Sentence examples for wanting for some from inspiring English sources

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".

Several commanders are wanted for some of Colombia's worst war atrocities.

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

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

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

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.

George Vecsey, though perceptive and entertaining, does us a disservice in his quick analysis of Jacques Rogge ("Games Want for Some Fight at the Top," Aug. 30).

"This is not political at all; this is just something students want for some closure," said Mr. Hsu, who graduated from Harvard and spent four years in the Army.