Example sentences of "thing i [vb past] [verb] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ In the very early days I looked at the market and decided one of the things I wanted to do was to build a big PR company because the market suffered from too many small companies . |
| 2 | I know you had a terrible time and the last thing I meant to do was to upset you . |
| 3 | and the last thing I wanted to do was give , give erm give you anything because |
| 4 | Unless I went back to Harwich , I was going to be flat broke in a couple of days and just at that moment the last thing I wanted to do was to go back to Harwich . |
| 5 | ‘ I reached such a low ebb that there were many times when the last thing I wanted to do was to go out and play golf . |
| 6 | ‘ I reached such a low ebb that there were times when the last thing I wanted to do was to go out and play golf . |
| 7 | ‘ Well , anyway … the last thing I wanted to do was to get involved in a fight — especially as I had the children with me . |
| 8 | ‘ The last thing I wanted to do was teach . |