Example sentences of "wanted to get [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to get on with the drop — the pilot had been in that freezing water for long enough ! i changed to a right-hand hold , then I talked to my passengers as much as possible to keep them calm and show that everything was under control . |
| 2 | ‘ He sat down and we wanted to get on with the game and try for another goal , so I wanted him off . |
| 3 | He wanted to get on with the job of examining the clothes and , he hoped , identifying the body , but he had another job to do first — to call on the River Police and give them such facts as he had . |
| 4 | A spokesman said : The traffic on the M4 is just as busy early in the summer as it is in August , and we wanted to get on with the work before the autumn to take advantage of the longer days and better weather . |
| 5 | This is not Norma 's fault , she 's probably quite a nice dear who never wanted the fame , never wanted a prime minister for a husband , just wanted to get on with the washing up back in Huntingdon . |
| 6 | I wanted a second mate 's ticket ; I wanted to get on to the bridge and do things . |
| 7 | Liz wanted to get on to the exciting bits , in which Job demanded why light was given to him that was in misery , and life to the bitter in soul : in which Job desired to argue with his God : in which the Lord answered Job out of the whirlwind : but she knew it would be cheating to miss out the she-asses and skip to the livelier parts , so she plodded dully on with the dull narrative . |
| 8 | She wanted to get in off the doorstep . |
| 9 | Philippa had come early because she wanted to get in in the hope of finding an earring she had lost , before the cleaner started on the room . |
| 10 | Amateurs wanted to get off to the country for the weekend rather than performing for the benefit of playing spectators . |
| 11 | ‘ What would happen if anyone just wanted to get out of the partnership — I mean , without a death being involved ? ’ |
| 12 | He wanted to get out of the shed . |
| 13 | More than anything Mungo suddenly wanted to get out of the forest ; to be in his room , or talking to one of the family , or anywhere . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's easy now to say he was hasty , yet at the time he just wanted to get out of the place because he was so ill . |
| 15 | I was frightened by the helpless , shaking anger that had hold of me ; I wanted to get out of the room . |
| 16 | He wanted to get out of the old activist scene and transform himself into a modern , successful businessman . |
| 17 | I also understood , from little hints dropped here and there , that he wanted to get out of the country while his music was starting to impinge on the public . |
| 18 | Not if he wanted to get out of the restaurant alive . |
| 19 | We both wanted to get out of the place . |
| 20 | Kate was Mary 's tutor and she encouraged Mary to clarify what she wanted to get out of the videos and work through questions to identify issues which Mary could then pursue . |
| 21 | The army wanted to get out of the trees . |
| 22 | If they had been advised as to the necessity for clear offers in writing with terms set out from the bank , their case is that they would have taken that advice , they would have waited for the bank offer and if and when it had not been suitable for them they would not have exchanged and their case is also that er once things had gone er very badly wrong and they wanted to get out of the contract if they had been advised as to the way out er then er they would have been er of that , they would have served notice and they would have got out of the contract . |
| 23 | ‘ But I wanted to get out into the commercial world . |
| 24 | The Old Bailey was told he was ‘ desperately in love and wanted to get back at the woman ’ for ending their relationship . |
| 25 | Terry did n't want any truck with service medicos , he just wanted to get back to the States and see Madeleine , Sulome and Gabrielle . |
| 26 | I expect had enough sitting around wanted to get back to the bit like mews |