Example sentences of "have [adv] [adv] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | Equally , psychology has been seeking acceptance as a ‘ real ’ science , and has not therefore wanted to emphasize the social side of human action , but rather the physiological , behavioural and physically measurable aspects of human behaviour . |
| 2 | Lennox has always truly wanted to fight for the world title and was happy taking the tough route . |
| 3 | Those were words she 'd so desperately wanted to hear . |
| 4 | ‘ Not weak , but not bluffing either — not pretending he 'd never really wanted her , hated her , was better on his own . |
| 5 | Let us promise you , you are not allowed to die any more , we are going to s , to improve our treatment , and you 're going to survive , but with daily , increasing threat to that financial dependence that you 've so keenly want , that you want for your loved ones . |
| 6 | The closer they crept -both morning and belief — the more he regretted shunning the assassin when it had so plainly wanted his company . |
| 7 | She had so much wanted to be fancied , it seemed a cruel blow to think that if it ever happened it might only be by someone as awful as Sean Walsh . |
| 8 | Rory had always thought of Hamish as a sort of ponderously eccentric fool , and Ken a kind of failure because he had so much wanted to travel , and instead had settled down with Mary , stayed in the same wee corner of the world as he 'd been born and raised in , and not only raised his own children , but chosen to teach others ' , too . |
| 9 | That 's what I 've fucking always wanted ! |
| 10 | " That leads up to what I 've really often wanted to ask you , Richard went on . |
| 11 | And he had n't even wanted her ; it had just been part of a plan . |
| 12 | It was one more reason why she had n't ever wanted to see him again . |
| 13 | Uncle Walter had n't really wanted to part with it . |
| 14 | But I had n't really wanted to involve you . ’ |
| 15 | It was as if he had n't really wanted freedom , only to assert his right to be free if he chose , which is quite a different thing and has something both sad and comical about it . |
| 16 | If he had even profoundly wanted her at all . |
| 17 | Ryan had never stood naked before her , never evinced any pride or unashamed arrogance in his appearance , but then Ryan had never really wanted her . |
| 18 | Today , I was going to Corfu — I had never really wanted to go there , but one day I saw an advertisement in the newspaper . |
| 19 | Which of us on finding our car aerial snapped off by a vandal have not momentarily wanted to do the same to his neck ? |
| 20 | Imagine that you have been studying for 20 years for a qualification that will change your life , or waiting the same length of time to hear about a job you have applied for , the only job you have ever really wanted . |
| 21 | I do n't know , the last few times I 've tried to come off , I have n't really wanted to come off , thinking about it now . |
| 22 | On the same subject , I suppose I have to point out that I have never really wanted to have children . |