Example sentences of "he wanted [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No surprise that every single person who met him wanted to turn that meeting into an incident , an anecdote , an event . |
| 2 | He wanted to spend some time quietly in the church , ’ he added in a vain hope that a confidence so dangerously close to intimacy , to his job as priest , might flatter her , might even silence curiosity . |
| 3 | He told Mr Major he will leave once the Maastricht Treaty is ratified by Parliament , adding that he wanted to spend more time with his family and pursue his interests in the art world . |
| 4 | ‘ He has told friends for months he wanted to spend more time with his family . ’ |
| 5 | He explained his resignation on the grounds that he wanted to spend more time preparing his candidacy for forthcoming presidential elections . |
| 6 | The Archdeacon did n't feel he wanted to do any pursuing . |
| 7 | Titch left him a key , you see , while he was away , so he could keep an eye on the place , or maybe if he wanted to do some painting , the way your nan carried on about him doing it at home — anyway , he went round there that night . ’ |
| 8 | He wanted to do Natural Sciences at Cambridge , worked terribly hard and got in . |
| 9 | I want to see , I 'm I mean I saw Mr and erm Mr nodding when Martin said he wanted to give these figures to the Chief Exec and ask him to er get it sorted out . |
| 10 | ‘ He said that he wanted to sell this house , but he would buy a smaller one for mother and me . |
| 11 | It was also a hint that , while he wanted to retain ultimate control for as long as he lived , he foresaw a time when it might be possible to relinquish his personal hold on the administration of the system without it collapsing . |
| 12 | I remember very well Ben 's insistence that he wanted to retain that quartet . |
| 13 | ‘ Dead or not , he wanted to say happy birthday . ’ |
| 14 | This morning , the right hon. Member for Birmingham , Sparkbrook ( Mr. Hattersley ) said that he wanted to see more policemen on the beat , yet when he was a member of the last Labour Cabinet he cut the number of policemen and left the police force under strength . |
| 15 | Venetiaan also said that he wanted to renegotiate bilateral links with the Netherlands , which had suspended the disbursement of its aid , and to restore Surinam 's relations with Venezuela , broken off following the December 1990 military coup [ see pp. 37912-13 ] . |
| 16 | ‘ When Tony could n't get me to climax , he wanted to ask another girl over , ’ Clare said . |
| 17 | The sergeant produced his warrant card and said he wanted to ask some questions . |
| 18 | He wanted to hire more men and reduce the number of hours each constable spent on duty . |
| 19 | ‘ He wanted to borrow some money . |
| 20 | On Aug. 7 Enoch Kavindele had withdrawn his candidature , the first such challenge to Kaunda ; he had said that he wanted to breathe new life into the party , but had little visible support among delegates at the congress . |
| 21 | In a Portuguese Radio broadcast on July 21 Dhlakama said that he wanted to tackle this question in his talks with Chissano , as well as the suspension of any legislation hindering democracy . |
| 22 | That 's who Jesus is God in flesh , and he came to forgive sin and he wanted to forgive this woman her sin . |
| 23 | Mr Patten spent much of yesterday emphasising that he wanted to respect local decisions , and that once the regions and his department had worked out overall allocations , it was for local electorates to decide where they put the bricks and mortar . |
| 24 | After the successful penetration of Bouerat , he wanted to explore Benghazi harbour , once again taking some SBS men with him . |
| 25 | He wanted to take some things from the moon back to earth with him . |
| 26 | He wanted to take another look at the chart but he had n't time . |
| 27 | He wanted to take holy orders , but his father prohibited such a step . |
| 28 | He understood more than had actually been said , and he wanted to find some way to ease her embarrassment . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Economic development officer Alan Wallis said he wanted to bring thriving industry to the town , adding : ‘ Whether that is manufacturing , office based or tourism does not matter . ’ |