Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] [adv] [prep] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Western leaders , including John Major , yesterday came out in Mr Yeltsin 's defence and the White House made clear that it wanted to go ahead with the planned summit meeting between President Bill Clinton and Mr Yeltsin in April . |
| 2 | I even got a job for one of my half-sisters at a place in Lunedale , but she did n't settle to the job like me and wanted to go home after a short while . |
| 3 | But this was an A-road and I wanted to keep mainly to the minor routes , so half-way up I turned off behind the Ponderosa Cafe and joined the Old Horseshoe Pass . |
| 4 | He wanted to keep close to the poor bloody infantry , so he would get into discussion with the constable on the beat , the detective on a case ; and he would end up being drawn into endorsing action that the Inspector in charge would not countenance . |
| 5 | People wanted to get away from the stereotyped chapels of plain benches , unvarnished woodwork and oil-lamps , chapels filled with the drone of ‘ psalm-singing green-grocers ’ and their families . |
| 6 | I wanted to get away from the boring white theme , but the only dress I really liked was one by David Fielden which had white fur and beading . |
| 7 | This is an interesting monument because the architect , Rodolfo Vantini , who completed the work in 1828 , wanted to get away from the conventional Roman triumphal arch , ( a decision said to have been as much due to the local inhabitants complaining that they did not want their view of the Lombardian Pre-Alps blocked as to any creative urge ) . |
| 8 | Many of them never wanted to lend overseas in the first place , but were forced into it by the internationalization of American commerce ; as their local clientele expanded into foreign trade , they had no choice but to follow them or lose the business to the money-center banks . |