Example sentences of "they wanted [to-vb] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they were asked whether they wanted to abandon the tournament if the rain did not ease the managers unanimously voted to continue . |
| 2 | In Uruguay , the torturers wanted confessions ; in Namibia , they sought information ; in Cambodia , they wanted to destroy the personality of the prisoner ; in Chile , at one time , they tortured all detainees . |
| 3 | They wanted to mention the extension of nursery activities into the home , the importance of talking with the child , of playing together and sharing what has been learnt at nursery — also that staff are willing to listen to what parents have to say about happenings at home , and welcome comment and suggestions from parents . |
| 4 | They wanted to reach the pole in five minutes , ’ he said . |
| 5 | Many of the girls wanted to ask about domestic details such as rationing , clothes and saying goodbye to boyfriends while the boys frequently said they wanted to interview the men to find out if they had been on active service or if they had killed anyone . |
| 6 | Although the band had chosen where they wanted to record the album — Compass Point in Nassau , Bahamas — they had no one to record with us usual collaborators Paul Oakenfold and Steve Osborne , producers behind the laid-back groove of ‘ Pills'N'Thrills And Bellyaches ’ , were tied up with commitments to their Perfecto label . |
| 7 | They wanted to give the notebook to Chris Bonington who they thought was coming to Kazakhstan in July . |
| 8 | In a concession made without fanfare , Israeli officials said , they wanted to give the Palestinians a ‘ face-saving ’ gesture that should enable them to agree to resume negotiations over self-rule in April . |
| 9 | The early Vikings believed that the rainbow was a bridge for the gods to walk over when they wanted to visit the earth . |
| 10 | condolences and they would people were always asked if they wanted to see the remains . |
| 11 | They wanted to see the robot animal but I said no . |
| 12 | ‘ Put it this way , I was approached a few months ago by a couple of guys in one of my clubs who said that they wanted to see the gaffer . |
| 13 | They wanted to sacrifice the wage so that they could feel they had personally taken part in the humiliation of the local landlords . |
| 14 | Essentially , they wanted to spend the rest of their lives in the area in which they were born , and anyway , where were there opportunities for ex-miners ? |
| 15 | This last wild exaggeration has also been popular with educators at times when they wanted to stress the importance of their task and the need to get it right . |
| 16 | They wanted to save the animals . |
| 17 | When they was doing the decorating and that and a lock went wrong oh take it down to Dick and er they 'd bring it and whatever I was doing , however important it was , just because they 'd be finish the decorating at night and they wanted to put the lock back , I 'd drop what I was doing and do this for them . |
| 18 | When they wanted to stop the investment programme , it was managing director Malcolm Cotton who fought for the idea . |
| 19 | Newell and Simon wanted to know how our brains and minds function ; they wanted to discover the quintessence of intelligence . |
| 20 | ‘ It was n't very well illustrated , ’ says Sendak , ‘ but they wanted to keep the smallness and the charm . |
| 21 | ‘ The advertising agency told us they wanted to make the ground look as much like Roker Park as possible , ’ he says . |
| 22 | As it went down to a flutter of clapping , John added : ‘ They wanted to study the effects . |
| 23 | Senior ministers were clearly disappointed last night at the news , but said they wanted to study the papers before commenting publicly . |
| 24 | While their father accepted that they were both of an age where they wanted to fly the nest , their mother , who , it had to be said , doted on her son — who 'd been a constant source of worry to her — took a little longer . |
| 25 | They wanted to break the strength of our union . |
| 26 | The raft of policies that the Opposition are putting before the British people would be devastating to job prospects , and so ashamed are they of the consequences of their policies that four Labour members of the Select Committee on Employment last week voted down a proposal to hold an inquiry into the effects of national statutory minimum wage because they wanted to hide the truth about that policy from the British people . |
| 27 | The quality of the additional research was such that the tobacco manufacturers informed Stivoro that they wanted to drop the lawsuit . |
| 28 | They said they wanted to confront the crews with what the plane does . |
| 29 | Whenever I 'd ask them what they wanted to eat the reply was always the same : ‘ Anything , you choose , Mum ’ . |
| 30 | John Carty , Clyde secretary of the Confederation of Shipbuilding and Engineering Unions , said Yarrow management would have to improve the deal if they wanted to get the workers round a table and an early end to the strike . |