Example sentences of "wanted buy a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wanted to buy a knife . |
| 2 | On the other hand , if you wanted to buy a clone PC capable of handling Quark — say a Dell 66MHz 486 with 8Mb of RAM and a 200Mb hard disk — you 're looking at just over £2,000 ! |
| 3 | It was in Los Angeles and it was murderously difficult — no one wanted to be involved , no one wanted to talk about it , no one wanted to lend their names ; no one wanted to come and entertain , no one wanted to buy a ticket . |
| 4 | A dealer at Harvard Securities was subject to frequent telephone calls from one elusive Mr Bottomley , who wanted to buy a stake in For Eyes , but who insisted he could n't be contacted on the phone . |
| 5 | What saved the company — according to a story that Thomas Watson , Sr. , the company 's founder and long-term CEO , often told — was its exploitation of an unexpected success : the New York Public Library wanted to buy a machine . |
| 6 | Up until the advent of the superstore , if a small organisation wanted to buy a PC system where did it go — Dixons ? |
| 7 | Bruce , a second-hand dealer for 15 years , said he had taken away the items in a van but returned the next day because he wanted to buy a chest of drawers . |
| 8 | No , what I meant was I meant to buy it , I wanted to buy a refill for it , but I ended up not buying the right fibre tip pen for it |
| 9 | In fact , I only met one decorator … a young couple wanted to buy a piece and I offered them a discount as they had n't got a decorator - at which she drew herself up and said : ‘ We are not married . |
| 10 | He wanted to buy a car , but she said that was a waste of money and anyway what was the matter with buses , why should they ride , filling the air with fumes , while others walked ? |
| 11 | The killings came after Laing duped his way into the home of Matthew Manwaring , 62 , pretending he wanted to buy a car the family had advertised. , Mr Stuart Moore said . |
| 12 | Down there if somebody wanted to buy a chair like that |
| 13 | Bruce said he wanted to buy a writing bureau which she had in her bedroom and Mrs Knight helped clear out her belongings from its drawers . |
| 14 | And me mother , she lived at , that 's not far from Peterborough , and she er Me father used to go to this here farm , me mother lived , and of course they got in with each other , then they got married and then they wanted to buy a caravan . |
| 15 | It was often very hazardous and Mr Crangle , the librarian , wanted to buy a safety net for when someone climbed beyond shelf thirty but the Headmaster was having none of it . |