Example sentences of "[verb] wanted [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Norfolk-born Mavis McKechnie , 71 , of Mill House , Wissington , near Nayland , has wanted to try the walk for some time and decided to give it a serious purpose . |
| 2 | If he 'd wanted to lift the whole car , I think he could have . |
| 3 | I suppose I 'd wanted to lure the boy into an acceptance of our ways and if pancakes were the bait , I 'd use it . |
| 4 | She 'd wanted to keep the army out of it as much as possible . |
| 5 | Popes had rarely attended Councils , but Paul may have wanted to demonstrate the unity between himself and the bishops . |
| 6 | He would check it , if he needed to , but he could not at the moment see why Morgan would have wanted to kill the daughter to whom he had plainly been so devoted . |
| 7 | ‘ If I had done all six , my new film would have got in the way and I never would have wanted to hold the Darling Buds cast up . |
| 8 | He may have wanted to enhance the League 's effectiveness . |
| 9 | In fact some evidence of commitment already existed , since the head , who claims to have wanted to improve the library and to link this to the introduction of study skills , had already approached the governing body to seek county support for redecoration . |
| 10 | Gosling and Tillett appear to have wanted to limit the strike to London , though on tactics the latter blew , hot and cold . |
| 11 | Even if the authorities had wanted to rule the countryside with a rod of iron they were in no position to do so . |
| 12 | I had wanted to regain the weight in a controlled , steady way , but instead I find myself stuffing wildly ( mostly when I 'm babysitting ) : biscuits , chocolate , great hunks of cheese , cakes , pasties ; and I 'm feeling more and more anxious as the food runs out — I end up eating dog biscuits , and frozen cakes and Angel Delight powder and raw jelly and dry cereal . |
| 13 | Even if the Bookman had wanted to answer the questions , he could n't have replied to them all so quickly . |
| 14 | Even if they had wanted to black the work in support of a NATO ally , they say they had no grounds once Britain began delivering the engines after the Falklands war . |
| 15 | He had wanted to continue the relationship but the woman would n't let him . |
| 16 | I had wanted to see the danse macabre preserved there , once part of the stonework of the cathedral at Nogykanizsa . |
| 17 | I had wanted to watch the roses lit by sudden light , but they would n't let me . |
| 18 | Even if the Russians had wanted to use the pretext to reconquer the Ukraine , however , they could not have done so . |
| 19 | The pathology lab 288 had kicked off with the first of the parties , and everything had gone pretty well although nobody had wanted to touch the sandwiches . |
| 20 | She had wanted to ask the Molesworths too , but Lydia would n't let her . |
| 21 | She had wanted to argue the matter out , for she had every next sentence there , in her head , only to be followed like a crochet pattern . |
| 22 | The government had wanted to retain the higher rate , whereas the parliamentary tax committee had advocated more drastic reductions , to 14 per cent and 7 per cent . |
| 23 | I had wanted to enjoy the protection conferred by his proximity , but I was very , very pleased not to be drawn to the attentions of the spooks . |
| 24 | It was also discovered that the Poisons Unit at Guys Hospital and a DHSS toxicologist had wanted to visit the area to do tests but had been ‘ warned off ’ . |
| 25 | Duncan had wanted to wait the few hours it would take to fix the Citation and run checks on it , but Myeloski was anxious to get to Tobolsk . |
| 26 | The county council had wanted to demolish the towering and elegant stone-built landmark and replace it with a more functional concrete and steel structure . |
| 27 | ‘ If she had wanted to scotch the rumours completely she could have said the reports that her marriage is in difficulties are untrue . |
| 28 | He had wanted to make the £1,000 target but hopes that he can raise the balance when he runs in the Luton and Brussels half marathons — and possibly the New York marathon — later this year . |
| 29 | If the Government had wanted to make the Bill an election winner , they would have seen that political advantage . |
| 30 | Although other countries had wanted to specify the end of 1992 as the deadline , the UK persuaded them to refer instead to the schedule outlined in the Treaty which provided that the Treaty could come into effect later than Jan. 1 , 1993 , if the ratification process were not completed by then in all states . |