Example sentences of "[pers pn] wanted say " in BNC.
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| 1 | The only one I ever felt got near to saying what I wanted to say . |
| 2 | There was something I wanted to say . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I wanted to say , you see , that I know you thought Frannie should n't have gone , and that it 's ruined your holiday plans , and , on behalf of us all , I 'm sorry . |
| 4 | I wanted to say that it was not a question of ‘ letting ’ Aunt Louise do anything ; I wanted to say I should like to see anyone trying to stop her from doing anything she had set her heart on . |
| 5 | I wanted to say that it was not a question of ‘ letting ’ Aunt Louise do anything ; I wanted to say I should like to see anyone trying to stop her from doing anything she had set her heart on . |
| 6 | Even now , I 'm not sure what it was that I wanted to say , and talking to my new friend is the only way I am learning . |
| 7 | I wanted to write these lines in the newsletter as I wanted to say a general Thank you to the NCT and to individuals too . |
| 8 | It 's not the English way of carrying on , I wanted to say . |
| 9 | I knew this was muddled and that it was not quite what I wanted to say , but I felt better for saying it . |
| 10 | ‘ Another thing I wanted to say . |
| 11 | ‘ When I met you in Paris , ’ said Mme de Ratho , ‘ I wanted to say — ‘ |
| 12 | Apart from that , I had said more or less what I wanted to say in a way that I thought Belinda could not fail to admire . |
| 13 | ‘ Because of your ridiculous behaviour this morning I shall save most of what I wanted to say until next week , when I hope that we can have a more ordered start to the school assembly . |
| 14 | It 's from the Bible , actually , and it would have formed a small part of what I wanted to say to you this morning ; ‘ Do n't make friends with people who have hot , violent tempers . |
| 15 | Like , right after the Hüskers broke up I had so much I wanted to say musically and doubted that anyone would ever want to hear it . |
| 16 | I wanted to say , ‘ But I 'm still me . ’ |
| 17 | I think that in my secret eating I was saying , speech also being an oral activity , all the resentful and hostile things I wanted to say about the school and about my life in general . |
| 18 | She listened without interrupting until I had said all I wanted to say . |
| 19 | ‘ Andrew , so sorry to interrupt you but I wanted to say hello . |
| 20 | I wanted to say straight away it was not my idea to have a conference … |
| 21 | That 's just what I wanted to say ! ’ ' |
| 22 | All I wanted to say was when you speak of ‘ collaborators ’ , you English do n't know what you are talking about . ’ |
| 23 | I wanted to say to him , ‘ I mean , I know we were both in the Footlights , but do you realize how many thousands of us there are ? |
| 24 | I wanted to say " It is " , but something stopped me . |
| 25 | Erm what I wanted to say is , erm , in response to the lady in the red , was that a lot of feminists have a lot to answer for because , in the sense , men erm can be discriminat , well not discriminated but we can say things about men which are generalizations , whereas if a , one man says one generalized thing about a woman , then he 's just , you know chauvinists is everything , and he 's got a really bad name to him , so I think it 's got to be looked at from both sides . |
| 26 | Well , I wanted to say thank you . |
| 27 | I wanted to say . |
| 28 | ‘ I 'm going to London tomorrow , Miss Havisham , ’ I said , choosing my words carefully , ‘ and I wanted to say goodbye . |
| 29 | I went through what I wanted to say over and over again , unable to respond to Mary 's attempts to reassure me . |
| 30 | That reminds me , ’ she added , ‘ I wanted to say how kind it is of you and your mother to arrange this Easter holiday for us . ’ |