Sentence examples for was wanted because from inspiring English sources

As we left, the translator taunted the woman: he said her brother was wanted because his name was Saddam Hussein.

Police were searching for Walker's neighbor who was wanted because he was a felon in possession of a gun (an informant reportedly gave police the wrong address).

I didn't know what I was wanting because I didn't know what the story was yet.

Rather he is wanted because he may have "information material to" the manhunt, the police emphasized.

They said the men were wanted because their fingerprints had been found on items that belonged to Mohammed Bouyeri, the Dutch-Moroccan who has confessed to the killing.

"He's been able to go out and play and do just about whatever he's wanted because of his skills," Nelson said.

The upper-crust people are willing to give him "a sporting chance". The commoners don't suspect him of being wanted because he speaks like a gentleman.

Frequently, however, specific and high-affinity inhibitors targeting such proteins are wanting, because of their non-enzymatic character.

The following letter is from Maung Po Toon, who was given temporary employment, not because he was wanted, but because he was out of work and destitute.

That was my first choice, that was the one I wanted because he is WBA champion.

"That's what I want, because I am very unhappy about what's going on".