Example sentences of "[verb] i wanted [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Extract 2 oh listen I wanted to tell you one of the girls in my supply class we 'll hoover when we come back wo n't we she said to me she looked at my shoes and she said you 've got flashy shoes or something I said I got them in Spain she said Miss are you Spanish I thought it was really funny |
| 2 | For the first time , I did n't feel I wanted to follow my friends . |
| 3 | Mr Lineker 's lad 's not been well , and being something of a soccer fan I wanted to do my bit |
| 4 | when I , I was staying out late at night , I was going against my mother , every word she said it was wrong you know I wanted to do my own thing and |
| 5 | ‘ Recently I decided I wanted to do something on prostitution . |
| 6 | Well I had no intention of having a project but I got very steamed up about conservation generally , particularly with my time with the Sussex Trust for Nature Conservation , where I learnt so much , and erm I felt I wanted to do something actively concerned with it myself . |
| 7 | If he had been a young , attractive gentleman , I would have been too shy to offer help , but as he was not handsome , and even quite rough , I felt I wanted to help him . |
| 8 | ‘ I felt I wanted to keep her , to have her back day after day . ’ |
| 9 | I thought I wanted to do something useful . |
| 10 | I think I wanted to convince myself that I was going to be all right because if I did n't and if I stopped to think about what was really going on , I would have been a mess . |
| 11 | You see — ’ she looked up once more and met his direct blue gaze ‘ — you think I wanted to marry you , that I planned it all , but you were wrong , I did n't . ’ |
| 12 | He wanted me to see a specialist in Harley Street , but I 'd heard so much about your clinic and Doctor Volkov , I said I wanted to consult her . |
| 13 | Kendall said : ‘ George Graham asked me about Keown in October , but I said I wanted to keep him . |
| 14 | ‘ Who said I wanted to gobble you ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't say I wanted to do anything else about it . ’ |