Example sentences of "they wanted see " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only one thing these men had in common — they were sure they wanted to see Gillian again . |
| 2 | The directors of these films , tourists in working-class cultures for which they felt little sympathy , saw only what they wanted to see . |
| 3 | ‘ Put it this way , I was approached a few months ago by a couple of guys in one of my clubs who said that they wanted to see the gaffer . |
| 4 | They wanted to see a positive statement from the Government which demonstrated our commitment to the future of the railways . |
| 5 | Interestingly , Dr James Young Simpson of Edinburgh University , who was one of the first to use chloroform , flatly denied any of these side effects , and said the doctors were seeing what they wanted to see . |
| 6 | They wanted to see it happy and successful and as far as possible united . |
| 7 | But government spokesmen said that they wanted to see it eventually set so as to maintain the level of existing capacity at the end of the century . |
| 8 | This has been the case in libraries , where the Association of Assistant Librarians themselves came forward with policies they wanted to see implemented because they knew better than most how the arrangement of shelving , as well as the provision of good lighting , seating and magnifies influences the amount libraries are used . |
| 9 | They did n't tell her that they wanted to see whether it was still empty , just in case they could have it for Brownie Pack Meetings . |
| 10 | Vested interests in Germany saw only what they wanted to see : namely that the Junkers were the traditional political and military leaders of German society , that they had brought about German unification and that this would make Germany into an industrial power of the first order . |
| 11 | They had read the reviews , and they wanted to see this new Buster Keaton for themselves . |
| 12 | The students may have been naive about the realities of life abroad , but they wanted to see for themselves what life was like elsewhere rather than being told by party officials and foreigners . |
| 13 | Most of the group members were quite young , Right-On , middle-class , intellectual , and had their own particular obsession which they wanted to see in the paper . |
| 14 | They wanted to see scientific and technical programmes dealing specifically with issues such as employment possibilities for youth , and they called for more cultural programmes reflecting young Chilean people 's interests . |
| 15 | After all , the kinds of films that they wanted to see and the conditions that they were prepared to accept were now generally appreciated . |
| 16 | People went to the movies for many reasons but not least because they wanted to see stories which starred very real and very attractive Americans . |
| 17 | They wanted to see an eagle so they saw one . |
| 18 | Police were forced to set him free with a warning — back to the parents who yesterday admitted he was out of control and said they wanted to see him prosecuted . |
| 19 | Part of the audience decided that this was n't what they wanted to see , another part decided they did n't want to hear about politics anymore . |
| 20 | The peasantry wanted noble land without paying compensation ; they wanted to see taxation and conscription done away with . |
| 21 | Cathery also added : " Lewis and Cannon ( the branch secretary ) came down to the Central Office and I let [ them ] see all the books , cheque book , bank passbook etc. ; in fact all they wanted to see . |
| 22 | They wanted to see it again and again . |
| 23 | They wanted to see the robot animal but I said no . |
| 24 | He wondered whether they would see the Tree Spirits and then he wondered whether they wanted to see them . |
| 25 | In practice ( and in the short run ) , however , they wanted to see government by the " fittest " . |
| 26 | ‘ They wanted to see them off the streets . ’ |
| 27 | But first they wanted to see to the drainage at one particularly bad spot , where a stream was running down the path . |
| 28 | First , they wanted to see if he could pass himself off as Swedish , or if there was anybody working for the enemy who might have an inkling of his presence or identity . |
| 29 | condolences and they would people were always asked if they wanted to see the remains . |
| 30 | They wanted to see a battleship launched , they wanted to see Royalty in action , they wanted to see anything that was happening which was an event in the world , and so cameramen like George Albert Smith , and eventually George Albert Smith 's staff , would go out around the world , much as it would happen now but in a much simpler way , erm to make actuality pictures . |