Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Not to this hard man who wanted to grind her into the dirt . |
| 2 | I wanted to drive her to the very edge of despair . |
| 3 | But he wanted to assure them of a more overpowering reason : he needed to re-establish himself on his home ground as firmly and quickly as possible in order to launch himself on Mary . |
| 4 | They wanted to kill me in a horrific way , to frighten those who work in defence of human rights . |
| 5 | I wanted to thank you for the wonderful pair of walking boots — a prize from the February issue of Outdoor Action . |
| 6 | Her mother was n't at home , and her father wanted to see her to the car , which was parked in the street . |
| 7 | ‘ They wanted to see them off the streets . ’ |
| 8 | Oh , and Frank wanted to see me about the car . |
| 9 | And it was and I who wanted to see it in the first place . |
| 10 | He told Maurin he 'd pretended she wanted to meet you at the museum . |
| 11 | Of course , where Dorothy was concerned , that was his only strategy if he wanted to secure her in the end . |
| 12 | And MacLane wanted to wallpaper me for the job . |
| 13 | For instance , I wanted to feed him on the baby food in jars and I keep telling her I do , but I end up feeding him the powdered food like my mum wants . |
| 14 | ‘ He wanted to swop her for a guarantee that he would not be arrested ’ |
| 15 | Somebody wanted to buy it as a non-worker but I said well I said we 'd ordered a part for it so |
| 16 | The man who wanted to do it with a cigarette in his mouth . |
| 17 | ‘ Even at school there were players more skilful than me , but I was the one who really wanted to do it in every game . |
| 18 | You wanted to abandon it by the side of the road , but I made you push it on , with myself taking short spells of pushing . |
| 19 | ALTHOUGH SHE HATE POSING FOR PRESS PHOTOGRAPHS SHE NEVER MINDED WHEN BERNARD WANTED TO USE HER AS A MODEL . |
| 20 | He just wanted to use me as a sort of social-aid-cum-aphrodisiac . |
| 21 | I explained that I 'd told the sleeping-car attendants that Zak wanted to use him in a scene . |
| 22 | Similarly it would be stated in the estate agents ' particulars whether permission had been granted for a house which is up for sale to be sold to someone who wanted to use it as a second home . |
| 23 | Tolerated once again under President Anwar Sadat , who wanted to use it as a counterweight to the left , the Brotherhood had been prevented from operating openly by a clause in the Constitution which prohibited the recognition of political parties based on religion . |
| 24 | Howard Hawks , who owned my contract , always said that he wanted to put me in a film with either Bogie , or Cary Grant , and I always thought , ‘ Oh , Cary Grant , naturally , how great that would be . ’ |
| 25 | Mr. Mendez wanted to put him on a coach and send him down there in style , but Russell kept backing off . |
| 26 | ‘ I 've known and loved it over the years , and always wanted to put it on an album . |
| 27 | ‘ We wanted to put you in the picture , ’ Otley said . |
| 28 | Besides , I wanted to put you in the picture . |
| 29 | At this stage I wanted to put you in the picture . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I admit that the family wanted to keep you in the dark . |