English Sentences Focusing on Words and Their Word Families
The Word "Want" in Example Sentences
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2042694	Tom wanted a picture taken of the damage done to his car.	CK	1
2042695	Tom wanted me to find out if you'd be willing to help us.	CK	1
2042696	Tom wanted me to let you know when Mary will be arriving.	CK	1
1092526	Tom wanted to buy a soprano sax, but couldn't afford one.	CK	1
1092525	Tom wanted to call the police, but Mary wouldn't let him.	CK	1
2042697	Tom wants me to buy a suit to wear to that job interview.	CK	1
2042698	What I really want to hear about is Tom's new girlfriend.	CK	1
2042699	What you want and what you need are two different things.	CK	1
698205	You have wanted to go there for a long time, haven't you?	CK	1
34665	You should have told me that you wanted me to come alone.	CK	1
2042700	You want me to get a better job, but I don't think I can.	CK	1
2042701	Are you honestly telling me you never want to get married?	CK	1
2042702	Are you sure you don't want me to help you do the laundry?	CK	1
1847677	Do you want something to eat before your meeting with Tom?	CK	1
2308184	I could tell you all the details if you want to know them.	CK	1
2042704	I don't know who Tom was with and I don't want to ask him.	CK	1
2042705	I don't want there to be any chance of a misunderstanding.	CK	1
2042706	I don't want to go and I know you don't want to go either.	CK	1
2042707	I don't want Tom to be in the room while I'm on the phone.	CK	1
1474120	I left home early because I didn't want to miss the train.	CK	1
2406905	I suppose you already know that Tom doesn't want you here.	CK	1
2042708	I think you and Tom are more alike than you want to admit.	CK	1
2042709	I want everything you just said written into the contract.	CK	1
2042710	I want the two of you to try to get along with each other.	CK	1
2042711	I want to know if you can go fishing with us next weekend.	CK	1
909533	I want to spend more time doing things that make me happy.	CK	1
2042712	I want Tom to know why I couldn't come to visit him today.	CK	1
2033926	I wanted to make sure it wasn't us who caused the problem.	CK	1
2042714	If you want me to wear those boots, I'll wear those boots.	CK	1
2042715	If you want to do that, I'm not going to try and stop you.	CK	1
30599	If you want to make your dreams come true, keep on trying.	CK	1
2452015	It's quite apparent that you don't want to do this for me.	sharptoothed	1
1030042	Mary wanted to finish making breakfast before Tom woke up.	CK	1
2042716	Now's the time to decide if you want to go with us or not.	CK	1
1868466	Tom and Mary want you to find someone to babysit for them.	CK	1
1029755	Tom asked a few questions that Mary didn't want to answer.	CK	1
1094624	Tom didn't want anyone to know that he was deeply in debt.	CK	1
1026148	Tom doesn't have enough money yet to buy the car he wants.	CK	1
1028648	Tom helps Mary because he wants to, not because he has to.	CK	1
1884486	Tom just wants Mary to help him with his English homework.	CK	1
2042718	Tom never really wanted to become a professional musician.	CK	1
1027903	Tom told Mary that she could do whatever she wanted to do.	CK	1
1092687	Tom told me that he didn't want to come home empty-handed.	CK	1
1040532	Tom wanted desperately to believe what Mary said was true.	CK	1
2042719	We want to make absolutely sure that Tom wants to do that.	CK	1
1898026	What Tom really wanted was a good friend he could talk to.	CK	1
2042720	You could buy all of those things if you really want them.	CK	1
2042721	You might want to sit down. This is going to take a while.	CK	1
28431	You'd better hurry up if you want to get home before dark.	CK	1
2042722	Are you saying you don't want to help us paint the ceiling?	CK	1