Example sentences of "wanted [pron] [to-vb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted them to gather last Friday and be absented from their weekend round of Championship matches , but even Albert Ferrasse , the autocratic French Federation president , would not stand for that . |
| 2 | The Hong Kong Bank wanted them to do that or something . |
| 3 | At other times his need to go to her was awful , He wanted them to complete each other , to be made fully whole and created by her , instead of enduring the throes of his uncreated self . |
| 4 | You did n't want them to look as well : you wanted them to look better . |
| 5 | I remember an Oxford don complaining that she was tired of hearing the claim that universities should aim to produce ‘ rounded ’ people ; she wanted them to have sharp corners that would interact and strike sparks . |
| 6 | You came back and said you wanted them to have thirteen weeks . |
| 7 | I think you wanted them to have some time together but … but perhaps not most of the night , ’ she finished on a whisper . |
| 8 | Details of the registers would be available before the bill reached the committee stage but he wanted them to contain enough detail to be wholly credible in the eyes of the public . |
| 9 | He wanted me to put that bit on , you know there are the two bolts |
| 10 | She wanted me to put twenty one ! |
| 11 | She was the one who wanted me to take early retirement . |
| 12 | Encouraging me to follow in this way perhaps , but moving too fast for me to believe that she wanted me to do that , she entered a revolving door of dark polished wood , mahogany and glass , and started to go round and round , looking out at me as she turned . |
| 13 | When I asked him why he wanted me to do that , he said it was because he was in love with you . ’ |
| 14 | They wanted me to wear this wig , a gross , thick , nylon thing like something out of the Nolan sisters . |
| 15 | ‘ You wanted me to stop embarrassing you by crying ! ’ |
| 16 | Remember , Miss Carter wanted me to go pupil-teaching and then take a teacher 's course , well that 's one thing I could do ; it 's not too late , I 'm only twenty-two . |
| 17 | And she wanted me to baby-sit last , like , last no , what day is it today ? |
| 18 | Dad always said that he wanted me to seize all the opportunities that he had missed . |
| 19 | These people , due to my being a prostitute , wanted me to distribute these disgusting videos and by finding this booklet which gave details and prices it pinpointed the fact that I was telling the truth . |
| 20 | I normally catch quarter-past-five bus and I get in about ten-past-six , but he wanted me to work late and I says , well how late ? |
| 21 | I kept my birthday a secret , except that some students wanted me to sign some books , and as I signed them I put the date and I happened to say that ‘ I am signing this on my 44th birthday ’ , and after that the news spread mysteriously and my whole class greeted me with ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in English , and today , when I saw the other class , they sang ‘ Happy Birthday to you ’ in Portuguese . |
| 22 | He wanted me to handle all the money side and do the bills but some weeks I had nothing for food , nothing for bills , nothing for the children . |
| 23 | ‘ Oddly enough the selectors only told me shortly before the match that they wanted me to play left centre so that ‘ Obbo ’ could get some of the ball , ’ Cranmer reminisced . |
| 24 | She threw the feeling from her and told him angrily , ‘ I think you wanted me to make these assumptions , Mr Vass . |
| 25 | The Natural History Museum wanted me to complete some ecology wallcharts of ponds and streams , sponsored by British petroleum , who have a long standing relationship with the Museum , aimed at encouraging and supporting a better understanding of current environmental issues . |
| 26 | Actually he wanted someone to give some orders to and to deal with the press for him . |
| 27 | He wanted you to sell more milk than the cows gave ! |
| 28 | St ill I wanted you to go all the way with me . |
| 29 | But do you feel somebody wanted you to do that or has somebody just been watching the clock on the revivals and the clock 's ticked round to a point in time now ? |
| 30 | And they wanted you to do all of them ? |