Example sentences of "want him [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I want him to reach the stage where he will be talked about for his golf and not for his petulance — we 've had enough . |
| 2 | They want him to have the best possible educational start , and they see children elsewhere , like Emma , getting a whole year 's schooling more than Sam . |
| 3 | Mr Brandreth said : ‘ Mr Hanley only arrived at his desk this week , but I have asked to see him as a matter of urgency because I want him to reconsider the whole question of the location of the Army 's pay and personnel centre . |
| 4 | housekeeping money for he wants him to learn the , the value of money |
| 5 | Still she hesitated , wanting him to appreciate the gravity of such a revelation and the trust it revealed in her if she chose to make it . |
| 6 | Thus Carnelian had goaded Jaq , wishing him to do exactly that , wanting him to attack the hydra in the axe-swinging style of an Obispal . |
| 7 | And why did n't the policeman want him to see the suite ? |
| 8 | I take it from what you say that you do n't want him to see the child ? |
| 9 | I did n't want him to hit the driver because accuracy was the key to this hole , and I said , ‘ You 're not going to have it . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't want him to take the ball off the back four and stroll around in areas where play might break down . |
| 11 | ‘ And I do n't want him to take the rap for something he did n't do . ’ |
| 12 | I always said yes , even if I was drained , because I did not want him to chuck the ball to someone else . ’ |
| 13 | Besides , the words could be construed as flirtatious , and she did n't want him getting the wrong impression again . |
| 14 | Heartily wishing she had never been provoked into volunteering that piece of information , Fabia did n't want him getting the idea that at twenty-two she could n't be a too well-seasoned journalist . |
| 15 | She did n't really want him to recreate the past like that . |
| 16 | We do n't want him to get the wind , do we ? |
| 17 | We would n't want him to play the same trick on us , stealing our clients so he can deal them elsewhere , " said Fox Milton director Philip Raisey . |
| 18 | They did not want him to make the comparison himself . |
| 19 | I know I 'd had to smash the door , he had to smash the door open with a spade , the lock for me , cos , he , he , he could n't get , he tried er taking that panel out at the bottom and he could n't get it out and I did n't really want him to smash the double glazed glass , in fact it , that would of been very difficult |
| 20 | I did n't want him to hear the reluctance in my voice , so I squeezed his hand again . |
| 21 | I desperately wanted him to see the right ‘ way to go ’ . |
| 22 | ‘ At first we wanted him to contract the majors for us and go and talk to Mr CBS or whoever , ’ says Gedge . |
| 23 | Peter Winterbottom was winning his fiftieth cap and everyone , wanted him to lead the team out on to the field . |
| 24 | She really wanted him to teach the swimming , believing that they might achieve for Nails , even if only because they were frightened not to ; that was the reason she had made herself be nice to him , inviting him to come up when Miss Bedwelty came . |
| 25 | He said he would now wait to see if Darlington firemen wanted him to take the matter to the home office . |
| 26 | I told him our plan but he was none too eager until I told him we were going to play at funerals and that Frankie wanted him to imitate the preacher ; then he came along at once . |
| 27 | And a bit of me wanted him to stop the way you want an actor in a film to stop . |
| 28 | Suddenly she desperately wanted him to know the truth . |
| 29 | She wanted him to believe the truth about her , but he never would ; someone had destroyed his trust in women and she was n't the one to restore it . |
| 30 | Then he understood that she was not going to help him , because she wanted him to make the choice . |