Example sentences of "want war [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | That most German people did not want war with England was true by almost every account of neutral witnesses . |
2 | In his first interview with American television , President Saddam Hussein told C B S News that he did n't want war with the west , but he claimed that God was on his side and said that Iraq would come out victorious in any conflict . |
3 | Japan did not want war against Tsarist Russia but was determined to fight unless positive assurances were forthcoming that Russia would cease to meddle in Korean affairs . |
4 | It must be stated that Yamamoto never wanted war with the United States and advised against it . |
5 | War had resulted from the separate acts of various leaders , none of whom wanted war as the outcome , and these separate acts so reinforced mutual fears and suspicions that war became , in a sense , unavoidable . |