Example sentences of "that he [verb] [adv] want [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That he 'd never wanted you ? |
| 2 | I 'd been hurt — the man I thought loved me had not only jilted me and stolen my money , but admitted that he had n't wanted me in the first place . |
| 3 | Was it possible that he had actually wanted her to turn his offer down ? |
| 4 | Hopkins 's attitude to the publication of his poetry had always been ambivalent , but his habit of sending copies to Bridges indicates that he did not want them lost . |
| 5 | No ! he would shout , and make it clear that we would not discuss it … he used an expletive that I have not used , indicating that he did not want me to raise that subject with him . ’ |
| 6 | Mr. Hallworth 's evidence was that he did not want her to enter into the transaction , but she said she wanted to go ahead with it . |
| 7 | She could hardly descend on Giovanna Sassanta 's house without an appointment , and Anthony had made it abundantly clear that he did not want her to cross the threshold of his hospital . |
| 8 | Odd-Knut — whose English was good enough to know that he did not want us to call him ‘ Odd ’ — suggested that he could leave us near the Finnish border and we could ski or walk the last bit . |
| 9 | By the time he got outside Adam was already there , telling the man in the handkerchief hat that he did n't want him to come any more , he was going to sell the house . |
| 10 | When he introduced me to her , just before the wedding , he sort of … well , he did n't come out and say it , but he got the message over that he did n't want her to know I was gay . |
| 11 | He meant that he did n't want it to be . |