Sentence examples for wanted for some time from inspiring English sources

A friend of mine, Jeff, has wanted for some time to start a business teaching guitar*.

"I had wanted for some time to write a novel of childhood," he said in 2005.

George Osborne has given universities what they have wanted for some time: the abolition of the student number cap.

The authority has wanted for some time to sell the development rights for the parcel now in dispute.

The number of policy surprises was limited partly because Labour wanted for some time to make the launch about a commitment to tackle the deficit.

Now, in his waning months in office, Mr. Giuliani has received support from a powerful group of New York business executives who have wanted for some time to improve the school system that provides so much of their work force.

Olivia Cornet and Harold Wallin are painters who had been wanting for some time to move to New York.

This collection of essays supplies what has been wanting for some time: an introduction, for the non-specialist reader, that gives some indication of the breadth and depth of his work.

Wright said: "I've been wanting for some time to work in theatre, and so I decided to make a concerted effort this year as I've made five films in eight years and I just felt I wanted a different kind of rhythm".

"But this has been what the Bush administration has been wanting for some time".

South Africa has clearly wanted him for some time.