Example sentences of "[conj] i want [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | And I want to use you . |
| 32 | ‘ And I want to use it in the plot for my new novel , ’ Melissa continued . |
| 33 | ‘ And I want to ask him if he did anything to my goose . ’ |
| 34 | Now , there 's a lot of controversy sometimes about getting into universities , and I want to ask you , is it very difficult to get into a university these days ? |
| 35 | And I want to paint you . |
| 36 | Her hair 's all over the pillow , and I want to brush it . |
| 37 | Yes , I mean I agree absolutely with what Michael says and I want to extend it . |
| 38 | " And I want to see her before she goes , even if you do n't " |
| 39 | There are outright racists holding Tory membership cards and I want to see them out of the party . ’ |
| 40 | ‘ And I want to see you , Lady Usk ! ’ said Rose pointedly . |
| 41 | ‘ I 've bought it , ’ said Amanda , ‘ and I want to see it up . ’ |
| 42 | I er I nearly fell through the floor a little while ago I was British Gas people and one of them living with this lady and I want to give her half of my lump sum , how can I do to avoid er to effect her income tax or inheritance tax thinking in terms of the inheritance tax limit of a hundred and fifty thousand I said , Well would you mind telling me about how much it will be ? |
| 43 | I promised the money to the Church and I want to give it . |
| 44 | ‘ I am devastated by what is going on — I have not got much time left and I want to spend it here , ’ said Gladys , who got the Queen 's Medal for her work with the Women 's Royal Voluntary Service . |
| 45 | So , 4444 and 4424 , and I want to call her , but she 's engaged . |
| 46 | ‘ I hired this man , and I want to call him off — ‘ |
| 47 | And I want to do it ! |
| 48 | Playing music is what I love — and I want to do it for as long as possible . ’ |
| 49 | That 's what I want to see happen in this country and I want to do it . ’ |
| 50 | ‘ I 've got panto and I want to do it because I 've got to pay the mortgage . |
| 51 | I was we were playing this and erm they were really good because they 'd obviously played before and I could n't and they just kept it was really funny cos I kept getting like two and getting like two thousand or whatever and I want to do it really well , I 'm playing them again but they would n't so it |
| 52 | You yourself were good enough to say that I had earned some leave , and I want to take it . " |
| 53 | " I have to take it and I want to take it . " |
| 54 | There are four key ideas in that sentence , and I want to underline them for a few more minutes . |
| 55 | My youngest child is being bullied at school and I want to send her to St Saviour 's . |
| 56 | ‘ Ah , that 's another matter and I want to follow it up . |
| 57 | ‘ And I want to show you how much again . ’ |
| 58 | When people are buying , another example of their purchasing power would be to say ‘ well , now I want this particular policy and I want to combine it with a power that 's available to me in that policy ’ . |
| 59 | Er and I say I want to come on the on the phone and I want to talk to James , I want to put him straight , I tell him that we 're not doing this and I want to tell him that we actually erm know that er the people will be concerned about us giving ourselves a huge pay rise . |
| 60 | ‘ Then one night Hugo and Jebb ( The Mouse 's twanging Boothby twins ) went there for a quiet beer and the DJ was going , ‘ I 've heard that a couple of Jacob 's Mouse are here and I want to tell them to get off their high horse and come down to play here . |