Example sentences of "[coord] wanted [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Either the movie director was blind , or wanted to do a remake of ‘ the Albino Spud-U-Like From Hell ’ ! |
| 2 | For the first 25 years of my life I was convinced that everybody was either writing or wanted to write a novel . |
| 3 | Now I were bloody daft , If I 'd 've gone to the foreman and wanted to put a suggestion in , I , I , I 'd 've beat sure they were crowing abou when he got but I was first really was n't I ? |
| 4 | I had staked a lot on coming to Ghana and wanted to make a contribution . |
| 5 | who wanted to live together , and wanted to have a child , but they wanted to know whether they would have equal rights as parents |
| 6 | Grace was sixteen , at school , and wanted to become a vet . |
| 7 | How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ? |
| 8 | They 'd split up and about a year later , they 'd formed The Box and wanted to get a record out , and that 's how it started in January ‘ 83 . |