Example sentences of "wanted [was/were] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | All she wanted was to be alone . |
| 2 | All he really wanted was to be next to O ; and you could see that the whole time he was listening , watching . |
| 3 | All she wanted was to be by his side . |
| 4 | All I wanted was to be left alone to get on with the job I 'd been trained for and loved . |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | What he wanted was to be as dirty as the miners , covered in coal-dust like them . |
| 7 | The last thing Michael Harvey wanted was to be drawn into a personal discussion . |
| 8 | All she wanted was to be their friend , but they responded by ridiculing her . |
| 9 | In 1970 , the last thing he wanted was to be reminded of Richard and the silly game they used to play . |
| 10 | All he wanted was to be free . |
| 11 | But what they all wanted was to be cared for some of the time and often their tears were statements about that need . |
| 12 | My impression was that I was only getting a small part of his attention , that he was profoundly preoccupied and that the one thing he wanted was to be left alone . ’ |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | All I wanted was to be away from Hampton Court before I further incurred Henry 's wrath . |
| 15 | Because , it occurred to her with heart-stopping suddenness , the last thing in the world she wanted was to be around when Rohan Saint Yves married Antoinette — or anyone else . |
| 16 | What Owen wanted was to be in and out fast . |
| 17 | But what Kenneth really wanted was to be where the action is , on the footplate . |