Example sentences of "and i wanted [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I wanted to pretend I had n't seen it . |
| 2 | ‘ I took the photograph and I wanted to stride across to you , to confront you with your father , but he would not allow it . ’ |
| 3 | I was lonely and sad and I wanted to die , too . |
| 4 | I looked at loads and told them I did n't like any and I wanted to wear just black . |
| 5 | It son a Thomas Cook Travel Book award along with its good reviews and I wanted to spend some time with the lensman responsible , to find out why this man sees so much more than nearly all his contemporaries . |
| 6 | ‘ I realised I had 17 years to go before retirement and I wanted to spend them doing what I wanted to do . |
| 7 | and I wanted to clarify that , and make sure that our procedures actually were back to back with contract procedure . |
| 8 | I know that the teenage years I describe are years when feelings about your self-image are more intense than any other , and I wanted to give young women themselves the chance to express what these feelings are . |
| 9 | My appointment was in Alès at eleven and I wanted to give myself plenty of time to find the place , so I decided to leave straight away . |
| 10 | I 'm afraid of dogs , but a rage the like of which I 'd never known before — and rarely since — took hold of me and I wanted to kill it , rip it limb from limb and tear at its throat with my teeth . |
| 11 | So I told him he 'd better go , because by this time I was bubbling a bit and I wanted to kill the man : I was n't really prepared to lose any time over hitting a court welfare officer . |
| 12 | And I wanted to do much more . |
| 13 | When asked if his first sniff made him fee sick , Carl had this to say : ‘ No , it 's something I enjoyed and I wanted to do more . |
| 14 | It was a big step to do it and I wanted to do it for Freddie . |
| 15 | ‘ You know what I want to do — and I wanted to do it for Jimi 's birthday in his anniversary year , but it did n't happen — I want to get everybody that ever recorded with him , anybody who played live with him , get them all at a big reunion and go out and play Hendrix all night long — every song that I know , every song that we could possibly do . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll play until I 'm 40 and I wanted to do that with Liverpool . |
| 17 | We got together to practise in 1985 , and I wanted to do it then , but I do n't really have a drive to do it now . |
| 18 | And I wanted to do so well . |
| 19 | Yes and then er I wanted to change and I wanted to do private nursing |
| 20 | And I wanted to do it . |
| 21 | ‘ And I wanted to live it . |
| 22 | And I wanted to live and be a whole , complete human being . |
| 23 | Then in the end we came to a river so wide I could n't see the other bank ; I felt frightened and thought this must be the end of the race , and I wanted to stop , but Father plunged straight in without looking at me so I had to plunge in too . |
| 24 | I mean I remember when I was at the New York Times and I wanted to use Cheltenham wide for a headline , Cheltenham bold well sort of bold wide , but it 's just called Cheltenham wide in the book , and because Cheltenham was always part of the New York Times library , whatever you call it , in the composing room . |
| 25 | Although the classes were not compulsory I only missed two , partly through exhaustion and I wanted to visit the Orangery and conservatory attached to the college . |
| 26 | I had to keep walking round and round and I wanted to go to sleep . |
| 27 | Also , although I did n't know the place , I suspected that most of the low-lying shore would dry out , and I wanted to go there on the flood . |
| 28 | ‘ My father was German and I wanted to go out there to rebuild my life , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Erm she was in India and I wanted to go and she said a Hindi course at A T R in Zurich . |
| 30 | Anyway , I explained to Auntie , I had joined the army , and was being sent to London ; and I wanted to see her , and get her blessings . |