Example sentences of "wanted [verb] about [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I wanted to know about that too . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why do you suppose Heather wanted to know about such distant events ? ’ |
| 3 | Erm so therefore I would say in er theory er my understanding would be that yes we could know whatever you wanted to know about particular fields like every two o'clock over a period of a year or whatever . |
| 4 | Alistair sold advertising space on an agricultural newsletter ; so his callers wanted to talk about galvannealed sink paint and offal reprocessors . |
| 5 | What the lectures at the Royal Institution seem to indicate is that despite these changes the age of ‘ two cultures ’ was still some way off ; at the elite level , those interested in the advance of science also wanted to hear about other cultural activity . |
| 6 | She had told him she was fed up with plays about love — which she spelled out ‘ l-u-v ’ as if she were saying ‘ b-e-d ’ to another grown-up in front of a child who might be going to throw a tantrum — and that she wanted to hear about some public issues for a change . |
| 7 | Many of the girls wanted to ask about domestic details such as rationing , clothes and saying goodbye to boyfriends while the boys frequently said they wanted to interview the men to find out if they had been on active service or if they had killed anyone . |