Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] wanted him " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 'd woken that morning , lying beside Vanessa with a hard-on she 'd wanted him to pleasure her with , and had stupidly refused her , knowing he had a liaison with Martine that afternoon . |
| 2 | She thought he must be disappointed that she was n't going home , and realised in dismay that she 'd wanted him to be glad to know she was staying . |
| 3 | Perhaps he was n't without blame , but had n't she made the same kind of mistake when she had endowed Marcus with the qualities she 'd wanted him to possess ? |
| 4 | But why on earth had she been so prickly if she 'd wanted him to stay ? |
| 5 | The days were long gone when she 'd wanted him to understand , believe her . |
| 6 | And she knew … she just knew he 'd wanted her , as badly as she 'd wanted him . |
| 7 | She 'd wanted him and she 'd let him know . |
| 8 | He had driven her half out of her mind with little more than a few heated kisses , and the humiliation of knowing just how much she 'd wanted him burned into her . |
| 9 | Donnellan said that if at any time she 'd wanted him to stop , he would have done . |
| 10 | How she had wanted him to kiss her , she did n't know what it was like to be kissed and Craig Grenfell was such a handsome man . |
| 11 | Beyond all reason , she had wanted him to believe her . |
| 12 | More than anything in the world she had wanted him to stay . |
| 13 | For some perverse reason she had wanted him to be annoyed . |
| 14 | She had wanted him to slam something back at her , a denial , an agreement , another challenge , anything but that infuriating silence . |
| 15 | Well , she had wanted him to be hopping mad the next time she saw him , and she was pretty sure she 'd succeeded . |
| 16 | She had wanted him . |
| 17 | Honest with herself , she knew she had wanted him to come . |
| 18 | Because when , without so much as a scrap of protest , Ven had let go of her just now , she had started to get the idea that perhaps he had n't desired her anywhere near as much as she had wanted him . |
| 19 | She had wanted him safe and sheltered , but she had wanted vengeance , too . |
| 20 | They want to help him , and I have to remind them that he might be frightening ( that was the way they had wanted him to be ) so we 'll need to approach him very carefully . |