Example sentences of "wanted [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to publicise this outcome without making the implied criticism too hostile . |
| 2 | That 's who Jesus is God in flesh , and he came to forgive sin and he wanted to forgive this woman her sin . |
| 3 | All the world wanted to see this race . |
| 4 | ‘ I wanted to see this Werner man . ’ |
| 5 | Most of all , though , she wanted to see this hacienda , this secret place lost in the mountains , and there was a mystery to solve . |
| 6 | There was a sizeable part of him that wanted to exit this Dominion once and for all . |
| 7 | In a Portuguese Radio broadcast on July 21 Dhlakama said that he wanted to tackle this question in his talks with Chissano , as well as the suspension of any legislation hindering democracy . |
| 8 | ‘ He said that he wanted to sell this house , but he would buy a smaller one for mother and me . |
| 9 | yes , well , er I follow that , but I 'm sorry I put it rather badly Mr forgive me , part of your defence against the claim by er relates to erm these agreements , you must say that these agreements erm because they are of the standard form are anti competitive and therefore they or part of them are void , erm building on that presumably your defence says or employs er that because erm , you know there void , I du n no perhaps you can tell me this erm , all , all the er all parts of the void , all the power of the agent , the agreements with regard to premium trust funds and the like , er are also unenforceable as between er the erm name and his er members agent , erm and in consequence of that you say , as I understand it , er that that is , all that cause be lost which you can neither set up as a defence to claim under the central bi-law or at least as a set up or counterclaim , I just wanted to explore this aspect of it , erm , as to the consequences of your plea , does it mean that clause nine is put on one side wholly or to an extent in the latter case to what extent ? |
| 10 | His wife , Pauline said : ‘ We thought it was such a nice letter we wanted to help this man track down the right Don Adamson . |
| 11 | ‘ I did n't pick Davis , we chose each other and decided a long time ago that we wanted to play this tournament together . |
| 12 | She wanted to fix this countryside , in all its detail , in her mind 's eye and never lose it . |
| 13 | You see , I wanted to do this ages ago … |
| 14 | And it 's too late to put together the story I really wanted to do this week . |
| 15 | That 's why I wanted to do this movie . ’ |
| 16 | That 's why I wanted to do this movie . ’ |
| 17 | Well , I tried to get a video cos I wa I wanted to use this section to actually watch it . |
| 18 | You were a great friend of Rock Hudson and Montgomery Clift before that , was it because of them that you wanted to fight this bigotry ? |
| 19 | Graham did n't mind Slater knowing about Sara — he had introduced them to each other , after all — but he wanted to keep this day private . |
| 20 | he wanted her to come back to him , but he wanted to keep this girl on the go ! |
| 21 | If he really wanted to keep this room a secret , having no window onto the outside would be the best way , surely ? ’ |
| 22 | Sebastian was the best lover I 've ever had , and when he wanted to start this stuff — well , I thought , what the hell ? |
| 23 | I thought you wanted to watch this nonsense ? ’ |
| 24 | she wanted to watch this film , I said no you do n't get into bed you know ? |
| 25 | From the first he would often stay behind ‘ after hours ’ , telling his mates he ‘ just wanted to finish this run ’ because he knew the machines were capable of producing more material than they were currently achieving . |
| 26 | The course wanted to stage this season 's Flat fixtures on the jumping course . |
| 27 | Even to allow such images into her mind meant she 'd dropped the barriers too far — something she could n't afford to do if she wanted to survive this experience mentally intact . |
| 28 | He had been brought up to call Mrs Naulls " Nanna " but had had more luck with her than with Dadda when he wanted to change this mode of address . |
| 29 | The students , especially the older ones , in the 1980 elections , wanted to change this set-up and introduce real choice at the local level , as one step towards democratisation . |
| 30 | they were on about that they ship them abroad and th , they were interviewing a lad in London he said oh , he used to get up in the morning and er go down to the phone box and phone this contact they know and he 'd tell you what cars you wanted pinching this day and they pinch them to order ! |