Example sentences of "i [adv] wanted a " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd had no leave and , what with one thing and another , I rather wanted a break . |
| 2 | ‘ I merely wanted a word with my people who are working on your brother 's papers . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I considered finding another writer but , as I only wanted a talented writer , I feared such a person would want to change the characters . ’ |
| 4 | I only wanted a shoulder to weep on . |
| 5 | I only wanted a couple of laps up round there |
| 6 | I just wanted a wee word with Donald . |
| 7 | I just wanted a reason for having been out , in case I was caught coming back . ’ |
| 8 | Oh ’ — he looked into the basket — ‘ I 'm not going for a week ; I just wanted a sandwich or two . |
| 9 | I just wanted a religion in which gender was not of significance . |
| 10 | ‘ I just wanted a private word . |
| 11 | I just wanted a business where I could be independent — ’ |
| 12 | I always wanted a toy boy . |
| 13 | I then went on to an Orion double bed , followed by a pink Passap ; I still wanted a single bed for speed — we ran a guest house and I was deprived of all knitting during the summer months . |
| 14 | And losing two like that , I still wanted a baby . |
| 15 | I wanted to , look , I 've made a list , list out for Nan and I 've , there 's , the C D you 've got ta put on that list , and I also wanted a C |
| 16 | ‘ I explained that I was 31 , I 'd had a history of infertility , and that this was my second pregnancy and I really wanted a child . |
| 17 | I really wanted a nice granary french stick |
| 18 | In fact there were very few guide dogs at that time and erm I 've never felt that erm it 's , I mean maybe just my erm silliness really but I , I never wanted a dog lying about all day because once at the office I stayed put as it were until it was time to go home and I could have taken the dog I suppose during the lunch hour but I preferred that time to erm to reading |
| 19 | And I oh I fought hard I never wanted a baby to be born in the wok house cos the word workhouse to me in the old it was a terrible name . |
| 20 | I recently wanted a diary from one organisation and the postage was £3 . |