Example sentences of "have wanted i [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The school he 'd wanted me to go to so that I could be as clever as he had once been and go to Oxford the way he 'd done and not waste it as he had been foolish enough to do . |
| 2 | She 'd wanted me to come to Lochgair and say sorry to him there , but I had begged for mercy , and — rather to my surprise — been granted it . |
| 3 | I felt that this was what Leslie would have wanted me to do , for he always cared greatly about the welfare of his men . |
| 4 | ‘ I only hope I did everything Sally would have wanted me to do . |
| 5 | She helped me as well and when I saw you were ill I did for you what she would have wanted me to do . ’ |
| 6 | My sister , who has always been better off than us , has suggested that I should go abroad with her this year , and says I have no excuse because I have the money and that is what our mother would have wanted me to do with it . |
| 7 | ‘ Jake 'd have wanted me to see her right ; but she 'll never take a penny piece off me … ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I know Suzanne would n't have wanted me to blame her or be angry either . ’ |
| 9 | I 'm sure your father would have wanted me to tell you . |
| 10 | ‘ I 'm not sure he would have wanted me to have anything else . |