Example sentences of "wanted [verb] [prep] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to weep at this final defeat , but he was too tired for that . |
| 2 | Melody was the last person he wanted to see at this moment , but he reined in when she called him . |
| 3 | The only dances she had ever been to had been school dances , and she wanted to go to this one . |
| 4 | ‘ She wanted to go to this pop festival at Roskilde in Denmark , ’ Margaret Price had explained tonelessly the evening she 'd arrived on Gina 's doorstep in obvious distress . |
| 5 | It was just er you may say destiny brought me here which I never wanted to come to this place . |
| 6 | Bertrand says he wanted to come to this country to learn English and play Rugby . |
| 7 | However much he bucked against it , in the end , if he wanted to survive in this world , let alone succeed , he had to do everything the schoolteacher instructed him to do . |
| 8 | I used a 486 for speed and the best animation possible ( I really wanted to get into this already classic game ) . |
| 9 | She just wanted to get in this area . |
| 10 | I wanted to stay by this bed , protecting the child . |
| 11 | Earlier this evening Graham I thought you erm made a complaint about the number of reports that are coming to committee er but it 's not for that reason that I wanted to dispose of this motion now erm but there are other reasons . |