Example sentences of "wanted [pers pn] [to-vb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he never wanted them to replace the Vance-Owen plan . |
| 2 | Next I listened to a message from Andy Kennedy talking about the unreached peoples of the 10–40 window , which includes Saudi Arabia , and how the Lord wanted them to hear the good news . |
| 3 | I wanted them to learn the piano and both did learn . |
| 4 | They were enough to stretch a teacher who wanted them to learn the beauty of poetry . |
| 5 | Added to this , at the time of retrieval subjects may have simply assumed that since this was an experiment about risk , the experimenter really wanted them to recall the risky situations . |
| 6 | The main features were well known to most travellers , but Green wanted them to discover the lesser known tarns , valleys and fells of his beloved Lake District . |
| 7 | Now he wanted me to return the favour . |
| 8 | He wanted me to put the proposition to Service in Vancouver , and this I promised to do . |
| 9 | So when they did say they were definitely going , he said , what he you see , he wanted me to take the Valley shop over . |
| 10 | ‘ He was horrified ; wanted me to take the baby to the police . |
| 11 | No one wanted me to do the set , so I paid for it myself . |
| 12 | Cos they wanted me to do the disco you see . |
| 13 | He really wanted me to leave the Order earlier , but I said I had to go on helping . |
| 14 | He wanted me to leave the deck , that was clear , but why ? |
| 15 | ‘ Look , you wanted me to stop the lorry and I 've stopped the lorry , ’ said Dorcas . |
| 16 | ‘ If you wanted me to describe the sky , my love , then perhaps I should need to do so . |
| 17 | She perhaps wanted me to inherit the dark old house and to marry Estella . |
| 18 | She wanted me to overlook the letters . |
| 19 | Again silence , as if he wanted me to hear the sharpness in my own voice . |
| 20 | Or ‘ You wanted me to have the Tuscan villa , did you not ? ’ |
| 21 | Cricket and Empire started life as film research commissioned by David Puttnam for a film on Bodyline that was never made — losing out to the unintentionally funny Australian TV mini-series many readers will remember from the early 1980s : ‘ David wanted me to find the ‘ smoking gun ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ They wanted me to change the ending , of course , ’ said Hopper . |
| 23 | Pat rung up and wanted me to fetch the dressing table on Tuesday night I said yeah alright I 'll do Wednes but I forgot I was going out with the girls Wednesday so I went out Tuesday and she would n't let me have it , cos Tuesdays they 're not working in the kitchen |
| 24 | I asked him why the hell he wanted me to stay the night when he was going out later , and he just shrugged his shoulders and said he was in a funny mood and did n't know what he was saying . ’ |
| 25 | Erm they began the union just before I left Bellany and of course it was cried down and erm they had meetings and the lot , and then all the miners were on strike at the time , and er my father and brother were both miners and er my brother was very friendly with Mr and Mr next door and er anyway er we decided to come out on strike for Bellany 's union and of course erm they , the , one , I think it was Mr said Joey he said er did you know we 're out on strike here and my brother said it seemed to be catching does n't it he did n't say he could n't say I worked there you see but erm it , it caused an upset but still up to a point the unions were good because we 're all badly underpaid for what we did , and the hours we worked they would n't tolerate it nowadays , but erm I forget er I joined the union and if you did n't you were a blackleg you know you , they wanted you to join the union from then I 've been in the union all , until I finished work but erm they , they got us our rises and er as I say the , the money was n't er very good and then the union did fight for the rises and they 'd got to pay it or lose all the er employees but erm I was , I was satisfied with without it , I 've been satisfied with my life you know I 've had , there 's been humorous there 's been sad but erm I 'm still able to get around and that 's the main thing . |
| 26 | Why I wanted you to oversee the Project . |
| 27 | I decided to come this way because I wanted you to see the courtyard by moonlight . ’ |
| 28 | And the woman at the Post Office wanted you to have the pram . |
| 29 | But I was so proud of my beautiful daughter , and I wanted to make up to you for the years we lost before I met your mama again ; I wanted you to have the best of everything , and I thought that that was what I was giving you . |
| 30 | Mr Beckenham — I mean , Lord Dacre — wanted you to have the security of your home so that you might have a choice about your future . ’ |