Example sentences of "and wanted [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Now I were bloody daft , If I 'd 've gone to the foreman and wanted to put a suggestion in , I , I , I 'd 've beat sure they were crowing abou when he got but I was first really was n't I ?
2 I had staked a lot on coming to Ghana and wanted to make a contribution .
3 who wanted to live together , and wanted to have a child , but they wanted to know whether they would have equal rights as parents
4 Grace was sixteen , at school , and wanted to become a vet .
5 How many times have you been walking with someone who does that all the time , regardless of climatic considerations , and wanted to deliver a rabbit punch to the back of their neck when they stop for the tenth time that day and begin the ponderous unclipping of their rucksack ?
6 They 'd split up and about a year later , they 'd formed The Box and wanted to get a record out , and that 's how it started in January ‘ 83 .
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