Example sentences of "thing i want [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 | The last thing I want to do is talk . |
| 3 | ‘ I mean , do n't let the fact I 'm the longest serving flat-dweller put you off ; the last thing I want to do is embarrass you , Gav , ’ I said ( just a tad tetchily ) . |
| 4 | The last thing I want to do is break the spell . |
| 5 | ‘ The last thing I want to do is break up your friendship . ’ |
| 6 | The last thing I want to do is to share a place with a couch potato . |
| 7 | Into the Movie Editor , and the first thing I want to do is get that background onto the screen . |
| 8 | ‘ The last thing I want to do is to offend you . |
| 9 | ‘ The last thing I want to do is spoil Thomas or have him look forward to my visits simply because he knows I 'll arrive bearing gifts . ’ |
| 10 | and the last thing I wanted to do was give , give erm give you anything because |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ 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 . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | ‘ Well , anyway … the last thing I wanted to do was to get involved in a fight — especially as I had the children with me . |
| 15 | ‘ The last thing I wanted to do was teach . |