Example sentences of "he wanted see " in BNC.
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| 1 | He admitted he wanted to see if there was ‘ room for flexible … language ( in the bill ) which may be able to avoid a veto on my part ’ . |
| 2 | That same week he told Maggie out of the blue that he wanted to see her alone . |
| 3 | Of the Paternoster Square development , what he wanted to see , he said , was ‘ a roofscape that gives the impression that St Paul 's is floating above it like a great ship in the sea ’ . |
| 4 | A source at the meeting did not deny that Mr Havel 's candidacy was discussed , while Father Vaclav Maly , a leading Forum activist , said he wanted to see Mr Havel as head of state . |
| 5 | He wanted to see what would come of it if Mel Gibson played the prince , and he gets his answer . |
| 6 | I was put to work with him on the same bench and he not only taught me toolmaking , he also taught me about the trade union movement and the kind of society he wanted to see . ’ |
| 7 | He wanted to see what Eleanor would do . |
| 8 | It was as if he wanted to see but not be seen . |
| 9 | More than anything else in the world , he wanted to see that muscular hairy body hanging from a bloody meat-hook in the cellar among the turkey carcasses and slaughtered pigs . |
| 10 | He was too tired to go to the window again , and did not know now what he wanted to see on the other side of the glass . |
| 11 | Fiona telephoned during the afternoon to say that she 'd brought Harry home and he wanted to see me , so with a sigh but little reluctance I abandoned the empty page and walked down to the village . |
| 12 | Obviously , he wanted to see blood , and did n't much care whose it was . |
| 13 | He wanted to see more ‘ young ladies ’ at matches because he thought they would ‘ raise the tone of supporters generally ’ . |
| 14 | Chamberlain was the chairman of the JAC , established by the Board of Trade , but he made it clear that he wanted to see ‘ a separate department of the city 's government , in which the education authority and the Ministry of Labour would cooperate in order to cover all sides of juvenile welfare ’ . |
| 15 | What I still could n't understand was why he wanted to see me at all . |
| 16 | Their journey from London had taken several days and he was stiff and saddle sore , but he wanted to see more of this great city before finding an inn for the night . |
| 17 | He told a packed meeting that he was opposed to discrimination against lesbians and gay men , and , further , that he wanted to see homosexuality regarded as being equally as valid as heterosexuality . |
| 18 | They had been together for six months but fell out when he told her he wanted to see more of his friends . |
| 19 | Only painters would find this featureless landscape interesting , but if Max Liebermann and Mauve — to name only two — had found it worthwhile , then he wanted to see it . |
| 20 | He wanted to see her again . |
| 21 | There was nothing airy-fairy about the way he wanted Carrie : he wanted to touch Carrie , he wanted to see her … |
| 22 | He walked slowly now towards the room , but as he passed his mother 's door he felt forced to stop and knock , not because he wanted to see her particularly , but because there was a great need in him for human company . |
| 23 | Massage parlour receptionist Monthira Boonsri , 18 , was grabbed in Bangkok by the demented man , who insisted he wanted to see the prime minister of Thailand . |
| 24 | Then the actor told his agent he wanted to see his name up in lights at the cinema . |
| 25 | He wanted to see Garibaldi 's house . |
| 26 | He wanted to see Mr Remington-Hart about some patient and to spend next Sunday catching up on ‘ cold ’ cases . |
| 27 | But now he wanted to see what she would do if left to solve the problem herself . |
| 28 | Well , it now seemed that there was someone he wanted to see in Glasgow , so he was taking this chance to fit that in . |
| 29 | He said nothing , just that he wanted to see Duncan in the hall . |
| 30 | He wanted to see her again ! |