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were wanting
verb
To wish for or to desire (something).
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"Stories, tragedies, whatever the people were wanting".
Suddenly, hundreds were wanting to help out.
Schools were failing and health services were wanting.
Now we were wanting one to be added.
"They were wanting to get away for a day.
"They were wanting to feel grown up and looked after.
"We were wanting something good to come out of it".
Around 2007 I heard about a research team who were wanting another member.
Does it need saying that this was the start South Africa were wanting?
What has happened was not what we were wanting from an Islamic government".
"I don't think their peers were wanting to take a stand against them".
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