Example sentences of "wanted [verb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We know something numerically about different systems , but we know little about them experientially , we know little about what it feels like , what the impact is upon individuals in the two different systems , and I really wanted to swing to the other type of research and look in more detail at how different pupils would respond to the streamed situation , not simply in terms of their performance measured in tests , but in terms of their attitudes to school , their attitudes to their life outside of school , their involvement in erm sub-cultural groups or in youth clubs , this kind of thing . |
| 2 | We know something numerically about different systems , but we know little about them experientially , we know little about what it feels like , what the impact is upon individuals in the two different systems , and I really wanted to swing to the other type of research and look in more detail at how different pupils would respond to the stream situation , not simply in terms of their performance measured in tests , but in terms of their attitudes to school , their attitudes to their life outside of school , their involvement in sub-cultural groups or in youth clubs , this kind of thing . |
| 3 | Second , the student wanted to appeal to the rational side of John , to that side of him which could see the futility of his actions . |
| 4 | He felt he wanted to go to the gipsy encampment and tell Boz that Anna could not marry Nahum . |
| 5 | I wanted to go to the top people . |
| 6 | I wanted to talk to the famous pianist before his concert . |
| 7 | The former aristocratic standards of who and what was acceptable were now dumped ; everyone wanted to belong to the new meritocracy , based not on birth but on talent , achievement , and the resultant financial reward — the with-it people , as opposed to the dull , unwith-its . |
| 8 | Was that because Geoffrey wanted to return to the hermit-like seclusion of Pook 's Common , or because the daughter and her family could n't stand more than one day of Geoffrey ? |
| 9 | He had something he wanted to say to the Christian world and the question was how best to say it . |