Example sentences of "[adv] [pron] want [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could think only of how badly I wanted to make love to you again , with the sunshine on your beautiful face . ’ |
| 2 | I think that secretly I wanted to get pregnant , although I tried to kid myself I did n't . |
| 3 | Somewhere someone wants to hear from you |
| 4 | right I want to see the homework , those that have n't got it etcetera . |
| 5 | Besides I want to know how she has grown . |
| 6 | Yeah , and they 're only out for a few minutes and they 're fed up out there as well , and backwards and forwards like a fiddlers elbow go on I want to put those lupins in |
| 7 | ‘ I am not satisfied with my works to date , and from now on I want to take a new path ’ , so Beethoven allegedly confessed not long before embarking on the three sonatas of Op. 31 , here introduced into the CD catalogue as a set played on a fortepiano ( by Derek Adlam after Anton Walter , Vienna ; Nannette Streicher , Vienna 1815 ) . |
| 8 | Put the driver on I want to talk to the driver . |
| 9 | You better come on I want to know . |
| 10 | Before passing on I want to raise a problem with all this . |
| 11 | ‘ From now on I want to make my own way in the world , be independent . ’ |
| 12 | Perversely I wanted to laugh . |
| 13 | It is not the purpose of this chapter to explore all the ramifications of the debate on the ‘ arms economy ’ , rather I want to focus upon Bukharin 's ideas in relation to the main question , that is , unproductive consumption and the conditions for equilibrium . |
| 14 | Perhaps everyone wants to forget the Gulf . |
| 15 | Suddenly I wanted to sing and dance . |
| 16 | Suddenly I wanted to escape from it . |
| 17 | Suddenly I wanted to hear the sound of human voices and to feel the warmth and comfort of loved ones . |
| 18 | Well I was having an affair with his wife and I loved her so much I wanted to marry her , I wanted his land and his money , so I thought if he was out of the way it would be easier to get what I wanted and of course it was . |
| 19 | Then I work out much I want to sell each work for : my first painting sold for £25 , a small fortune then for an art student , and enough for a holiday in Italy . |
| 20 | You see er what I 'm worried about is that erm basically I wanted to see you first before I even answered it before I phoned them up and say yeah okay or wha what have you . |
| 21 | Naturally I wanted to find out more about her family . ’ |
| 22 | only I want to send this packet over now look with the baby coat and all that well I wo n't be able to post it tomorrow cos it wo n't be ready |
| 23 | ‘ Dorrainge was quite right , only I wanted to argue against him , fat fool . |
| 24 | if it starts to snow or hailstone , or pour down I want to try and carry the umbrella and it 's very difficult |
| 25 | Now I wonder — perhaps I wanted to go back , really , but did n't want to admit it . |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps I wanted to see the windows again . |
| 27 | ‘ Perhaps I wanted to convince her that I had found a replacement for her and she was wasting her time in trying to fan burned-out ashes to life . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Perhaps I want to waste energy . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Perhaps I want to diversify ? ’ |
| 30 | Yes , perhaps I want to hear . ’ |