Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I really wanted to nail the bastard — preferably with the cooperation of my team-mates just to prove the point — but the fucking technology let me down and the gun jammed and he had me pinned , firing shot after shot at me , and finally I gave up trying to un-jam the gun and made to throw it at him though I could hardly see because there was yellow paint all over my visor , but he ducked and tripped and sat down on a trunk , holding his stomach , and the bastard was laughing his socks off because I looked like a giant dripping banana , only I 'd just realised the gun was n't jammed after all , the safety catch was on . |
| 2 | Yes , I wanted to emphasise the way some men feel constrain before , not because I want to suggest it 's now becoming a problem for men and we should be worrying about them , but because you asked what prospects there were for doing something about it and I think if something 's to be done about it , and it 's a problem of everyone devising new standards of behaviour , it 's very important that quite large numbers of men should be prepared to play a part in trying to work out what these standards should be , and there is quite substantial interest in trying to do that , both at the level of the teaching staff at the university and at the level of the undergraduates . |
| 3 | ‘ The Bangles wanted to emphasise the rock'n'roll side of the band and in doing so thought regalia and kind of hippyish , Hendrix-style clothing was gon na put that image across , but it ended up looking very glamorous , it ended up looking glammier and glammier even though the intention was for it not to be glamour … |
| 4 | FIGURE 1 In this five by four foot painting I wanted to emphasise the strength of the granite structure , so I decided to counter-balance the sense of its solidity with a diffused and scumbled sky , Figures , walls and railings were initially indicated and loose brush strokes of warm pink applied to the sky area . |
| 5 | However , he had come to make it clear that he wanted to continue the arrangement he 'd had with Kattina . |
| 6 | for example , a short recall of the original theme ( perhaps using only one sentence ) would be sufficient if we wanted to continue the theme by introducing yet another period of change . |
| 7 | He watched them rushing through Calais on their way to pay court to Napoleon ( Sonnet : ‘ Is it a reed that 's shaken by the wind ’ ) , and decided , since he regarded the French leader as a despot and a menace to free institutions , that the only course open was to support that party in England which wanted to continue the war , namely the Tories . |
| 8 | They wanted to sacrifice the wage so that they could feel they had personally taken part in the humiliation of the local landlords . |
| 9 | James was by European standards a clear-sighted ruler who wanted to gain a little more of the authority over his subjects to which all kings were entitled , but by the standards of Englishmen he was a ruthless tyrant with the additional vices that he wanted to promote the cause of Roman Catholicism and was willing to infringe the rights of property . |
| 10 | She wanted to attend the eunoto and the women 's circumcision and understand everything about betrothals . |
| 11 | Now there are occasions where members legitimately need to attend committees to speak to something in which they have an interest but the difficulty is , that in the past when we had permanent chairman , a member who wanted to attend the meeting had to ask the permission of that permanent chairman and there are occasions when that permanent chairman thought , well , there is no need for that member to attend and he has said no . |
| 12 | Hull city council , which Ministers accept is a good , efficiently run council , wanted to enforce the law , but , in practice , it can not be enforced . |
| 13 | This is why Jesus came , as the God-man , to redeem the evil of the man-God , who wanted to usurp the place of God in creation . |
| 14 | He did n't want to know anything he wanted to drive the crane so he give me a start . |
| 15 | Roosevelt was an outdoorsman who wanted to preserve the wilderness — but his motivation was to maintain the stock of bear , deer and other animals sought by hunters . |
| 16 | Citrine , with his instinct for seeking stability and continuity , wanted to preserve the EDA intact on nationalisation , but the area chairmen felt the Boards should take over its work . |
| 17 | It seems he wanted to preserve the evidence of Elfed 's attitude to him . |
| 18 | Rousseau , who was an incurable romantic , wanted to preserve the community of innocent and primitive social life , but wanted the community to take precedence over the rights of its individual members . |
| 19 | What Harry Truman wanted was for Douglas MacArthur to behave himself , he wanted Douglas MacArthur to stop giving impromptu press conferences , he wanted him to stop inventing strategy as he went without reference to the president , he simply wanted to restore the chain of command . |
| 20 | Thus while first-class patronage was encouraged , and more businessmen complained bitterly that they had to go first-class in order to enjoy their British breakfast , more humble individuals who merely wanted to enjoy the view from the train were not so generously treated . |
| 21 | Nothing could have been more perfect for someone who had to work , but desperately wanted to enjoy the sunshine and activities of summer . |
| 22 | BECAUSE the Labour Party does not know how to cope with popular demands in Scotland for devolution or independence , it wanted to dilute the trouble by spreading it over the whole United Kingdom , creating ‘ regional ’ authorities even in England , where there is no popular demand for them whatever . |
| 23 | And yet , he said , hearing the speeches of comrades from France and Britain he had the impression that they all wanted to kill the serpent by beating its tail . |
| 24 | So I told him he 'd better go , because by this time I was bubbling a bit and I wanted to kill the man : I was n't really prepared to lose any time over hitting a court welfare officer . |
| 25 | The penalty count in the early games went well over the 30 mark , particularly in the England v Italy game at Twickenham , where it appeared that the Italians wanted to kill the ball on the ground every time . |
| 26 | A berserker was a fine thing if you just wanted to kill the enemy ; but if you wanted to manoeuvre , he was harder to handle than a charging bull . |
| 27 | The BBC 's coverage of the election caused great offence to Mr Major and senior Tories , who voiced concern in private that it wanted to see the return of a Labour government to safeguard its future . |
| 28 | I thought you said you wanted to see the back of my head ? |
| 29 | They all wanted to see the case of the W family properly administered . |
| 30 | ‘ You wanted to see the Man , did n't you ? ’ |