Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] [adv] wanted [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Perhaps it was selfish of me , I so badly wanted to put a live baby into Celia 's arms — ’ Her mouth quivered slightly and she turned away . |
| 2 | I was a bit disappointed to hear this , I 'd have loved to have heard him say ( on a channel largely watched by scum ) ‘ I only ever wanted to play for Leeds ’ . |
| 3 | I mean , I only really wanted to dry me towels , because I hate having to run out laun launderette while I 'm drying all me other clothes on radiators . |
| 4 | yes , well is there any more you want to say on that , is er , er , er , subject to Mr as you say of course , erm I just simply wanted to know erm so that I can have a , a , a look , erm at what on one view , erm might be the , the case , it might clear be the conclusion that you er incorrect in or partially incorrect or I was unable to answer all the questions er at this stage |
| 5 | I 'm sure there are other other examples , but I just really wanted to record that appreciation . |
| 6 | Er I just really wanted to know when that 's likely to occur . |
| 7 | There 's only one thing I ever really wanted to do . |
| 8 | I really just wanted to see er just wanted to see the sort of range of things they did now this is more like it you see Effective Writing , Report Writing , Technical Report Writing , Business Sales Corres , Editing House Journals Writing for Publication , Desk Top Publishing , things like working with the media these are more the sort of things that I would see people |
| 9 | I really just wanted to record our appreciation erm , and I think those of others too . |
| 10 | I really just wanted to speak in support of . |
| 11 | On migration , erm I really just wanted to make the point that erm the structure plan and er as supported by the local council is really seeking to meet the needs of the resident population . |
| 12 | And the supporters been treating me well , the promotion been treating me well , so obviously I never really wanted to move but we had a few problems with the negotiating with the contract and the financial terms was n't quite right so but I 'm glad to say we 've got it right now and you know we both sort of gave a bit and we came to a settlement er which I 'm very pleased about . |
| 13 | But at the time , I suppose I never really wanted to come off . |
| 14 | Delightful as it was to meet pleasant company in such an unlikely place , I very badly wanted to exchange our fell citations on the other side of this rock . |
| 15 | I very much wanted to continue with my studies but had to get married in accordance with my parents ' wishes . |
| 16 | Up to that time I had very limited opportunities to conduct and I very much wanted to direct a real concert . |
| 17 | So powerless was I to control the evolution that , even when I very much wanted to retrace a particular evolutionary pathway it proved all but impossible to do so . |
| 18 | She so desperately wanted to know what was going to happen when she returned . |
| 19 | Her hands moved to unbutton his shirt , and , that done , she not only wanted to stroke the golden down on his body , but to see that body , to see him . |
| 20 | Pundits decried the successful methods taken by the majority , who not only wanted to live within their means but did so , as old-fashioned and ‘ Victorian ’ , out of step with 1990s climate of opinion . |
| 21 | She really always wanted to stay in bed . ’ |
| 22 | There were all sorts of jokes about National Service and this was going to be one of them — the barracks filled with misfits who no more wanted to wear a khaki uniform than they felt like taking poison ( which some of them thought was what they were given three times a day in the cookhouse ) . |
| 23 | Actress Maureen Lipman , who played a Jewish mother in the long-running series of ads , said earlier this year she no longer wanted to play Beattie . |
| 24 | She no more wanted to trudge all the way back to her jeep than she wanted to stay here arguing with this infuriating man . |
| 25 | She never again wanted to experience the feeling of being out of control and dependent on someone else 's approval , at someone else 's mercy . |
| 26 | She never again wanted to experience that feeling which led women to do too much for , and demand too much from , a partner . |
| 27 | She never again wanted to feel that someone else could send her to heaven or to hell . |
| 28 | Some of these desires might be adolescent flights of fancy , which you never honestly wanted to happen . |
| 29 | She very much wanted to respect W. 's wishes , but feared that some of the other adolescents in the unit were not helping W. |
| 30 | Either she was left with the excellent non-skiing kindergarten , which she enjoyed but where she did not learn to ski , something she very much wanted to do , or she had to be put into skischool . |