Example sentences of "she wanted [to-vb] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So much she wanted to fling back the covers , light incense and candles , worship this adored body . |
| 2 | Well , no , not really Ma'am , there were still charts to plot , and observations to send to Group , and instruments to read — and the unspoken implication , ever present , was that we were Grade 2 technicians , and if she wanted to make up the numbers on parade surely she could find a few more pen-pushers in nine-to-five jobs ? |
| 3 | She wanted to bring up the Catholic , he knew . |
| 4 | She wanted to find out the extent to which children are aware of differences between spoken and written language , of features that might pass muster in speech but not in the written word . |
| 5 | She wanted to tear out the truth , to demand it , to extract it with magnets of iron , to burn it out of this man with a desperate scream if needs be . |