Example sentences of "want him [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want him to reach the stage where he will be talked about for his golf and not for his petulance — we 've had enough . |
| 2 | Still she hesitated , wanting him to appreciate the gravity of such a revelation and the trust it revealed in her if she chose to make it . |
| 3 | Thus Carnelian had goaded Jaq , wishing him to do exactly that , wanting him to attack the hydra in the axe-swinging style of an Obispal . |
| 4 | I take it from what you say that you do n't want him to see the child ? |
| 5 | And why did n't the policeman want him to see the suite ? |
| 6 | I did n't want him to hit the driver because accuracy was the key to this hole , and I said , ‘ You 're not going to have it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't want him to take the ball off the back four and stroll around in areas where play might break down . |
| 8 | ‘ And I do n't want him to take the rap for something he did n't do . ’ |
| 9 | I always said yes , even if I was drained , because I did not want him to chuck the ball to someone else . ’ |
| 10 | She did n't really want him to recreate the past like that . |
| 11 | We do n't want him to get the wind , do we ? |
| 12 | They did not want him to make the comparison himself . |
| 13 | I did n't want him to hear the reluctance in my voice , so I squeezed his hand again . |
| 14 | ‘ At first we wanted him to contract the majors for us and go and talk to Mr CBS or whoever , ’ says Gedge . |
| 15 | Peter Winterbottom was winning his fiftieth cap and everyone , wanted him to lead the team out on to the field . |
| 16 | She really wanted him to teach the swimming , believing that they might achieve for Nails , even if only because they were frightened not to ; that was the reason she had made herself be nice to him , inviting him to come up when Miss Bedwelty came . |
| 17 | He said he would now wait to see if Darlington firemen wanted him to take the matter to the home office . |
| 18 | I told him our plan but he was none too eager until I told him we were going to play at funerals and that Frankie wanted him to imitate the preacher ; then he came along at once . |
| 19 | And a bit of me wanted him to stop the way you want an actor in a film to stop . |
| 20 | Suddenly she desperately wanted him to know the truth . |
| 21 | She wanted him to believe the truth about her , but he never would ; someone had destroyed his trust in women and she was n't the one to restore it . |
| 22 | Then he understood that she was not going to help him , because she wanted him to make the choice . |
| 23 | I really wanted him to get the job . |
| 24 | Senator Sumner , the chairman of the Senate 's foreign affairs committee , wanted him to address the Senate but decided this would be a bad precedent . |
| 25 | ( There were times when he got in great positions and you wanted him to hammer the ball , but he 'd end up doing a sort of ‘ clip ’ shot . ) |