Example sentences of "[pers pn] [that] i want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I told the people around me that I wanted to quit , so they flew me back home to see a doctor . |
| 2 | What do I what is so important to me that I want to spend all this time on it ? |
| 3 | Will you tell them that I want to take you ? " |
| 4 | I would tell them that I wanted to record their accents for a research project . |
| 5 | ‘ I must n't tell you that I want to bury myself in your body ? ’ he enquired . |
| 6 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 7 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 8 | I planned to travel with him , but I told him that I wanted to go walking in the mountains alone . |
| 9 | Only there 's a wound in her that I want to plug . |
| 10 | I was so proud of her that I wanted to take lots of photographs of her while she was young , just like a proud parent with a new baby . |
| 11 | I do n't think the woman in the New York Avis office believed me when I told her that I wanted to hire a convertible . |
| 12 | Then he said : ‘ You have been so kind to us that I want to do something for you in return . |