Example sentences of "wanted be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That someone she would never have ; the only man she wanted was beyond her reach and she would n't , could n't accept second best , though that was what she would have to do unless she wanted to walk alone forever . |
| 2 | All she wanted was to be alone . |
| 3 | All he really wanted was to be next to O ; and you could see that the whole time he was listening , watching . |
| 4 | All she wanted was to be by his side . |
| 5 | All I wanted was to be left alone to get on with the job I 'd been trained for and loved . |
| 6 | ‘ 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 . |
| 7 | What he wanted was to be as dirty as the miners , covered in coal-dust like them . |
| 8 | The last thing Michael Harvey wanted was to be drawn into a personal discussion . |
| 9 | All she wanted was to be their friend , but they responded by ridiculing her . |
| 10 | In 1970 , the last thing he wanted was to be reminded of Richard and the silly game they used to play . |
| 11 | All he wanted was to be free . |
| 12 | But what they all wanted was to be cared for some of the time and often their tears were statements about that need . |
| 13 | 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 . ’ |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | All I wanted was to be away from Hampton Court before I further incurred Henry 's wrath . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | What Owen wanted was to be in and out fast . |
| 18 | But what Kenneth really wanted was to be where the action is , on the footplate . |
| 19 | At this stage Hitler 's plans were still fluid , but the last thing he wanted was for the useful Danzig problem to be solved . |
| 20 | The last thing I wanted was for some motorist to hit one of my owls just when it was establishing itself . |
| 21 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |
| 22 | This father insisted that all they wanted was for their children to receive a schooling based on English traditions and values . |
| 23 | The last thing they wanted was for the Americans to know they were about to learn their secrets . |
| 24 | And you kept trying all those complicated ways of pleasing me , but all I wanted was for you just to want me . ’ |
| 25 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 26 | I finally said the only thing I damn well wanted was for them to leave so I could get to the hospital . |
| 27 | Feeling a twinge of guilt because she 'd inadvertently brought it all up when all they wanted was for it to remain buried , and pushing aside for the moment the whys and wherefores of her grandfather 's involvement , Ellie apologised quietly , ‘ I 'm sorry . |
| 28 | All he wanted was for him to put out the cigarette ; he knew he would just go on suffering the strangled air . |
| 29 | The last thing she wanted was for the local press to find out that she had a personal interest in finding Angy 's killer . |
| 30 | All they wanted was for him to sit still as a stone — to be a piece of scenery , a decoration like one of the stone angels he had watched the Mason carve , up in the roofs of churches . |