Example sentences of "she wanted [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not that she wanted to lose her virginity — nothing as drastic as that ! |
| 2 | She wanted to say screw the colonialist blood but did n't . |
| 3 | She wanted to say , ‘ Because of Maggie and Rachel and Lisa and the garden and duty and sunshine , ’ but alone in the darkness she did not believe in any of that . |
| 4 | She wanted to say , ‘ You look awful , darling , ’ but decided against it . |
| 5 | Jinny hunted for what she wanted to say and then let it out in a rush . |
| 6 | What have I done ? she wanted to say . |
| 7 | She knew exactly what she wanted to say but the words would n't come . |
| 8 | She wanted to say , ‘ You beastly pig , ’ but did n't dare . |
| 9 | That was what she wanted to say . |
| 10 | She wanted to say , ‘ I 'd be more than happy to leave it to the experts . ’ |
| 11 | She wanted to say : What is it like ? |
| 12 | She wanted to say something , he felt , and the cigarette was just a moment 's loss of nerve . |
| 13 | She wanted to say it was only a joke , about boiling oil , but they had arrived at a building with several steps leading up and told to get into single file so that their names could be checked at the door . |
| 14 | Well , in her case , presumably , she wanted to say she would obey him and and subsequently perhaps she has , and he 's very happy with that , but that 's a fairly cynical view is n't it , the the the bride 's a kind of ceremonial heifer , who 's had |
| 15 | I did that , she wanted to say . |
| 16 | She could n't reply , he was holding her so tightly ; and , in any case , there was nothing she wanted to say . |
| 17 | She wanted to say , Now do you understand that it 's all mine and always will be ? |
| 18 | She wanted to say in her other voice , the one she had mislaid outside , So here you are at last , on my estate , in my house , at my place in front of the fire . |
| 19 | She wanted to say that she was sorry too , but tears choked her and she was unable to speak . |
| 20 | She wanted to say that she would quite happily go and dine on her own in Florence so that they could be alone together , but Mrs Wallington pre-empted her . |
| 21 | She hesitated , seeming uncertain of what she wanted to say . |
| 22 | She dropped her gaze , flinched , she wanted to say , again , absurdly , ‘ I 'm with you , all the way . |
| 23 | She felt as though confronted by a child : it 'll be all right , she wanted to say , I 'll see that it 's all right . |
| 24 | She wanted to say , ‘ I 've had enough of your hysterical phone call , you spoilt , confused little bitch . ’ |
| 25 | Let the bastard die , ’ she wanted to say . |
| 26 | Yours and Stephanie 's , she wanted to say . |
| 27 | She wanted to say to Ruth , Do what you want . |
| 28 | She wanted to say that her conscience was n't for sale ; but she lacked the nerve . |
| 29 | She could think of nothing more to say , because she wanted to say so much and it was all forbidden . |
| 30 | She wanted to say , Please say something to me , please talk , but he had her still by her nipples and was pulling her towards him , then pushing her back . |