Example sentences of "wanted [verb] [pers pn] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I w I was just wondering if you wanted to write them a letter first |
| 2 | He thought I might know something and he wanted to do me a good turn . ’ |
| 3 | When the studios were built , I wanted to record some of the songs I knew when I was young and I wanted to record them the way I wanted to hear them . |
| 4 | I would also actually suggest that again if you wanted to ease it a bit I 'd pick up a point also made just now er in that P P G refers to building and the E two refers to development . |
| 5 | Havers , whose Charmer character in the hit ITV series would have thought nothing of ripping off a needy mother , told the BBC he was touched by her story and wanted to give her a happy Christmas . |
| 6 | I just wanted to give her a fright , that 's all . |
| 7 | ‘ There is a phone in number for viewers to air their opinions and he called in and said he was furious about what had happened to this poor woman and wanted to give her the money so she could buy presents for the boys . |
| 8 | He turned up unannounced one day , during a break from a television appearance , with a minder who wanted to give him a taste of real working-class London . |
| 9 | Cameron wanted to give him a computer , but Alexia prevailed and soon the house was full of twangs and scales again . |
| 10 | " I wanted to give him a nice gravestone , " she said . |
| 11 | We wanted to give him a gift to mark his membership . |
| 12 | Binkie Beaumont , the head of Tennents , was fond of Ken and wanted to give him a star vehicle — his part was bigger than those of Dame Edith and Michael Bryant put together . |
| 13 | ‘ We simply wanted to give them a pay rise for trying their best , ’ said company chairman Brian . |
| 14 | The talks were going very well and Smith said that he wanted to give us a holiday and take us to Victoria Falls in his plane . |
| 15 | Right , I was subject to a , an assault that was quite frightening erm in that I was working in a shop on my own and er someone came into the shop and locked the door behind me and tried er to pull me down towards the back of the shop and er apart from being very frightened I find it difficult to accept that I was just an innocent victim , I kept making excuses that this person who did it to me did n't mean to frighten me he , only could n't communicate that he , he , he said it eventually when I managed to fight him off he said , I just wanted to give you a kiss and er I find it very difficult and I had to be forced to go to the police erm to tell them about this because I thought you know its just a misunderstanding and , but it was terrifying |
| 16 | ‘ They wanted to give you a birthday present . |
| 17 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
| 18 | Er j I just wanted to give you a bit of background so you know who you 're talking with . |
| 19 | ‘ I wanted to give you a rose that would n't fade . ’ |
| 20 | He wanted to give it a space-age look so , apparently , he went to one of the companies here which specialises in metal research for NASA . ’ |
| 21 | We just wanted to give it a few years to see what would happen , concentrating on what we hoped would come together some day . |
| 22 | Choosing what to include took some time , though I wanted to give it an artistic flavour . ’ |
| 23 | He wanted to book them a room afterwards , but Dinah refused ; sleazy as the lodging was , they must save their money if they wanted to get out of it . |
| 24 | I just wanted to teach you a lesson — and make sure I had your name and address . |
| 25 | They wanted to call them the Milton Keynes or the Ipswich , but this was thought too cheeky a dig at Marshall and Celestion . |
| 26 | They wanted to call them the Milton Keynes or the Ipswich , but this was thought too cheeky a dig at Marshall and Celestion . |
| 27 | The BBC planned to give the film a third airing on what would have been the admiral 's eightieth birthday , and when this became known we were approached by Lord Brabourne , Mountbatten 's son-in-law , to say that his cousin Prince Charles who , as everyone knew , adored his uncle , wanted to pay him a personal tribute . |
| 28 | I was most grateful for your hospitality on board ship , and wanted to offer you a small token of my appreciation . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |