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a wanted man _______ for want of _____ not for want of

___to be found wanting ____want in/out _____

‘I _____________want in,’ declared the criminal called Bob when he heard about Mishka the Hat’s plan to steal all the bahili* from the Living Language School of English.
‘Then I _____________want out,’said the other criminal called Bob. ‘Too many Bobs. People shout “Bob”, who the hell do they mean? Nobody knows.’
Mishka the Hat considered his options. Despite being Tyumen’s most famous outlaw and_____________a wanted man the whole length of Respubliki Street, he knew that this was a three man job. One Bob was a specialist in stealing left-footed bahili, whereas the other one was highly skilled in purloining right-footed bahili. Together they were a team; apart they were next to useless. He didn’t want the job to fail _____________for want ofa Bob.
‘Listen,’ he said. ‘It seems to me that although you are both called Bob, one of you is very large and one of you is very small.’
‘Can I just say something here,’ interrupted the smaller of the two Bobs. ‘I may be small, but it’s _____________not for want of trying to be bigger – tonics, vitamin pills, sleeping suspended from the ceiling with weights hanging from my head – I tried it all.’
‘That’s as maybe,’ said Mishka the Hat, ‘but the truth is, when it comes to height, you _____________have been found wanting. Henceforth, you will be known as Little Bob, and you,’ he continued, indicating the bigger of the two Bobs, ‘you will be known as Big Bob. Let no man ever confuse the two of you again. Now, let the Great Bahili Theft begin!’

To be continued..........

*For those of you not from Russia, bahili are plastic covers worn over shoes when inside to protect carpets and floors from dirt.

a wanted man

not for want of something

for the want of something

to be found wanting

want in/out