Example sentences of "[pers pn] wanted [verb] [adj] time " in BNC.
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1 | It son a Thomas Cook Travel Book award along with its good reviews and I wanted to spend some time with the lensman responsible , to find out why this man sees so much more than nearly all his contemporaries . |
2 | ‘ I wanted to spend some time with you , and I rather doubted if you 'd be susceptible to an offer of a weekend in Paris . |
3 | We had split up because I wanted to spend more time with my mates . ’ |
4 | Besides , she wanted to give more time to the Focus . |
5 | She told the Herald that she would miss Le Court and probably be homesick for a little while but she wanted to spend more time with her husband and family . |
6 | Not long ago some highly placed career men resigned their jobs because , they said , they wanted to spend more time with their families . |
7 | He wanted to spend some time quietly in the church , ’ he added in a vain hope that a confidence so dangerously close to intimacy , to his job as priest , might flatter her , might even silence curiosity . |
8 | He told Mr Major he will leave once the Maastricht Treaty is ratified by Parliament , adding that he wanted to spend more time with his family and pursue his interests in the art world . |
9 | ‘ He has told friends for months he wanted to spend more time with his family . ’ |
10 | He explained his resignation on the grounds that he wanted to spend more time preparing his candidacy for forthcoming presidential elections . |