Example sentences of "she wanted [was/were] [verb] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing she wanted was to prolong the agony . |
| 2 | All she wanted was to turn the clock back and shrug off the ghastly realisation that her marriage was not what she 'd thought it was . |
| 3 | What she wanted was to send the whole family to America . |
| 4 | The last thing she wanted was to attract the attention of the neighbours . |
| 5 | The manager was okay — all she wanted was to get the place calmed down — and she showed us out the back way . ’ |