Example sentences of "he [verb] [adv] want [pron] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the first of these , according to Henry Sherek , he announced to the actors ( among whom were Alec Guinness and Irene Worth ) , " I will now read the play to you to show how I want my lines spoken " : as a poet , he did not want his own " voice " to be lost . |
| 2 | He did not want his own country to lose its identity in a supranational body . |
| 3 | As for regret , she was feeling that already , but how much sharper it would be when he decided he did n't want her any more , as he certainly would do sooner or later . |
| 4 | He tried to be nice about it , but it was fairly obvious he did n't want me any more ; and truthfully , I did n't want him any more either , except in so far that I could n't bear that it should all have been for nothing — worse than nothing . |
| 5 | Praps they were just getting a little fed up of Wilko selling players for nothing when he decided he did nt want them any more ? |
| 6 | ‘ Mere existence had never been enough for him ; he had always wanted something more . ’ |
| 7 | Mere existence had not been enough for him , in the Epilogue 's diagnosis ; he had always wanted something more . |