Example sentences of "he wanted me [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted me to leave the deck , that was clear , but why ? |
| 2 | He wanted me to teach his wife Dutch , and help improve her German . ’ |
| 3 | Whether he wanted to be hurt and suffer , or an excuse to hit me back , I do n't know , but I 'm sure he wanted me to hit him . |
| 4 | Now he wanted me to return the favour . |
| 5 | He wanted me to talk to you about it but I could n't . |
| 6 | He wanted me to fix it and put the glue stuff on because it was |
| 7 | And I think you should know he wanted me to go out with him . ’ |
| 8 | He wanted me to go round the block and park the car about fifty metres short of the hotel . |
| 9 | Well he wanted me to go with him and get the curtain rail . |
| 10 | Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was . |
| 11 | Just before I went on my first furlough after five years ' service , the Bishop of Rangoon , Norman Tubbs , called me and told me that on my return from furlough he wanted me to take over the training of the Burmese clergy . |
| 12 | So when they did say they were definitely going , he said , what he you see , he wanted me to take the Valley shop over . |
| 13 | He wanted me to put the proposition to Service in Vancouver , and this I promised to do . |
| 14 | He wanted me to put that bit on , you know there are the two bolts |
| 15 | And why he wanted me to say I also heard voices was so he would n't feel so alone . ’ |
| 16 | No , no , I could fix the bike back , where 's the lock to the bike , what 's the matter , I want to play football , I want to play , where 's me football kit , he wanted me to say your dad said you 're not allowed to play football because it 's too late and dark coming in . |
| 17 | I offered a taxi into town but he preferred to walk to the exhibition he wanted me to see in Na Příkopě , near the centre . |
| 18 | He wanted me to see a specialist in Harley Street , but I 'd heard so much about your clinic and Doctor Volkov , I said I wanted to consult her . |
| 19 | I do n't know whether it was that he wanted me to see my ‘ virtue ’ triumph over his ‘ vice ’ , or something subtler , that sometimes losing is winning . |
| 20 | Each time I sent him a rewritten chapter , he sent back a long list of objections and questions he wanted me to clarify . |
| 21 | He wanted me to do you and he set the scene . |
| 22 | At that time , University College had no fellow in mathematics , which was another reason he wanted me to do chemistry : I could try for a scholarship in natural science rather than in mathematics . |
| 23 | ‘ Marty , the director , was very wise to wait until the end of filming because he never told me he wanted me to do it . |
| 24 | When I asked him why he wanted me to do that , he said it was because he was in love with you . ’ |
| 25 | So when I got there this morning he was still in his pyjamas he 'd got on quite well , all he wanted me to do was wash his face . |
| 26 | ‘ He wanted me to spend every spare minute with him . ’ |
| 27 | He wanted me to give him ideas . |
| 28 | In fact , at the time I was involved with Bromley Theatre , and as some of his interest lay in this field , he wanted me to arrange an introduction . |
| 29 | But to do him justice , the Prime Minister never gave me any impression that he wanted me to succeed him … . |
| 30 | ‘ He wanted me to ask you where you 'd like to go . |