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  • This thing called wantin†™ and havin†™ it all†¦

    British Blogs 2008

  • This thing called wantin†™ and havin†™ it all†¦

    British Blogs 2008

  • Course, he covers the ground pretty well when he wants ter, but he kep 'wantin' ter go back. '

    Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix Rowling, J. K. 2003

  • "He's a young man, full o 'spirit and full o' wantin '," the centaur pointed out the obvious.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • "He's a young man, full o 'spirit and full o' wantin '," the centaur pointed out the obvious.

    Mortalis Salvatore, R. A., 1959- 1999

  • I ain't blamin 'him none, but it sure shows how a big man c'n lose his head just by bein' crazy mad an 'wantin' t 'fight.

    Injun and Whitey to the Rescue William S. Hart

  • "He's up to Widder Smith's; Ned was here a few minnits ago and said he was a 'wantin', so off he sot; but he said to tell you he would be back less 'n ten minnits."

    Marguerite Verne Rebecca Agatha Armour

  • Well, here's the rest of the story: Your dad was dead: ol 'Hell-Fire was blowin' his nose so you'd hear it a mile an 'I was feelin' weak an 'sick-like, knowin' all of a sudden that Phil Packard had been damn 'good to me an' wantin 'to tell him so now it was too late.

    Man to Man Jackson Gregory 1912

  • I thought it was my soul, sittin 'up in my chest, an' wantin 'me to spry round with it some, like it does.

    Friendship Village Zona Gale 1906

  • Say, Collie, hyar's letters from 'most everybody in Kremmlin' wantin 'to be invited up fer October first.

    The Mysterious Rider Zane Grey 1905

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