Example sentences of "she wanted [art] " in BNC.

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1 With her mind wide open to this new enticing prospect , a desire so unexpected and untested , she wanted no audience .
2 But she wanted no allies .
3 This time last year Barbara faced the hard truths of her life in the White House and decided she wanted no more of it .
4 She said , through her solicitor , that she wanted no maintenance for Sam .
5 She wanted no probing questions from Alain .
6 She had recorded in her journal everything which had happened to her since she had arrived in London and she wanted no prying eyes to read what she had written .
7 She wanted no hang-ups from the past to shadow the future .
8 She had told him in no uncertain terms , on more than one occasion , that she wanted no more to do with him .
9 She wanted no involvement with men in a romantic way .
10 She wanted no restriction between them — not anything material , not any form of mental restriction either .
11 She was still exhausted from the night before , shattered from trying to keep up her bravado with Steve , trying not to let slip what she knew and trying to sound enthusiastic over Steve 's business plans for the future which she knew with a certainty she wanted no part of .
12 He was tempted to tell her to hire someone from the gutter press if she wanted more earthy writing , or some bloody feminist if she wanted a sensitive novel .
13 She wanted a few moments to think .
14 She said she did not want him staring at her , she wanted a bit of her life to herself ; without having to share it with Randolph Ash .
15 For Mignon it often meant more and her coworkers realize , looking back with the wisdom of a long lifetime , that she wanted a lesbian relationship with more than one of them .
16 But she wanted a man , so she knew she 'd have to pay a price , any price .
17 I could n't say , You 'd give them such a shock that it 'd come as small fry when Darling Bina said she wanted a career on the stage .
18 Mother , I ca n't support us if I ca n't work , she always used to say when she wanted a bit of peace and quiet … what chance of peace and quiet with a baby in the tiny flat ?
19 The manageress was apologetic , but said Susan would have to contact the head office if she wanted a refund .
20 She wanted a vibrant , natural colour and Schwarzkopf 's Igora Botanic Autumn Leaf shade was just the answer .
21 She wanted a different kind of life entirely .
22 While he wanted LA and partying , she wanted a quiet life .
23 Diana was ready to tell the other three people present — the Queen , the Duke of Edinburgh and Prince Charles — she wanted a divorce .
24 She wanted a masculine sort of hotel .
25 She wanted a pint of recaff and a toasted cheese sandwich .
26 She left £8,000-a-year Rossall School in Fleetwood , Lancs — where Ian Botham and Kenny Dalglish 's sons are pupils — because , she added , she wanted a change .
27 And when his wife Jane announced that she wanted a divorce , 48-year-old Mr Elton finally cracked .
28 Another neighbour , Dr Charles Wright , said : ‘ We knew they were having marital difficulties , but Jane would n't tell anyone why she wanted a divorce . ’
29 Only two weeks before , she told her mum she wanted a donor card in case anything happened to her .
30 She wanted a church wedding with as many of the trimmings as they could possibly afford .
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