortals might have wanted to run for cover the European team fought on even though at times its causes seemed hopeless . |
| 25 | To Culley , he said , ‘ Well , I 'd 've wanted to know that too , I guess . ’ |
| 26 | Who could have wanted to kill her ? ’ |
| 27 | With the failure of Wyndham 's efforts , the rebellion in England became essentially a movement of Catholic recusants in the north , which few Anglicans could have wanted to see succeed , especially since the Pretender had refused to renounce his religion . |
| 28 | If I 'd have wanted to go |
| 29 | There 's no one he 'd have wanted seeing him dead less than me , and the feeling was mutual . |
| 30 | If I 'd been at school I think I 'd have wanted to leave at Easter . |