Example sentences of "[conj] he want [to-vb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Strangers , I mean , that he wanted to talk to alone ? ’ |
| 2 | LIKE Neil Kinnock , Des Wilson once said that he wanted to retire at 50 . |
| 3 | ED BICKNELL is manager of Dire Straits who he says that he wanted to represent within five minutes of seeing them live . |
| 4 | I know that he wants to speak on Third Reading and no doubt he will make his point later . |
| 5 | Mr Clinton may say that he wants to concentrate on domestic policy until he is blue in the face ; the truth of the matter is that in a federal system such single-mindedness will not get him far , because most domestic policy is reserved to state and local governments . |
| 6 | He is more broad minded than the priest-administrator ; and he wants to succeed in this . |
| 7 | Mrs Dougan , who attended the court with her husband , added : ‘ I was a friend and he wanted to speak to one of his friends . ’ |
| 8 | Belinda wanted to tell him not to worry about waiting for her if he wanted to return to Labour and Delivery , but somehow the words would n't come . |
| 9 | However much he bucked against it , in the end , if he wanted to survive in this world , let alone succeed , he had to do everything the schoolteacher instructed him to do . |
| 10 | And if he wants to dabble in those really contentious issues then he 's got to say what he really thinks , because I 've had it up to f—ing here . ’ |
| 11 | I am asking the hon. Gentleman whether he wants to go down that road . |