Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] [pers pn] [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He thought I might know something and he wanted to do me a good turn . ’ |
| 2 | Havers , whose Charmer character in the hit ITV series would have thought nothing of ripping off a needy mother , told the BBC he was touched by her story and wanted to give her a happy Christmas . |
| 3 | " I wanted to give him a nice gravestone , " she said . |
| 4 | We just wanted to give it a few years to see what would happen , concentrating on what we hoped would come together some day . |
| 5 | He wanted to give it a space-age look so , apparently , he went to one of the companies here which specialises in metal research for NASA . ’ |
| 6 | Choosing what to include took some time , though I wanted to give it an artistic flavour . ’ |
| 7 | The BBC planned to give the film a third airing on what would have been the admiral 's eightieth birthday , and when this became known we were approached by Lord Brabourne , Mountbatten 's son-in-law , to say that his cousin Prince Charles who , as everyone knew , adored his uncle , wanted to pay him a personal tribute . |
| 8 | I was most grateful for your hospitality on board ship , and wanted to offer you a small token of my appreciation . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I only wanted to ask him a few questions . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I just wanted to ask you a few questions about your neighbour , Gladys Brown . |
| 11 | I yes , I 've just had my massive little row with The Savoy about the prices and they just wanted to charge us the normal price ! |
| 12 | He took her hand , linking his long , hard fingers between hers , joining them in a physical as well as a mental bond , and suddenly Fran knew that she wanted to tell him the one thing that had fashioned her into the woman she was . |
| 13 | He wanted to tell her the whole story then , but he was afraid of what she might think . |
| 14 | Now I wanted to tell you a little bit too before we leave about one of the ARC publications that may be of interest to those of you who are self-propelled . |
| 15 | He obviously had thought out everything in advance , because he led her quite briskly to a deserted passage , under the rather trite pretence that he wanted to show her a certain painting . |