Example sentences of "but [pron] want [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Andrew , so sorry to interrupt you but I wanted to say hello . |
| 2 | ‘ But I wanted to wait , ’ he said . |
| 3 | I was frightened but I wanted to see , so I walked slowly towards the tree . |
| 4 | Of course we 've been in touch by phone but I wanted to see how things were … |
| 5 | I did not have time to come , but I wanted to see you very badly . |
| 6 | I wanted to stay in but I wanted to go out , and vice versa . |
| 7 | Now , I and I went to other day , I was having quite bad headaches from the back of my eyes , feeling like , you know , I had pressure there , and so , I think it was just headaches but I wanted to go and check it out , and I went to the , cos my dad said oh if you go to the opticians erm , they give you free checks as you 've got glaucoma in the family , and erm , or glaucoma , or whatever you call it . |
| 8 | Yeah , but I wanted to go , you know . |
| 9 | I know it sounds stupid , but I wanted to go . |
| 10 | But I wanted to take him in while his eyes were off me . |
| 11 | I had one of your chaps here this morning asking questions but I wanted to talk to someone in authority . ’ |
| 12 | Erm so but I wanted to point out two or three things on this contract that if you do n't tell them on the phone about them before you get round there they they 'll use it |
| 13 | I could feel it pulling me in , but I wanted to remain a bachelor . |
| 14 | But I wanted to close that window first , make sure he did n't come back . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't cook much , ’ he said , ‘ but I wanted to cook for you . ’ |
| 16 | She says of her new career that it is ‘ partly choice , but I wanted to leave school-teaching anyway as I had become disillusioned ’ . |
| 17 | I said I want to write my own novel , I wanted to take the characters from Rebecca , who of course would come to me bearing their pasts , but I wanted to move them right away from Rebecca and then write on , and that 's what I did . |
| 18 | They were up there admiring the sunset but I wanted to stop while there was still a bit of light . |
| 19 | But I wanted to do it , because I did n't want anyone else to be speaking my ideas when it was such a personal statement . |
| 20 | ‘ But I wanted to do some scuba ! ’ he said in outrage . |
| 21 | But I wanted to do them because they give very good training and will let me work all over the world . |
| 22 | But I wanted to do eighty . |
| 23 | But I wanted to do employment , I want to get on with this kind of job , it 's going to be a major political issue , and by God I 'm gon na put it right up front . |
| 24 | ‘ He was always talking about the past but I wanted to introduce him to the present . |
| 25 | I knew that I would take her back eventually , but I wanted to torment her with indifference . |
| 26 | ‘ But I wanted to come and thank you properly for all that you have done . ’ |
| 27 | I had n't been planning to come to England , but I wanted to meet you . |
| 28 | I hate all this la-di-da stuff but I wanted to hear what he said so I volunteered to serve their lunch and planned to loiter in the dining-room on the slightest pretext . |
| 29 | I was pretty certain what it was , but I wanted to hear her say it . |
| 30 | In my heart I knew he was dead , but I wanted to hear what she would say … |