Example sentences of "wanted [prep] be [vb pp] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To try to rejuvenate his fading presidency Reagan wanted to be seen on prime-time network television across America greeting each hostage in turn as they stepped safely back on to American soil . |
| 2 | Du Cann 's fundamental problem has been that he wanted to be seen as cross between a Tory grandee and country squire . |
| 3 | She wanted to be comforted with closeness , to forget everything in such immediate intimacy , to be told that it was all right , that the world was real , and she had woken from a bad , bad dream … |
| 4 | Encore Computer Corp , Fort Lauderdale , Florida has persuaded the Gould Inc subsidiary of Nikko Kyodo Co Inc — which wanted to be shot of Encore altogether when it bought Gould , but has had to keep the company in the fold and bankroll it to have a chance of realising any value from it — to increase its revolving credit facility by $20m ; the pact also extends the maturity dates of Encore 's $50m term loan agreement to April 2 1995 , and the $35m increased revolving credit pact to July 3 1994 . |
| 5 | The record number of people who did get involved , or who wanted to be kept in touch , generated a vast workload for the inquiry bureaucracy , in reality a handful of hard-pressed individuals . |
| 6 | In that moment of truth she wanted to be struck by lightning and reduced to smouldering ashes . |
| 7 | ‘ Did I ever say I wanted to be buried at sea ? ’ |
| 8 | REAL firemen freed Joe Grey , four , after he stuck his head between railings at Scunthorpe , Humberside , because he wanted to be rescued by TV 's Fireman Sam . |