Example sentences of "wanted [verb] he [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Reluctantly she admitted that she wanted to see him all the time . |
| 2 | ‘ You wanted to see him dead , you said , ’ he reminded her bluntly . |
| 3 | Soon after all this was agreed , he went to see Eden to have a talk with him about new appointments , and because Eden wanted to know him better . |
| 4 | He wanted to hold him safe from every profaning touch , and fend off every malignant thought from him . |
| 5 | And er the story 's been told many many times that Lloyd George advised them , I 've forgotten the name of the old man , but his wife was buried in the churchyard , and his family wanted to bury him next to her , but they wanted the nonconformist |
| 6 | I am glad that he did answer it , as I wanted to ask him this : has he learnt any lessons from the report , particularly those related to ability streaming ? |
| 7 | She wanted to feel him naked against her , the way he 'd felt in St Lucia . |
| 8 | His mother clung to him and wanted to tell him all about her mother 's death as well as telling him how happy she was to welcome Helen into the family . |
| 9 | There were so many ways she wanted to tell him this , all of them inadequate to express her feelings . |