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Example sentences for wanted
Now the rogues asked for more money, and silk and gold, which they declared they wanted for weaving.
But she didn't think you wanted to read yet another article about it.
Most of all, he wanted a place where he could read and write at his own pace.
There was no reason he should have to clean up, no reason he could not have meat, or anything he wanted.
What many in tech circles didn't get, though, was that people wanted a machine that did less.
They wanted the movie to be something else, and that's when they pushed the date.
She paired the bargain finds with high-end partners, such as standard tiles with expensive faucets, to get the look she wanted.
Each one conveyed their self-importance and understood what they wanted to contribute.
The extrapolation is that he wanted to have a life of ease.
He wanted to examine future programs that would justify its existence, but everyone else wanted to focus on the architecture.
Civilization may have been hanging in the balance, but the prime minister wanted his bath.
Later, in first grade, they asked my parents if they wanted me to skip second grade.
What show business required, he had also learnt, was to give the fans what they wanted.
In other words, they wanted to figure out how dire the situation would be today.
Many of them simply wanted to be left alone to make what they could of a difficult situation.
The researchers then encoded the state they wanted to teleport into the light beam with laser pulses.
They wanted a breed that could withstand the sub-zero winters and swirling blizzards of the western provinces.
He wanted to make the farm produce as no farm in his state had ever produced before and then he wanted something else.
In his words, he wanted outdoor furniture that was as good as anything you'd buy for the inside of the house.
He produced these paintings by growing microbes with different natural pigments in the places where he wanted different colors.
He said he wanted to work where the police tell the people what to do, not where the people tell the police.
Over the past two decades, a good way to scare away venture capital was to tell investors you wanted to build robots.
He could give them that much vault material whenever they wanted.
He wanted to tell her of the new impulses that had come to him.
The couple wanted to preserve and enhance the architectural style of the house while opening the kitchen to the outdoors.
Seeing her standing there, he knew at once that was the pose he wanted.
They made the choice of what they wanted: each other, within a single career.
Watching the experts work their magic, he knew that he wanted to affect people the same way.
He wanted a record of his actions not only day by day but almost minute by minute.
He wanted to do something bigger to support students, and he wanted to make it his own.
If you ever wanted to grow up to be a dinosaur hunter, now is the time to do it.
They wanted to see if people do indeed have a consistent cognitive style for foraging, whether it is for food or for ideas.
Let's talk a little about why you decided you wanted to do this restaurant.
He wanted to make the book so spare that only masterful mathematicians could deduce his conclusions.
There was a time when he wanted to be a priest-or maybe join the navy.
She wanted to cry out, but she could bring forth no sound.
They simply wanted to replace the narrow concrete path with a patio.
But he wanted to see more, to set out for the wilder places.
He wasn't worried about what customers wanted--or, more precisely, thought they wanted.
He wanted one antenna on each side of the boom so he would never lose connection when the yacht changed tack.
It's her gesture of coming into the shower and making him feel good, and in doing so, trying to get what she wanted.
We wanted flowers that were bigger, had more petals, or came in different colors or shapes.
He wanted to take this great scholarly complex to the people.
She wanted to see how early in life this cognitive skill emerges.
Audiences wanted content, and advertisers wanted access to audiences, so advertisers subsidized the bill for content.
They knew what they wanted to do beforehand and they're doing it.
The tourism industry wanted students to be available for family trips one last long weekend at the end of the summer.
Everything you ever wanted to know about bed bugs but were afraid to ask.
She was convinced that there were many people in the area who wanted more than they were getting.
Lots of folks still made their own recordings and wanted to send them to friends.
They told air controllers they wanted to remain over water as they prepared for landing.
To the people of the town it seemed as though she wanted to run them down.
The couple wanted something humble that blended into the environment.
And the sea's silty, cold waters made visibility almost nonexistent for the intrepid few who wanted to explore the medieval ruins.
Everyone wanted it and the wonderful world of credit made it all possible.
The film can be read as a poignant reminder that even then, not everyone wanted to live in the world of tomorrow.
She always wanted things and she wanted other people to get them for her.
He knew that the odds were that we'd not be directly involved with anyone in this tragedy, but he wanted to check in.
He had enough money to see him into his old age, yet he wanted more than that.
One remarked that he wanted to climb the steps of a local cathedral, which he did the next day.
The texts of these books are seldom written because anyone really wanted to write them.
Wanted a chance to wash himself well, and put on the underclothes.
Everybody else involved wanted me to sit down and shut up.
For years, researchers have wanted to look at individual neurons in living brains.
Eggnog may be bottled, corked tightly, and kept in the refrigerator until wanted.
Users could add security features if they wanted, increase the bit rate, and so forth.
No one wanted to jeopardize his safe return home with a misplaced step.
Her garden is situated downhill from her house, but she wanted an outdoor dining area at house level.
Its builders were wealthy colonists who wanted the house to reflect their status.
She never wanted to be famous for the sake of being famous.
But to build what he wanted would have meant tearing the wall apart.
Not only had the crew members provided their captors with the spectacle they wanted but some now sought to profit from it.
Used to be if spies wanted to eavesdrop, they planted a bug.
When she wanted to use it, she would spoon some out and wash off the vinegar with cold water.
Then, any time a site wanted to avoid being indexed, they could simply declare this on the page.
The tin soldiers rustled about in their box, for they wanted to join the games, but they could not get the lid off.
All they wanted was a landscape that looked respectable.
Everything intrigued him: he wanted to go everywhere and see everything.
It was her sophomore year, and she wanted to try something new.
Makes one wonder if the companies and government actually wanted alternate energy how easy it would be.
When the public school course was finally finished, they wanted more costly dresses, more costly hats and shoes.
We wanted to see how easy they were to put together, how they held up, and if they came at a good price for their value.
But as the abolitionist movement grew, no one wanted to remember that.
He wanted to meet the readers who wrote those letters.
But on the other, the government--which would be loaning the money--wanted to make sure it wasn't taking too much of a risk.
She thought of herself as a goddess, in possession of a great strength that would allow her to achieve anything she wanted.
If he was skewing data to obtain the results he wanted, then his resignation is not a loss at all.
There was never enough time to look into these or to go as far along the ocean floor as everyone wanted.
He tagged along with them to the local public hospital, and knew from an early age that he wanted to go into medicine.
He wanted the space, but not simply for more tables.
Apparently, someone took too long to get out of a parking space he wanted.
She immediately told her mom she wanted to be the donor.
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