Example sentences of "wanted so much [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted so much to put into words , in a novel or a play , all that you and I felt for one another , not just to love love but to inscribe it as George Eliot and Willa Cather had done . |
| 2 | She wanted so much to go to Mrs Hollidaye 's , for a long time . |
| 3 | I wanted so much to go into the house and be with them , but I knew I must stay in the hut . |
| 4 | She wanted so much to remain with him on the terms which had always existed between them , did not want the wealth and consequence of her real life to come between them before it needed to . |
| 5 | He hesitated to spoil the mood by being inquisitive , though he wanted so much to gain her confidence ; to make her an ally in the search for the truth — if there was a truth . |
| 6 | but you wanted so much to have seen it |
| 7 | I used to tell myself that it was because I wanted so much to believe it that I felt that way . |
| 8 | She wanted so much to belong , could not help herself . |
| 9 | She wanted so much to confide in Cissie , to share her secret , and after all Cissie was right in saying she was no longer a child . |
| 10 | She wanted so much to tell him … but no , she must n't tell anybody . |