Example sentences of "[adv] he want [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he had recovered sufficiently he wanted to resume work as possible on his play . |
| 2 | Suddenly he wanted to recover his responses to these , not the arrival of the chiff-chaff . |
| 3 | Suddenly he wanted to get well clear of the area . |
| 4 | ‘ He liked the song so much he wanted to have a long version of it , ’ claimed Moroder , ‘ and that 's when I did the 17-minute one . |
| 5 | Perhaps he wants to kill me . ’ |
| 6 | At other times he looks at the sky , his jaw clenching and unclenching as if working a particularly stubborn wad of chewing gum while the Kansas City Glee Club harmonises solemn music : perhaps he wants to turn it off — but they are unstoppable . |
| 7 | Perhaps he wants to enjoy the cruise too . ’ |
| 8 | Perhaps he wants to help . |
| 9 | Perhaps he wants to propose to me again . ’ |
| 10 | Perhaps he wanted to go off with Nan on his own . |
| 11 | ‘ Perhaps he wanted to protect you , ’ said Lucenzo gruffly . |
| 12 | perhaps he wanted to get in with her |
| 13 | Perhaps he wanted to feel this moral force of a man was really no better , no finer than him . |
| 14 | Perhaps he wanted to drown her . |
| 15 | But I hate to say it because obviously he wants to find , to go somewhere . |
| 16 | So he wants to go back . |
| 17 | He wants me , she thought with panic , and then hot on the heels of that thought came another ; he wants me because he 's spent the afternoon and evening with the woman he loves but ca n't have , and so he wants to release some of that frustration on me . |
| 18 | So he wants to hear people talk . |
| 19 | He said all along he wanted to go to Manchester City , but if he could n't go there he would sign for Palace , ’ said Coppell . |
| 20 | Anyway he wants to ask when this tape goes back , if he can have a copy of it . |
| 21 | Nicholson could not now appear in the film because he was too old for the original role which had been designated for him , and anyway he wanted to give it his fullest attention as director . |
| 22 | Tonight he wanted to look his best . |
| 23 | Desperately he wanted to comfort her , but how does a man comfort a girl crying for someone else , he wondered anxiously . |
| 24 | By refusing to agree to the social chapter , is not he wanting to exclude British people from the provisions for equal status for 6 million part-time employees , many of whom are women ; for fair and equal treatment for women at work ; for proper protection for young people at work ; for rights to minimum holiday leave ; and for better information for employees ? |
| 25 | What is interesting about the system is that the driver can decide for himself — by pressing a button — whether or not he wants to use these features . |
| 26 | His civil status also means he can choose whether or not he wants to work during his sentence . |
| 27 | Still he want to feed me for ever . |
| 28 | And still he wants to marry me — but he does not know , he ca n't know … |
| 29 | Marslen-Wilson and Welsh ( 1978 ) found that fluent restorations occurred more frequently when the word was very predictable ( e.g. in Still he wanted to smoke a cikarette ) than when it was only moderately predictable ( e.g. , in It was his mizfortune that they were stationary ) . |
| 30 | You are n't seriously suggesting he might have spent fifteen years building up a simpleton 's profile , in case it would come in handy if ever he wanted to commit a crime ? ’ |