Example sentences of "[adv] wanted [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only a few of her friends had been active in the Resistance , but it was clear that neither they nor anyone else much wanted to talk about the choices they had all had to make . |
| 2 | ‘ He only wanted to go to the out-patients . |
| 3 | ‘ I desperately wanted to go on the circuit — I still find the life terrifically exciting . |
| 4 | ‘ I desperately wanted to go on the circuit — I still find the life terrifically exciting . |
| 5 | I just wanted to go to the bathroom . |
| 6 | Er , I just wanted to talk about the cuts , er , proposed cuts in pensions . |
| 7 | I just wanted to stroll around the place , and take in the night air . ’ |
| 8 | Pete says he just wanted to get in the air so he read about the sport in magazines and then got in touch with the association … he says the sport is easy if you know what you are doing but you can pay dearly for your mistakes |
| 9 | I just wanted to look at the Earth . |
| 10 | And when I er went to go on me own er I still wanted to keep in the union and I went down the Locksmiths ' union , which was in the market place , and they said they er we could n't , we could n't have you in the union if you go on your own erm there 's another denomination or something , was something that you 'd have to join or something like that and be on your own . |
| 11 | Ianthe was glad when the woman and her child got out at the next station , for not only did she find the conversation embarrassing but she also wanted to think about the moments before her unexpected meeting with Agnes Dalby — moments which she had so far had no chance of reliving or considering . |
| 12 | He also wanted to emphasize in the appraisal two issues he had already brought to the attention of staff : assessment of pupils — with which there had already been some changes — and language across the curriculum , which he felt required a more positive policy . |
| 13 | Whatever the questions he really wanted to ask at the reprocessing plant , though , he would never allow his personal feelings to interfere with an assignment . |
| 14 | ‘ He said he came because he could n't discuss it on the telephone , but whether he really wanted to see inside the Post I ca n't say . ’ |
| 15 | The result was that other departments er particularly the fitters for example er who were still working on the old scheme , wanted to , they then wanted to come onto the scheme . |
| 16 | She never wanted to talk about the Opera House , or her singing , or Raoul 's love for her . |