Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was horrible , but we were teenage fools and we wanted to sit at home and do big grown-up things . |
| 2 | She said she 'd realised how tired your parents were becoming and she knew that if she wanted to remain at home on a long-term basis she would have to have some form of respite care . |
| 3 | One deplorable result of this early specialisation is that university science and engineering departments choose their students from the minority of sixth formers who knew at 16 that they wanted to continue with maths and science . |
| 4 | Edouard wanted to weep with anger and frustration , but he hid his feelings out of consideration for the old man . |
| 5 | I told them I would n't have her , I , I if they wanted to go on holiday I would n't have her , I could n't have her in here she 'd knock everything to bits , try to move everything in here that she would n't chew |
| 6 | He wanted to go on crusade at once , but his father would not let him . |
| 7 | I had to keep walking round and round and I wanted to go to sleep . |
| 8 | I only wanted to go to sleep . ’ |
| 9 | I wanted to go to sleep , but was terrified of waking up in there , mummified , and going berserk . |
| 10 | I felt so tired I just wanted to go to sleep . |
| 11 | Asik was hungary and tired , his knees were sore and he wanted to go to sleep but he got up slowly and started down the road . |
| 12 | Takahashi is one of those people I loved on sight , or with whom I just wanted to go to bed , but denied myself the opportunity , thus leaving them forever desirable in my memory . |
| 13 | She was also the girl most men wanted to go to bed with . |
| 14 | That was the only trouble with the white nights — you never wanted to go to bed . |
| 15 | TWO soccer fans were tired and wanted to go to bed … |
| 16 | " I did n't just let her send me to bed — I wanted to go to bed . " |
| 17 | She did not want to carry on a lengthy conversation with this garrulous dumb woman ; she wanted to go to bed and hug Edward Bear . |
| 18 | She answered with a tone of emotion , saying she was afraid we wanted to go to bed with her . |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't say I wanted to go to bed with you , but that I wanted to make love to you ; a subtle difference , ’ he chided , ‘ and I do n't know why you should look so disbelieving — you have a lovely supple body … |
| 20 | I 've been through hell , Rachel , believing you had the same problem as me , and I was the man you wanted to go to bed with but could n't stand personally . ’ |
| 21 | cos I wanted to go to bed and er , by the time we got rid of one lot of people another lot all came through though |
| 22 | I stayed in London for some time , but I still wanted to go to sea . |
| 23 | But I was interested in the sea , I wanted to go to sea , and and er Uncle John was my pirate uncle I thought . |
| 24 | And er I of course always wanted to go to sea , but er wh with two drowning in the family , er mother w w did n't appreciate that much . |
| 25 | Mrs Taylor said Sunday was an important day for her and her family and that she also wanted to go to church . |
| 26 | Mrs White , 52 , said : ‘ We never wanted to go to court to get the money . |
| 27 | And this er oh dear what was the name of it , they had a special title for the man that sort of ran the stall as they called it for getting the coal out and he he chose who he wanted to go to work . |
| 28 | I wanted to go to work , I I did n't want to stay at school . |
| 29 | He wanted to go to Caux for much needed rest and perspective others warmly welcomed him . |
| 30 | I never wanted to go to university although I do know , however , that my mum and dad always had it in the back of their minds that I would go . |