Example sentences of "they wanted [to-vb] the [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In Uruguay , the torturers wanted confessions ; in Namibia , they sought information ; in Cambodia , they wanted to destroy the personality of the prisoner ; in Chile , at one time , they tortured all detainees . |
| 2 | They wanted to mention the extension of nursery activities into the home , the importance of talking with the child , of playing together and sharing what has been learnt at nursery — also that staff are willing to listen to what parents have to say about happenings at home , and welcome comment and suggestions from parents . |
| 3 | They wanted to reach the pole in five minutes , ’ he said . |
| 4 | They wanted to give the notebook to Chris Bonington who they thought was coming to Kazakhstan in July . |
| 5 | Essentially , they wanted to spend the rest of their lives in the area in which they were born , and anyway , where were there opportunities for ex-miners ? |
| 6 | This last wild exaggeration has also been popular with educators at times when they wanted to stress the importance of their task and the need to get it right . |
| 7 | Newell and Simon wanted to know how our brains and minds function ; they wanted to discover the quintessence of intelligence . |
| 8 | Senior ministers were clearly disappointed last night at the news , but said they wanted to study the papers before commenting publicly . |
| 9 | They wanted to break the strength of our union . |
| 10 | The raft of policies that the Opposition are putting before the British people would be devastating to job prospects , and so ashamed are they of the consequences of their policies that four Labour members of the Select Committee on Employment last week voted down a proposal to hold an inquiry into the effects of national statutory minimum wage because they wanted to hide the truth about that policy from the British people . |
| 11 | They said they wanted to confront the crews with what the plane does . |
| 12 | John Carty , Clyde secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions , said Yarrow management would have to improve the deal if they wanted to get the workers round a table and an early end to the strike . |
| 13 | You see , if they wanted to know the truth beyond all doubt , they 'd have sent me up to Scotland , would n't they ? |
| 14 | They identified areas where IBM wanted people to develop : they wanted computer-integrated manufacturing ( CIM ) know-how ; they wanted engineers to have business skills ; they wanted people in manufacturing areas to have higher skill levels ; they wanted to increase the flexibility of the organisation . |
| 15 | In particular , they wanted to strengthen the law against badger digging . |
| 16 | He 's a sharp operator , adept at playing the angles , continually bouncing gags off the course of a meandering conversation which takes in flotation tanks ( ’ They told me they wanted to recreate the conditions of the womb , but that 's all I need : some jerk in a white coat stabbing me with an ice-pick for half an hour ’ ) : Panama ( ’ Most American casualties over there were self-inflicted , but that 's because we have a lot of Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics in the armed services and some guys get confused ; some Hispanics shot themselves , they 're that loyal ’ ) ; even , somehow , the British motorway system ( ’ Driving up the M1 ! |