Example sentences of "she wanted [to-vb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | During this time she wanted to exploit all the constitutional possibilities and consolidate a broad-based support around the civil rights demands . |
| 2 | Risley Employee communications clerk Pat Hunt , who helped organise BNFL 's response to the appeal , said she wanted to thank all employees who generously donated spectacles and also the site collectors for their help . |
| 3 | She wanted to explore this , him , the entire sensation of it , for hours . |
| 4 | because she wanted to watch that programme |
| 5 | she wanted to watch this film , I said no you do n't get into bed you know ? |
| 6 | She wanted to take that thick neck of his and press her fingernails , long and freshly varnished for Urquhart 's benefit , deep into the flesh until the cocky smirk on his face was replaced by a grimace of pain . |
| 7 | She wanted to put some money in trust for her children , so she followed Wright 's advice to invest in Equity & Law bonds . |
| 8 | She wanted to fix this countryside , in all its detail , in her mind 's eye and never lose it . |
| 9 | Besides , she wanted to give more time to the Focus . |
| 10 | Oh she wanted to do all sorts did she ? |
| 11 | She wanted to do that with him , yes , actually that ; she thought about it on and on and waited all week for the moment that might or might not come on Sunday morning in church when , as her cousins went first down the aisle , Tristram glanced in her direction and their eyes met and she was able to send a thought message which said to him , yes , I have n't forgotten . |
| 12 | However , once the youngest had started school she found she wanted to do much more . |
| 13 | She wanted to do this on her own and the therapist suggested that the first session took place 2 days later to assess her progress . |
| 14 | ‘ Because she thought you 'd try to stop her , and she wanted to do this on her own — that 's unless you can think of some other reason . |
| 15 | she wanted to do some concerts in Europe and I booked the tour . |
| 16 | ‘ I was so impressed I gave her a tape with a backing track on it the band had done , and asked her if she wanted to do some work on it . |
| 17 | As my darling new mother ( whom I loved ) moved radiantly about the room introducing Derek , who had just directed Equus at the Contact Theatre , to Bryan , who was a freelance journalist specializing in film , or Karen , who was a secretary at a literary agency , to Robert , who was a designer ; as she spoke of the new Dylan album and what Riverside Studios was doing , I saw she wanted to scour that suburban stigma right off her body . |
| 18 | A Buckingham Palace spokesman said : ‘ She wanted to see much more of the workings of the hospice . ’ |
| 19 | Most of all , though , she wanted to see this hacienda , this secret place lost in the mountains , and there was a mystery to solve . |
| 20 | She told the Herald that she would miss Le Court and probably be homesick for a little while but she wanted to spend more time with her husband and family . |
| 21 | His mouth , sober just a minute ago , had drifted into a lazy smile , and she wanted to taste those freckles on his nose with her tongue . |
| 22 | She wanted to make some lightweight remark that would let her out gracefully , but nothing came . |
| 23 | She wanted to make some sarcastic retort about his being so bossy , but he was already clearing away the plates , not paying the slightest scrap of attention to her , and she realised that it was this lack of attention that really annoyed her . |
| 24 | Yes she wanted to ride this morn I 'm taking the buggy like this so I can carry the fruit and vegetables back from the market . |
| 25 | She wanted to have some measure of control over her own productivity — which she could exercise by walking more quickly or slowly . |
| 26 | But at the same time she was young , and she wanted to have some fun before she became exactly like her mother . |
| 27 | And she wanted to have some , s some money coming out you know |
| 28 | She wanted to rehearse all her wisdom out loud to someone so that she could find out if she still believed it herself . |
| 29 | Meredith supposed Harriet would be fully committed socially over the Christmas period but she wanted to offer some token of hospitality , so she went across the road after breakfast and asked if Harriet would like to come over to lunch . |
| 30 | She wanted to get all of the washing out , then cross her fingers for a dry day with a bit of sunshine and a drying wind . |