Example sentences of "wanted [pron] [to-vb] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I nursed my damaged finger , and showed it to anyone who wanted me to join in the rough stuff . |
| 2 | Yes , Mar Mark wanted you to look at the third line of the third verse where there is a reference to no eyes and wondered whether you have any ideas about that . |
| 3 | Polls suggested that up to one in four Conservative MPs wanted her to go before the next general election : growing numbers of backbenchers were prepared openly to declare that the time had come for her to call it a day . |
| 4 | Murphy wanted her to stay by the first fire of the autumn and be waiting there with the tea table , as Aunt Emily had always done ; but he knew , after just over two months of Alexandra 's rule , that it was pointless even to look his disapproval . |
| 5 | a star and wanted us to share in the good luck . |