Example sentences of "that [pron] wanted [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's how I felt all the time ; this constant feeling that no-one wanted me to be there , no-one gave a f— about me . |
| 2 | A number of myths have grown up about David 's relationship with me — one of them being that I wanted him to be another Tommy Steele or another cabaret star , but this was not true . |
| 3 | Not that I wanted you to be my lover . |
| 4 | I gave him a draft of the first chapter and explained that I wanted it to be the sort of book that would sell in airport book stalls . |
| 5 | It was n't that she wanted him to be here with her . |
| 6 | What she was sure of , though , was that she wanted him with every fibre of her being . |
| 7 | She could not be certain that she wanted it to be true . |
| 8 | Mrs Barrie-Brown left Fresden to the Roman Research Trust , specifying in the codicil to her will that she wanted it to be turned into an educational centre . |
| 9 | She explained that she wanted someone outside her family to know about them in case anything should happen to her before she would be able to raise the issue with someone with influence in Northern Ireland . |
| 10 | As I understand it , you were continuing the same metaphor when you told me that you wanted me to be a kind of groundsman . |
| 11 | You said , I think , that you wanted me to ‘ check the condition of the pitch ’ and to ‘ make sure there 's a goal somewhere down the other end of the field ’ . |
| 12 | Chief inspector Walter Walker , who helped organise the survey , explained , ‘ Many said that they wanted us to be more friendly and caring , and give more information to visitors . |
| 13 | On that night he watched himself in the mirror all night , and for the very first time he was the one who asked for things and who made things happen in the order that he wanted them to . |
| 14 | Wants you to be — ’ Nutty paused , not quite sure what he wanted them to be , but knowing that he wanted them to be something other than they were . |
| 15 | It has been suggested that the real reason Judas betrayed Jesus was that he wanted him to be a popular Messiah who would drive out the Romans . |
| 16 | He said nothing , just squeezed her arm to let her know it was all right , that he wanted her to be there as well . |
| 17 | She had a row with a young man named Nick Owens when they were all at the caelidhe one evening and he told her that he wanted her to be his girl and not go out with anyone else . |
| 18 | That he wanted her to be a nuisance ? |
| 19 | It made her feel that he wanted her to be grateful to him for marrying her . |
| 20 | Last week , the hon. Gentleman was trying to be a lawyer and attempting to make me read out on the floor of the House a document that he wanted me to table . |
| 21 | ‘ I was playing in a particular game and did not think I had done anything spectacular at all when I was approached by Heffernan who told me that he wanted me for the Ireland team to play Australia in the Compromise Rules series , ’ recalls McGilligan . |