Example sentences of "wanted it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wanted it to use as a desk and gave £5 for it . |
| 2 | ‘ The car was so badly crushed that I thought about asking the boss if he wanted it posting back . ’ |
| 3 | But it 's been done because people wanted it to happen , not because it 's been imposed upon them . ’ |
| 4 | And when Biarritz scored a quick try and Blanco landed a sensational penalty from about 60 metres it looked as if a miracle seemed possible simply because so many people passionately wanted it to happen . |
| 5 | ‘ But I wanted it to happen . |
| 6 | She knew what was coming ; she wanted it to happen . |
| 7 | One minute he was kissing her as if he never wanted it to stop , and the next he was trying to protect her in some cryptic , jaded way from a danger that seemed clear to him but was a mystery to her . |
| 8 | Chopra wanted it to stop . |
| 9 | At some point she tried to say , ‘ David — ’ but his mouth was on hers again , and his long sensitive hands were sensuously caressing her , and she never wanted it to stop . |
| 10 | I wanted it to stop . |
| 11 | They said they just wanted it to stop |
| 12 | It has been starved of funds , and leading politicians with the power to do something about it have done little or nothing , apparently content as long as the radio reported what they wanted it to report . |
| 13 | She remembered her thoughts as he told her he was as shocked as her , and that he wanted it to continue … her heart skipped beats frantically . |
| 14 | It did not deserve to live , but we wanted it to live . |
| 15 | It was the first time I had ever trained a bird to do something I wanted it to do . |
| 16 | I decided it was jolly expensive and eh , was n't going to do what I felt I wanted it to do . |
| 17 | I mean you 're not really , you put it through it 's paces to see if it would do what we wanted it to do but that 's not actually . |
| 18 | And all they wanted it to do was to go around the corner to Marygate for the winter and then we s got the same in the spring to bring it back , but by that time the python was a lot bigger . |
| 19 | She had lived in Paris so long that she had the appearance of a true Parisienne with her neatly bobbed hair , her brogues and long cigarette holder , inhaling the smoke as though she wanted it to reach her toes . |
| 20 | According to Hun Sen , the government , while accepting most of the plan , wanted it to include " concrete measures " to prevent the return to power of the " genocidal " Pol Pot regime ( the Khmer Rouge regime of 1976-79 ) . |
| 21 | Mrs Maugham did not like crazy paving , because the stones worked loose , and she wanted it done in asphalt ; Clara did not like crazy paving either , but felt obliged to defend it . |
| 22 | If you wanted it done in three hours ? |
| 23 | Because if he wanted it done , it would be done . |
| 24 | She wanted it done . |
| 25 | but Richard was sure he wanted it done and nothing came between him and that intention . |
| 26 | Erm but did he tol tell you that the surgeon asked him if he really wanted it done ? |
| 27 | ‘ We wanted it to give an impression of America in the 1950s and '60s . ’ |
| 28 | What we did : Rachel was tired of her style and wanted it cut short so we decided to make use of the remainder of the perm and create a look with lots of volume . |
| 29 | I wanted it to finish . ’ |
| 30 | It was something that she would never have thought possible and now that it had actually happened , now that she knew she was n't dreaming , she wanted it to last . |