Example sentences of "wanted [pers pn] [to-vb] [adv] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | My father wanted me to go on to a Public School and I received special lessons in Latin Verse and in Greek .. |
| 2 | My mother wanted me to go down to the bungalow with them and because I wanted — I wanted our relations to improve — well , I said I would . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I thought you wanted me to stay close to it ? ’ |
| 4 | and I had a very sheltered life , I was an only child , I had n't been around much , I had n't stayed away from home erm and I came to Suffolk to visit a girl penfriend who was working at Brandeston Hall and erm she at that time was expecting to get engaged to a chappy in the village here who was , and still is a friend of Hector 's and ours , and they did n't marry in the finish but she at that time wanted me to come up to Suffolk to see her and to meet this chappy who she thought she was going to marry and erm so , it was holiday from the art school where I was and I thought well why not ? |
| 5 | He received an internal phone call from Muldoon , who told him that McGillicuddy wanted him to go on to Dublin immediately . |
| 6 | Mark could hardly believe his ears when , two days before the EPC meeting , Muldoon told him that Nate wanted him to fly out to Istanbul right away . |
| 7 | We very much wanted him to come down to Merstham again when the weather was better , so that we could drive him round the country . |
| 8 | He wanted her to go down to the river with him . |
| 9 | he wanted her to come back to him , but he wanted to keep this girl on the go ! |