Example sentences of "[conj] i wanted [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I wanted to go down the pit because you got more money you see . |
| 2 | Although I wanted to rush back upstairs and read the letter straight away I decided to hold onto it and read it later . |
| 3 | But the main reason was that I wanted to explain how far I felt we had come in our understanding of the universe : how we might be near finding a complete theory that would describe the universe and everything in it . |
| 4 | ‘ I said when I came to Pittodrie that I wanted to go on playing for as long as possible , ’ Aitken said afterwards . |
| 5 | It certainly was n't too late to tell somebody that in fact I had made a terrible mistake and that I wanted to go home . |
| 6 | . I decided that I did not want to stay until the moment of his death , I wanted to remember him living … but I decided that I wanted to stay just to ensure that he was in a deep peaceful sleep , that he was n't going to suffer … and that 's what I did . |
| 7 | Erm the other one , that I wanted to bring up in this , the reason I suppose , the second one to remember , is the idea of satire . |
| 8 | This is the example that I wanted to quote in erm , in er , answer to er , the question you asked me earlier . |
| 9 | Seeing him kissing you , I felt such a murderous rage that I wanted to storm in and beat him to a pulp . |
| 10 | They took things that I wanted to pass on to the children |
| 11 | At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems . |
| 12 | I went through these areas that I wanted to work in and I argued with Jeremy that we had n't allowed for ‘ things visual ’ , that we had a visual medium , that Britain was profoundly under-educated visually , so that we should actually use television for visual education and he fell for this . |
| 13 | Although I had now done a few television interviews , I was still a relative novice and there was so much that I wanted to get across to all the people watching . |
| 14 | " It was n't dull , " said Clara , " there is nothing , nothing that I wanted to hear more . |
| 15 | ‘ I took the photograph and I wanted to stride across to you , to confront you with your father , but he would not allow it . ’ |
| 16 | I looked at loads and told them I did n't like any and I wanted to wear just black . |
| 17 | When asked if his first sniff made him fee sick , Carl had this to say : ‘ No , it 's something I enjoyed and I wanted to do more . |
| 18 | And I wanted to do so well . |
| 19 | ‘ My father was German and I wanted to go out there to rebuild my life , ’ he said . |
| 20 | Also , although I did n't know the place , I suspected that most of the low-lying shore would dry out , and I wanted to go there on the flood . |
| 21 | I knew that the Falkland Islands were similar to Shetland in that both were a group of treeless islands in the middle of an ocean , and I wanted to see just how wild creatures — and birds in particular — had adapted as different species in what I imagined was a similar environment . |
| 22 | I had much on my mind , and I wanted to ponder over my problems , real or imaginary . |
| 23 | I knew the first time was seldom ideal and I wanted to get past it to the second and third times , and all the times after that , when our love could go forward and mature and develop . |
| 24 | ‘ There were a lot of seductive scenes and that sort of stuff and a lot of characters that were a complete copy of Charlene and I wanted to get away from that . ’ |
| 25 | It was my ex who got me fixed up with the job ; Dizzy owed him , and he owed me maintenance for Jed , and I wanted to get away from town and get involved in something where I could start to 69 respect myself again … everything kind of fitted into place . |
| 26 | I felt rather mean at not staying to chat with him , but there was nothing I could say and I wanted to get away somewhere by myself to study movements of ships . |
| 27 | From reading sex manuals I knew I wanted to give oral sex because I love that part of a woman 's anatomy and I wanted to get close to it . |
| 28 | She could barely breathe , her heart pounding so hard that she had to shout shakily , ‘ Because I knew it meant you could n't have married me for my father 's company , and I wanted to find out why you 'd lied about it . ’ |
| 29 | Yeah but like if wan na catch someone out , like you go say you were talking to Scott and I wanted to find out something and like I go Scott , and like I 'll be going up close to him , I 'm literally doing this , I 'm going Scott ? |
| 30 | When I was eighteen and a half I was let out , but I think I got institutionalised being there three and a half years , and I wanted to stay there . |