Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] for [art] [noun sg] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | It felt light in his arms ; a child starved of love and food and warmth : ‘ And although a part of me , deep buried , hidden away , knew , ’ he said , ‘ still I wanted to weep for the pity of it . ’ |
2 | A simple example will make the differences plain : suppose a testator wanted to arrange for the payment of a sum of money to a certain person . |
3 | ‘ She came home from Guides one day and said she wanted to try for the Duke of Edinburgh Bronze Award , ’ recalls Rosemarie . |
4 | I also wanted to work for a firm with work under the legal aid scheme . ’ |
5 | I was really enjoying my new status as a mother and being at home and caring for Danielle and watching her grow and learn was all I wanted to do for the rest of my life . |
6 | He overbore Neville Chamberlain and the others who still wanted to ride for a fall on a bold safeguarding policy . |
7 | It was Daphne who gave me my first art book , The Treasures of Italy , in exchange for several cream wafers , and from that day on I knew I had stumbled across a subject I wanted to study for the rest of my life . |
8 | ‘ You have to look ahead to the time when you leave football , and I wanted to prepare for a life in sport and leisure management , ’ he said . |