Example sentences of "wanted [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The effort of giving Sam as much exercise as he wanted made Albert more fit than he had been for years . |
| 2 | Bores wanted to narcotize you so you would n't be sensitive to them . |
| 3 | She wanted to sit down . |
| 4 | When we opened the hall , most of the subscribers wanted to sit facing the conductor because from there they were able to follow all the developments of the performance much better . |
| 5 | After a time , when there was still no sign of Miss Harker , she relaxed sufficiently to knock out her extinct pipe against her boot and enquire of Biff as to whether he wanted to sit beside her . |
| 6 | Because he 'd been seeing psychiatrists since 1950 he fancied he was an expert on Freud and wanted to sit in on all our discussions . |
| 7 | It was horrible , but we were teenage fools and we wanted to sit at home and do big grown-up things . |
| 8 | I wanted to sit there and ask him all about it , but he finished questioning me and told me to leave . |
| 9 | Now , though , she only wanted to sit in her room a while . |
| 10 | ‘ So , put the spaghetti in the oven to keep warm , ’ suggested Sam , endeavouring to do as little as possible by bossing people about and yet maintaining an irresistible charm of manner : she wanted to sit by the boy from the bistro while someone else did what work remained to be done . |
| 11 | ‘ At first she wanted to sit up until four or five in the morning , just talking . |
| 12 | She was not sure whether she wanted to sit within the circle ; it might seem more like a restriction than protection . |
| 13 | It was n't as if I even wanted to sit down and write in the first place . |
| 14 | She wanted to sit here , and stare at this view , which was much better than hospital . |
| 15 | She wanted to sit here all day . |
| 16 | She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . |
| 17 | She wanted to sit down but I said we 've just got to get out as soon as possible . |
| 18 | He wanted to sit in the front on Zoe 's knee . |
| 19 | But if Ken wanted to sit in and watching the good results coming in |
| 20 | And she said that yous are really out of order not going she said because she wanted to sit in that close with |
| 21 | We know something numerically about different systems , but we know little about them experientially , we know little about what it feels like , what the impact is upon individuals in the two different systems , and I really wanted to swing to the other type of research and look in more detail at how different pupils would respond to the streamed situation , not simply in terms of their performance measured in tests , but in terms of their attitudes to school , their attitudes to their life outside of school , their involvement in erm sub-cultural groups or in youth clubs , this kind of thing . |
| 22 | We know something numerically about different systems , but we know little about them experientially , we know little about what it feels like , what the impact is upon individuals in the two different systems , and I really wanted to swing to the other type of research and look in more detail at how different pupils would respond to the stream situation , not simply in terms of their performance measured in tests , but in terms of their attitudes to school , their attitudes to their life outside of school , their involvement in sub-cultural groups or in youth clubs , this kind of thing . |
| 23 | But some companies made it clear yesterday that if possible they wanted to remain in the City . |
| 24 | The inflation of land prices encouraged farmers who wanted to remain in the east to sell to the Commission only to buy the same land back again at a reduced price and pocket the difference . |
| 25 | Sammy , at times rather naive , wanted to remain with us , and walk me home after I parted from Peggy with perhaps a ‘ good-night ’ kiss . |
| 26 | I could feel it pulling me in , but I wanted to remain a bachelor . |
| 27 | So I wanted to remain a listener , still be excited by other people 's music and so I 've always remained a listener . |
| 28 | Maintaining initial capital intact would be useless if you wanted to remain in the same business . |
| 29 | She wanted to remain in the earthy warmth of the glass-house , watching him pricking out seedlings . |
| 30 | If he wanted to remain incommunicado that was fine by her . |