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Example sentences for: wanted

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A mean boss named Biff routinely yelled hurtful things at me when I wrote indulgent, fat code, because his bosses wanted programs to load and work quickly.
Which Nixon testified at Felt's trial--the Nixon wanting to give Deep Throat a little payback or the Nixon who wanted to stand firm against The Punks?
It was Iraq that had wanted a meeting of foreign ministers held, followed by a summit, in order to get the embargo against it lifted, the paper said.
I could tell he wanted to call me by my name but was afraid that would hurt the feelings of the others in the elevator who perhaps didn't know him so well.
From a Republican standpoint, the beauty of the Lewinsky investigation is that Clinton has finally been forced to shut up, since nobody wanted to hear anything from him but apologies.