story: There was a house that was said to be haunted. The owners tried hard to sell it but no one wanted it. They hired a priest to get rid of the evil spirits. The priest came to the house and walked around. He said there never was any ghosts there in the first place.
 selected sentence: The owners tried hard to sell it but no one wanted it.
The owners want(s) to sell >Motivates> The owners try to sell