Example sentences of "[pers pn] wanted [verb] that [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to let that car go , I was |
| 2 | But I wanted to close that window first , make sure he did n't come back . |
| 3 | I wanted to shoot that bastard tonight , Mike . |
| 4 | I wanted to win that race . |
| 5 | So I wanted to get that memory out of the way and I was just happy that I had had a better game ’ . |
| 6 | I wanted to have that control in the studio , being able to step in at any moment . ’ |
| 7 | I wanted to stay that way . |
| 8 | because she wanted to watch that programme |
| 9 | She wanted to forget that night as soon as possible . |
| 10 | You wanted to sell that heroin . |
| 11 | You wanted to go that day . |
| 12 | So , all th , even if you wanted to make that qualification , it 's there , in him , I am righteous ! |
| 13 | No surprise that every single person who met him wanted to turn that meeting into an incident , an anecdote , an event . |
| 14 | A few years ago I saw a couple of Eastenders stars come in erm and Ross whatever his name forget his name there were two young girls standing in front of me scraping pennies out of their purse to get in though we loved that character they wanted to come that night we 've got to get girls like that youngsters like that interested to come on other nights and then come again that 's what needs doing . . |
| 15 | I remember very well Ben 's insistence that he wanted to retain that quartet . |
| 16 | I was n't going to answer him back , even with ‘ He wanted to bring that lizard back — was he going to keep it for a pet ? ’ — not if he was going to be like that . |
| 17 | He was n't sure he wanted to hear that message . |