Example sentences of "[adv] that he want [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The King , visiting as a private citizen , was reticent about his political ambitions , saying only that he wanted to help Romania . |
| 2 | He said nothing , just that he wanted to see Duncan in the hall . |
| 3 | It 's just that he wanted to see Jenny in front of everyone else . |
| 4 | It 's just that he wants to let off steam , and you 're the only person he can lose his temper with . |
| 5 | It 's not that he wants to stop them going to the toilet , we 've got to persuade these people to do it on a stagger basis … |
| 6 | Not that he wants to look out of the window any longer . |
| 7 | But the 24-year-old admitted yesterday that he wants to share the scoring burden with his team-mates . |
| 8 | If he 's gon na do things like that he wants to keep his gob shut does n't he ? |
| 9 | Hank decided that , in this instance , honesty was the only policy possible and had said frankly that he wanted to try to write a book . |
| 10 | We go to the library , he goes round the library , he gets books out that he wants to bring home and read , and of course when we get home he 's not able to read them . |
| 11 | It 's simply that he wants to create a better atmosphere , and show that after all he 's a reasonable man , and we should n't be too hard on him in these days . |
| 12 | You will recall that Mrs Carrington spoke of her husband losing his rationality , and yet that he wanted to retain control over his fate . |
| 13 | Carl and his mother went to see a performance of Les Miserables in London , and he told her afterwards that he wanted to play the part of Gavroche , the young Parisian urchin . |