Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] him a " in BNC.
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| 1 | He turned up unannounced one day , during a break from a television appearance , with a minder who wanted to give him a taste of real working-class London . |
| 2 | Cameron wanted to give him a computer , but Alexia prevailed and soon the house was full of twangs and scales again . |
| 3 | " I wanted to give him a nice gravestone , " she said . |
| 4 | We wanted to give him a gift to mark his membership . |
| 5 | Binkie Beaumont , the head of Tennents , was fond of Ken and wanted to give him a star vehicle — his part was bigger than those of Dame Edith and Michael Bryant put together . |
| 6 | The BBC planned to give the film a third airing on what would have been the admiral 's eightieth birthday , and when this became known we were approached by Lord Brabourne , Mountbatten 's son-in-law , to say that his cousin Prince Charles who , as everyone knew , adored his uncle , wanted to pay him a personal tribute . |
| 7 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 8 | She wanted to hand him a killer , he still wanted to play dogcatcher . |