Example sentences of "[prep] the [noun pl] [conj] i want " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 've put a list up erm for the things that I want for my birthday . |
| 2 | I 've crossed off the ones that I want . |
| 3 | I had n't bought any tea and there was an Alan Freeman radio programme on the story of the Kinks that I wanted to listen to . |
| 4 | Most of the files that I wanted to see were either closed for 75 years or were ‘ retained by the department ’ , which effectively closes them forever . |
| 5 | Anyway , I will risk it , not because I want to give the fish a chance ; I do not believe in giving any fish a chance , I go to the races when I want to gamble . |
| 6 | I went to the woods because I wanted to deliberat I , I not |
| 7 | I assure the House that , in all the speeches that I have made at police meetings and conferences this year , I have repeatedly stressed to the police that I want them to give this type of crime high priority . |