Example sentences of "want [be] for [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning . |
| 2 | ‘ The only thing I really want is for Alonzo Kettless to carve me an East Suffolk Policeman 's helmet , ’ said Chief Superintendent Rom Rumsby on his retirement . |
| 3 | Essentially , what she wants is for Berowne to discover what is serious in life , and to stop fooling all the time . |
| 4 | The last thing she had wanted was for Luke to make a pass at her . |
| 5 | What Harry Truman wanted was for Douglas MacArthur to behave himself , he wanted Douglas MacArthur to stop giving impromptu press conferences , he wanted him to stop inventing strategy as he went without reference to the president , he simply wanted to restore the chain of command . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know . |