Example sentences of "last [noun] that [pers pn] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | I considered simply passing it forward , but some idiot would probably open it and read it out to the whole class , or else it would get intercepted by Mrs Burton who was the last person that I wanted to read it . |
| 2 | Jones , married with an 18 month-old daughter , was adamant last night that he wants to regain his Test spot , but admitted he felt trapped financially . |
| 3 | ‘ I told you in my letter last week that I wanted you to arrange for me to meet him . |
| 4 | The last thing that we want is a return to the spend , spend , spend — tax , tax , tax policies of the Labour party . |
| 5 | The last thing that she wanted to do was to add to his pain . |
| 6 | Plus , my friends would only end up nagging me about my weight and that was the last thing that I wanted . ’ |
| 7 | The last thing that I want to do is stray out of order . |
| 8 | The last thing that you want when you 're turkeying is to talk about gear . |
| 9 | Erm but er I think when you say about being confrontational there 's if you 've got a client in front of you the last thing that you want to do is have erm a confrontation with them |
| 10 | But the General would have none of it : the last thing that he wanted was a tainted victory , with RPF delegates beholden to another party . |
| 11 | Erm Mary indicated at the last executive that she wants to retire from C H C and she would like Pauline to take her place , have you an nomina , a nominee from here ? |