Example sentences of "she wanted [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thoroughly exasperated by this lack of information when she wanted all the details , she shuffled round and went back into the lounge . |
| 2 | ‘ She came down to Aberconwy School where we all were and said she wanted all the mothers and babies to stay with her , ’ said Tracey Parker . |
| 3 | She wanted all poor people to have a floor below which their wages could never fall . |
| 4 | Lotta had always hated it , but now she decided she wanted that too . ’ |
| 5 | I 'd never guessed — she went off with someone else , d' you see , I 'd never guessed she wanted that . ’ |
| 6 | Her brain skated over what form she wanted that conclusion to take . |
| 7 | They had n't thought about that do you know , I reckon that Sister Josephine erm behind all this , she wanted that hall and she and Father used to talk about this you see they want to extend the church back and do away with the car parking area as well , oh that 's alright , but erm sort of ca n't see any point in it , I mean congregations are going down , they 're not increasing , the church is big enough for what is necessary I would of thought would n't you ? |
| 8 | She wanted both of us to start all over again . |
| 9 | She wanted both of these to some extent but only in a police force whose integrity she could believe in . |
| 10 | I ca n't remember er , she gave me the reason why she wanted these for oh , he , he , he always wears his cuffs out or something . |
| 11 | When angel-faced Alice went to The Look salon in Exeter , she wanted some exciting style ideas . |
| 12 | She wanted some answers and she was determined to get them when she next spoke to Kolchinsky . |
| 13 | She then announced that she wanted some cream cakes . |
| 14 | The superintendent said she wanted some men to investigate the stories that Nicola was looking into before her death — child porn and drugs . |
| 15 | and erm then she wanted some more Argos vouchers so I 'll have them |
| 16 | No , she wanted some flip flops , but they did n't have any there either , but they had a lot of shell suits , cos I thought it was skiing ones at first . |
| 17 | It 's only cos she mentioned she wanted some bread . |
| 18 | It had the glamour that attaches to other people 's privileges ; Barbara did not resent the lack of advantages her own parents had given her , but she wanted those advantages for her own children . |
| 19 | It was all going to cease to be fun if she wanted any action out of him . |
| 20 | to see if she wanted any messages , corn or meal for the hens , she kept hens . |
| 21 | Oh I did n't ask your Mum if she wanted any sweet and sour is he stopping , going ? |
| 22 | But this old crow had that get-on-with-it look , and if she wanted this place , which she did … |
| 23 | But this baby , boy or girl , she wanted this baby to look like Edouard , who had made her happy , truly happy , for the first time in her life . |
| 24 | She did n't know why she wanted this so much , either . |
| 25 | If she wanted this job , she would have to be reasonably pleasant to him , however much it stuck in her throat at times . |
| 26 | ‘ It sounds as if she wanted this house more than she wanted him , ’ Lucy mused , knowing that if she herself loved a man she 'd be happy to live in any humble abode . |
| 27 | Nervous , perhaps , on edge maybe , because it seemed to her that she would have to keep her wits about her unless she wanted this outing to end up as fruitless as the other times she had been in his company . |
| 28 | She wanted this over , and quickly . |
| 29 | that 's not bad and I went round to see Helen to see if she wanted this one for baby Anna but she said this one there is another one in there , erm |
| 30 | BRENDA gave her daddy and mummy a big surprise when she told them what she wanted most of all for her birthday . |