wanted
Britishadjective
Example Sentences
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Manus turned down some local governments in China who wanted to invest in the company last year, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier.
From MarketWatch
Manus turned down some local governments in China that wanted to invest in the company last year, The Wall Street Journal reported earlier.
I wanted to ask him if he’d sign this book, which had now begun to write its own mythology as it sat sentinel over his other signed books on the shelf behind me.
From Los Angeles Times
“Early on, the market was very active. A lot of Altadenans, a lot of La Cañadans, a lot of people wanted to be involved in the rebuild,” said Fuller, a real estate agent in Altadena.
From Los Angeles Times
She told Salon she was not helped, as she wanted an IV, but walked away with a $700 bill.
From Salon
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