Example sentences of "he wanted [verb] [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If he wanted to act like an uncivilized person-which is what he must be and you could see it clearer all the time-then let him alone . |
| 2 | Whether he attended the Academy or not , what is certain is that he wanted to live with a practising painter as a working apprentice . |
| 3 | Marius was against cremation ; he wanted to lie in an English grave with a marble headstone . |
| 4 | He wanted to stare at a free sky . |
| 5 | He was asked if he wanted to embark on a new life with a different identity . |
| 6 | Instead of talking about the job he said some words to me in Punjabi or Urdu and looked as if he wanted to get into a big conversation about Ray or Tagore or something . |
| 7 | He wanted to train as a chartered accountant with the ultimate aim of becoming a managing director . |