Example sentences of "all [pers pn] [verb] be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | McCrea sums up the Western code by his declaration that all his wants is to ‘ enter my house justified ’ while Scott is more easy-going and hence survives to mourn his partner in a world where a Westerner is more likely to be an unshaven brute played by Warren Oates than a white-hatted , true-hearted paladin . |
| 2 | All I had was in that crate , its death |
| 3 | All I seek is to be judged on my record and the record of this group . |
| 4 | Who said ‘ all I desire is to be left alone ’ ? |
| 5 | He said : ‘ All I ask is for the manager to believe in me and to be wanted . |
| 6 | Ferguson senior added : ‘ All I ask is for the United fans to judge him on what he does on the pitch and not as the manager 's son . |
| 7 | ‘ We need the supporters and all I ask is for them to stay with us for the 90 minutes . ’ |
| 8 | All I ask is to be left to get on with my work , and enough support to make it possible . |
| 9 | ‘ All the same , ’ she said , ‘ all I meant was for her to break a leg . ’ |
| 10 | And you kept trying all those complicated ways of pleasing me , but all I wanted was for you just to want me . ’ |
| 11 | Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know . |
| 12 | All I wanted was to be left alone to get on with the job I 'd been trained for and loved . |
| 13 | All I wanted was to be away from Hampton Court before I further incurred Henry 's wrath . |
| 14 | Even after I mean , as I say , we went out on the Wednesday and he said , all I need is for you to do this book again for me . |
| 15 | All I did was to out on a raid — unofficially . |
| 16 | ‘ All I want is to be able to go out and play with my friends , ’ she says . |
| 17 | ‘ It 's so wonderful — all I want is to be with her and I get terribly possessive . |
| 18 | ‘ He ca n't hold my grandmother 's misguided behaviour against me when all I want is to be part of the family , to know I belong . ’ |
| 19 | and all I want is to type down there , cos that 's all I do |
| 20 | Do n't you know that all I want is for you to be happy ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ All I want is for him to come here , take Jennifer in his arms and face me . |
| 22 | ‘ All I want is for you to be happy , Peachcake . |
| 23 | ‘ All I want is for him to be happy and secure , ’ Vitor assured her , ‘ which he is with you . |
| 24 | ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning . |
| 25 | Only then did she realise that , for all she had been in his company for a total of several hours now , she still did n't know the first thing about him . |
| 26 | How could I tell her the truth , after all she 'd been through ? ’ |
| 27 | All she wanted was for him to leave and take his tantalising , lying promises away with him . |
| 28 | In that instant all she wanted was for him to take her in his arms again ; to know the sweet pressure of his mouth on hers and to feel once more the way her body had come alive beneath his hands . |
| 29 | Deal or no mysterious deal , now that it had been established that he had not tracked her down all she wanted was for him to go . |
| 30 | Now all she wanted was for him to go , so she could sit down and think it over . |