Sentence examples for had wanted one from inspiring English sources

I had wanted one that was big enough to seat friends but small enough for Pete and me to enjoy without feeling we were miles apart.

She had wanted one for years and she knew that it's not the sort of bag her husband would ever buy her.

And when I no longer corresponded with the 'doll' person that Serge had wanted, it was as if I wanted my own room, as much as Virginia Woolf had wanted one.

She is happy about the baby - she had wanted one for a long time.

Muslims had wanted one largely because they thought it would find a connection between home-grown terrorism and anger over the Iraq war a connection that is obvious to the police and security services but not to ministers, at least publicly.

One DPK staff member pushed through the crowd to give 10-year-old Shaqila Nabi a kite; her sister Farzana, 8, had wanted one, too, but a policeman had just swung at her with a stick and she had darted out of harm's way, and out of sight.

And who would have wanted one?

I've wanted one for years, and I love it.

Ms. Weil has wanted one "forever," but realities delayed that dream.

"I've wanted one since I was ten," he said the other day.

"It is very difficult to use," Raphael said firmly, and I felt almost sorry to have wanted one.