Example sentences of "i [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ Now why in the name of all Ireland would I want to be fighting ? ’ |
| 32 | I do n't know how you negotiate your other deals , nor do I want to , but you can be sure you 're not going to get another cent out of me . |
| 33 | Why did I want to be a policeman . |
| 34 | Now what I want you to do I want to just have a look at it now and I want you to play with it over the holiday on your own . |
| 35 | For I knew nothing of this six months ago , nor did I want to . |
| 36 | ‘ Do I want to ? |
| 37 | ‘ Nor do I want to . ’ |
| 38 | Do I want to be a dead hero or a living idiot ? |
| 39 | Nor do I want to be ruled by the code of Napoleon , against which our ancestors fought in the Napoleonic wars . ’ |
| 40 | Did I want to be brought down ? |
| 41 | Why should I want to … to … ? |
| 42 | ‘ Do I want to ? ’ |
| 43 | but do I want to ? |
| 44 | That 's the thing , do I want to ? |
| 45 | Right , but what you 've got the opportunity of doing now during being a life assurance sales person , with self-employed status if you like , with the benefits of being in a company like ours , is really thinking where do I want to be in five years ' time . |
| 46 | Where do I want to be ? |
| 47 | It was only to Pam that I admitted to feeling guilty and ashamed of the wave of relief I felt at her funeral , as though a weight had been lifted from my shoulders . |
| 48 | And I admitted to myself that I was an alcoholic and I had a problem with prescription pills , and in order to survive — in order to live — had to change that . |
| 49 | And , I admitted to myself , she would have been absolutely right . |
| 50 | No I did it to Marks ' then blamed it on Cherubs and Cherub come over and did it to Marks ' and I admitted to it , or so or |
| 51 | I turns to Lennie and says : ‘ Jump in . ’ |
| 52 | I sell to the purchasing committees of the many regions . |
| 53 | So I clung to the concept of ideal love for you , at the same time hoping for the even more impossibly ideal physical fulfilment and completion that would seal our closeness for ever . |
| 54 | So I clung to him through the poetry I went on helping him to write . |
| 55 | I clung to the door , my hands fisted round the useless handle . |
| 56 | Our trucks had open sides and Marius , Vermulen and I clung to each other , faces buried in our hoods , as we churned down the slushy autoroutes , the speed of the trucks sending icy , sawing winds through us at seventy kilometres per hour . |
| 57 | The next time I reached a lamp-post I clung to it . |
| 58 | I clung to her and tried to keep my nails from digging into her arm . |
| 59 | Unresolved , I clung to the nub of " I " , perhaps sensing that I needed " I " if was ever to hurtle to freedom . |
| 60 | We rolled heavily as I clung to the shrouds scanning the reef as best I could . |