Example sentences of "she [verb] [pron] wanted " in BNC.
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| 1 | With growing awareness — and wariness — he had started to notice that Sandra worked at being what he wanted her to be , or at least what she presumed he wanted her to be . |
| 2 | At a rural campaign stop in 1987 , she announced she wanted to address some distant onlookers . |
| 3 | So her parents were surprised when she announced she wanted to put together a photographic portfolio . |
| 4 | It 's only cos she mentioned she wanted some bread . |
| 5 | However , once the youngest had started school she found she wanted to do much more . |
| 6 | When she first arrived at SIS as a student , Anne had an affair with some chap in her year and when it broke up , she decided she wanted to leave . |
| 7 | The only book in the whole of this enlightened household was something called Easy Cooking belonging to her mother , and when she had read this from cover to cover and had learnt all the recipes by heart , she decided she wanted something more interesting . |
| 8 | Lotta had always hated it , but now she decided she wanted that too . ’ |
| 9 | Quite early in life she decided she wanted to be a dancer and was entranced when she first saw Bode-Medau work while attending a display of various systems of rhythmic movement . |
| 10 | Show her what she thought she wanted . |
| 11 | Her hair was like dripping rats ' tails , her jeans and sweat-shirt plastered to her body , and she thought she wanted to die . |
| 12 | She felt , in her new severity ( for want of a better word ) only half alive , she knew she wanted the old enthusiasms and passions and expectations to course through her and arouse her . |
| 13 | WHEN SHE WAS 15 , Neneh says , she knew she wanted kids , and ‘ it was going to be a good thing for me to have them young ’ . |
| 14 | Sarah was consciously getting her confidence , telling her what she knew she wanted to hear . |
| 15 | Guiltily , she knew she wanted to exonerate him , and that her reasons were unworthy . |
| 16 | She needed four years before she knew she wanted to live here . |
| 17 | She knew he wanted her as much as she desired him . |
| 18 | Perhaps she knew he wanted a son , perhaps she said her first marriage broke up because her first husband found out he was n't the father . ’ |
| 19 | Soon , if she was n't careful , she 'd be just where she knew he wanted her . |
| 20 | And just as surely she knew he wanted the same thing . |
| 21 | She knew he wanted her , and even though it was only for her body Kath was so desperate for his attention that she was ready to settle even for that . |
| 22 | When Sally was born , she knew I wanted to look after her myself . |
| 23 | Several people were after it , but when she knew I wanted it she sent a message saying she preferred me to have it . |
| 24 | There could be no hint of criticism on the part of the court if she felt she wanted nothing more to do with it . |
| 25 | She felt she wanted to shut herself away from life if this was what it was like . |
| 26 | She chose the Council because she felt she wanted something where she could contribute to the community . |
| 27 | He was regarding her with unnerving concentration , until she felt she wanted to duck down under the water , fearing her swimsuit was see-through or something … |
| 28 | ‘ No , she said she wanted you to go to your grandmother 's house . ’ |
| 29 | There was a theory of parties she said she wanted to try out . |
| 30 | ‘ She said she wanted to be buried in her pink carnival queen dress and wearing her gold butterfly stud earrings . |