Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] wanted " in BNC.
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| 1 | Catholics were rebels who only wanted to destroy not only Northern Ireland but also the Protestant nature of the rest of the British Isles and the only thing which maintained civil liberties was adherence to the Protestant faith . |
| 2 | How awful , after all , to be wishing that people who only wanted to help would go away and leave her alone . |
| 3 | But her screams still echoed in his ears , ringing out into the night , summoning all his enemies , the whole world , who only wanted this opportunity to hound him , to tear him . |
| 4 | Thus while first-class patronage was encouraged , and more businessmen complained bitterly that they had to go first-class in order to enjoy their British breakfast , more humble individuals who merely wanted to enjoy the view from the train were not so generously treated . |
| 5 | The couple were told that Alex 's natural mother was an unmarried rape victim who merely wanted a secure home for the child who would otherwise be condemned to an institution . |
| 6 | We 'd end up with 350 MPs who all wanted to be prime minister . |
| 7 | I shook my head and was saved from further entreaties by the arrival once again of the children who all wanted choice titbits from the grownups , ‘ table ’ , kisses and praise . |
| 8 | She had been held in high esteem by numerous people who all wanted to pay their respect . |
| 9 | The happy muddle of the Rectory drawing-room , the flushed children , the feeling of belonging , of being part of a group of humans who all wanted her , among whom she could be entirely herself , all seduced her stay . |
| 10 | The fire brigade reappeared , bringing them some council inspector , who obviously wanted to evacuate the house . |
| 11 | But then we made a sort of left turn with ‘ Tusk ’ , which dumbfounded a lot of people , not just the record company who obviously wanted the market , but a certain amount of the public who were expecting something that they 'd already labelled and were comfortable with . |
| 12 | Usually anyone who obviously wanted it was given a chance to try his/her hand at dealing — unless he appeared too pompous . |
| 13 | " Keep still if you can , poor old chap , " said Acorn , who obviously wanted to be overheard . |
| 14 | Yeo Davis 's business was concerned with representing people who did not know the ropes , or even that there were any ropes ; Hutton 's predominantly with fellow professionals in other fields who just wanted the best and swiftest way through . |
| 15 | ‘ Yeah , ’ said somebody drunk who just wanted to be nasty , ‘ you tell her . |
| 16 | The implication is that these women were the sexual victims of men who just wanted a good time . |
| 17 | According to hearsay , Bez had managed to break his arm — twice ; Shaun was there in body but his head was elsewhere ; and there were persistent rumours of rifts between the pair and the rest of the band , who just wanted to get their heads down and get on with work rather than get on one . |
| 18 | In 1922 the manager of the Grand Theater in DeQueen , Arkansas , explained to the readers of the Exhibitors Herald that he was having difficulty in choosing between the easily satisfied ‘ masses ’ , who just wanted shorts , and the much more difficult to please ‘ classes ’ , who wanted programmes especially prepared for them . |
| 19 | For the O level people and those who just wanted to work , mucking around was seen to be unfair both to them because it held them back and to the teachers : here they interpret ‘ mucking about ’ wholly within the official theory of schooling . |
| 20 | The MP Sir Tollemache Sinclair ( who desperately wanted Thurso to become a Royal Burgh ) sent the largest collection of items including oleographs , prize-winning inlaid walnut cabinet and ships ' models . |
| 21 | Such clues would add to the embarrassing riches of intelligence which had recently flooded in to Napoleon 's headquarters from Belgians who desperately wanted to be part of France again . |
| 22 | Because on this occasion the fame seemed such a foregone conclusion , there was less talk than usual about its progress , which was a disappointment to those on our side who desperately wanted to be able to display modesty about their achievements . |
| 23 | The older men , who still wanted to attend live games , learned to avoid either of the ‘ ends ’ , and with falling attendances there was no difficulty in finding a relatively safe place elsewhere in the ground . |
| 24 | Guests who still wanted to explore the lagoons and sea-flats could use Wavebreaker 's skiff . |
| 25 | By 1945 that policy had worked , and anyone who still wanted to get lost in mazes like Pound 's Cantos was to be left to pursue his passion like a solitary vice . |
| 26 | He overbore Neville Chamberlain and the others who still wanted to ride for a fall on a bold safeguarding policy . |
| 27 | Porterfield was a good player who always wanted to become a manager . |
| 28 | Charlesworth and Nathan ( 1982 ) tell a very poignant story about a young man who always wanted to be a lumberjack . |
| 29 | I 've another mate who always wanted to be an actor . |
| 30 | God had changed things but God had been defeated : she would believe that for ever , she would go on repeating it to herself to anyone else who ever wanted to know . |