Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not because of any failure , but because his employers wanted to promote him from temporary to permanent status and this required checking his background . |
| 2 | Nick , I wanted to thank you for last night . |
| 3 | Nails had received a message from Mr Sylvester that the Social Services representative wanted to see him at four o'clock . |
| 4 | I took another deep breath — I only wanted to see him for half an hour — and said what I could . |
| 5 | What I still could n't understand was why he wanted to see me at all . |
| 6 | ‘ He wanted to see us at four-thirty . ’ |
| 7 | It was as if he wanted to destroy her in some way . |
| 8 | We wanted to split it into three , |
| 9 | One girl wanted to cover him in whipped cream and honey and then slowly lick off every bit . |
| 10 | Now , more than anything , she wanted to point him towards that hole and push . |
| 11 | He wanted to use me in some way . |
| 12 | Thames Water Utilities wanted to put him on light duties . |
| 13 | He had one question left , and he wanted to put it to one or other of the children alone . |
| 14 | If you had four things and you wanted to divide them between four people |
| 15 | and you wanted to divide them among four people |
| 16 | What we could choose to do if we wanted to keep them as that figure head and as a P R agency almost , we could pay them a specific salary , similar to other people who work in advertising industry |
| 17 | I suppose the reason was one of policy really — they had the youngsters hooked and they wanted to keep them in that position by not rocking the boat . |
| 18 | And eventually they said well the stereotype is basically sort of like the equivalent in litho plate making really said that this was , no of course it is metal , sorry it 's not metal , it is letterpress The Guardian and it is , they make these Nyclopone plates or something and they really wanted to keep it for that reason . |
| 19 | Lowering the tender took care and patience if they wanted to keep it in one piece . |
| 20 | I saw that afterwards , I rather wanted to hang it on this so 's I could put in my comment about the plane |
| 21 | If if a major proposal came along and the local authority wan district wanted to grasp it with both hands they could use the er existing erm development plan process to do so . |
| 22 | He also wanted to dress her in warm wraps , soft furs and the finest of leather boots . |
| 23 | We all had a solution and we all wanted to present it to one man alone " said Kambiz Atabai |
| 24 | ‘ He wanted to marry me before any of this happened , ’ Ruth said . |
| 25 | She said she had not heard that British scientists wanted to return him to Arctic waters , but warned that going back to cold temperatures , coupled with the need to hunt for food again , would be fatal . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , he does n't sound like anyone I know , ’ I said , ‘ unless he 's a caddie who happened to be passing nearby and wanted to quiz me about any work available . ’ |
| 27 | But according to a report in The Builder , some architects protested against the competition , while P. L. Hardwick wanted to limit it to British architects . |
| 28 | Apart from anything else , she wanted to recompense him in some way , although she doubted he would accept a reward . |
| 29 | I thought he looked so lost and unhappy that I just wanted to comfort him at first , and Chris says he just thought I was kind . |
| 30 | ‘ She wanted to impress you with some new clothes she bought in France . |