Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] she [prep] [art] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not to this hard man who wanted to grind her into the dirt . |
| 2 | Her mother was n't at home , and her father wanted to see her to the car , which was parked in the street . |
| 3 | Of course , where Dorothy was concerned , that was his only strategy if he wanted to secure her in the end . |
| 4 | ‘ He wanted to swop her for a guarantee that he would not be arrested ’ |
| 5 | ALTHOUGH SHE HATE POSING FOR PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS SHE NEVER MINDED WHEN BERNARD WANTED TO USE HER AS A MODEL . |
| 6 | It was as if events had conspired to make her forget Ascot , Pendero , the fact that the most important person in her world had been clubbed to death because he wanted to save her from the fate that he had suffered . |
| 7 | Topaz saw how the sobs shook Honor 's body and wanted to hold her like a child to comfort her . |
| 8 | She knew that he wanted to beat her to the floor . |
| 9 | I wanted to ring her in the morning , she 'd sounded so unhappy when I left her . |
| 10 | Naturally she had not wanted to go out with him , but both her mother and father stressed how nice it was of him to take such an interest in the fact that she was going off to university and wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat . |
| 11 | He wanted to take her for a ride . |
| 12 | Even throughout the first years of her marriage , she remained the dutiful wife , never complaining when her husband wanted to involve her in the country life . |