Example sentences of "want [to-vb] [pers pn] from [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I want to hear it from you . |
| 2 | She was still trying to cope with what she was beginning to realise was her over-reaction , though she could n't have said quite why she should feel so alarmed , when he told her coolly , ‘ You misunderstand me , Miss Everett , ’ and was on his feet too as , looking arrogantly down at her , he stated bluntly , ‘ Should I ever be so lucky as you suggest , then , be sure of it , I 'd throw away my rabbit 's foot , ’ and having forthrightly left her under no illusion but that should he ever get saddled with her then he would consider his luck had run out , he went on toughly , ‘ I already know the answer , but , for the record , I want to hear it from you — are you just playing around with Travis for the pure hell of it — or , ’ his voice had taken on a grim edge , ‘ are you in love with him ? ’ |
| 3 | I had often wondered this myself , but I did n't want to hear it from her . |
| 4 | Do you want to take him from me ? |
| 5 | I wanted her to fill me in on the blank spots , and I wanted to hear it from her , not anybody else . |
| 6 | She wanted to tear them from him , to feel his naked flesh against hers , not harsh , unyielding denim . |