Example sentences of "she want [to-vb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dalgliesh asked : ‘ Why does she want to gain possession ? |
| 2 | ‘ She 's forgotten his name but she wants to see Orlick ! ’ |
| 3 | — I believe she wants to study art . |
| 4 | I think she was jealous because you paid no attention to her , or perhaps she wants to capture Papa 's , but has not . |
| 5 | Most of all , she wants to have fun , fun , fun . |
| 6 | She wanted to turn tail and run and keep on running away from him , away from what she might discover , away from what could only break her heart , yet she knew that was impossible . |
| 7 | She wanted to turn tail and run , but she could n't have stood herself if she appeared such a coward . |
| 8 | Said she wanted to watch television , though she did n't watch — just sat there making sarcastic remarks or calling the children to her and giving them sweets and kisses — it 's disgusting . |
| 9 | She wanted to take hold of him and throw herself recklessly into his arms . |
| 10 | Yeah , but when I took her the toilet she wanted to go toilet |
| 11 | Because , she said , she wanted to devolve power to the individual , not to corporate bodies . |
| 12 | Hardly how she wanted to appear when she 'd planned on wearing the dress to visit the hotels she wanted to do business with . |
| 13 | It was possible , of course , that she wanted to dispense tea and sympathy , but he had his doubts . |
| 14 | She wanted to see dad . |
| 15 | Her mother identified three problem areas in which she wanted to see change : |
| 16 | It was only partly that she disliked breaking arrangements , more that she wanted to let Cobalt see she was alive and well . |
| 17 | RACHEL got pregnant at 15 because she wanted to leave school and get her own home . |
| 18 | Sometimes , she felt she 'd have to spend her whole life walking slower than she wanted to keep pace with her gran . |
| 19 | But tonight she was going to Le Club Zodiaque , tonight she wanted to sip wine until her feet were flying . |
| 20 | She wanted to make sense of what had happened to her , why her mother had n't wanted her . |
| 21 | She lifted her nightgown over her head ; her feet were still bare , she wanted to make contact with the ground . |
| 22 | He was so little , so thin — she wanted to get hold of him and hug him tight and safe . |
| 23 | She did it because she wanted to get custody of my daughter , that was her motive . |
| 24 | When she was n't explaining that she and the libbers were on the same side really , Mrs Travers took pains to point out that FAMILY had no quarrel with the poor or socially inadequate ; it was just that she wanted to pay tribute to the unsung millions of women ( and men ) who lived normal lives , did not swap roles , get divorces or abortions , become homeless or batter their children ( or their wives ) ; people who faced misfortune with re-sourcefulness and courage and without recourse to public funds . |
| 25 | And then she perked up in the evening , I think she wanted to play tennis and then she was alright Friday . |
| 26 | Eva made no effort to have us talk to each other , Shadwell and I ; in fact I felt she wanted to discourage conversation . |
| 27 | She wanted to feel Roman 's skin against her and his hands on her naked body . |