Example sentences of "they wanted [to-vb] the [noun] of " 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 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Newell and Simon wanted to know how our brains and minds function ; they wanted to discover the quintessence of intelligence . |
| 6 | They wanted to break the strength of our union . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 ! |