Example sentences of "[vb past] i want " in BNC.

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1 who moved out , that led me to want to live in the flats .
2 It made me want to throw up ! ’
3 That study , more than anything else probably , made me want to see what we could do in making services more adaptable and appropriate and comprehensive . ’
4 It made me want to go and live in San Francisco . ’
5 When the ‘ Robert Johnson , Father of the Delta Blues ’ album came out , that was one of the main things that made me want to play slide .
6 But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound .
7 She makes you see reason — she made me want to smile more and drink less .
8 ‘ These are the songs I grew up listening to , ’ she says , ‘ they are the songs that made me want to be a singer . ’
9 But I suspect that the unhappiness at home threw me even deeper into my ornithology , and made me want to spend more and more time with birds .
10 It made me want to run out and play the first two albums post haste , which is no bad thing .
11 He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor .
12 But his own political outlook was also vital : ‘ Those influences made me want to write a history of the game 's toilers , the hired labourers .
13 I liked him , and he was different from other boys , not at all pushy , except pushy to please I suppose , but even that was sweet in a way — it made me want to say , it 's all right , do n't fret so much , I 'm having a perfectly nice time , slow down .
14 I 'd stare at him and he 'd stare back at me and it made me want to shoot myself .
15 Just looking at his fishy staring eyes and open mouth made me want to keep silent .
16 ‘ Watching you wee-wee made me want to go , too , ’ she giggled .
17 It made me want to slap his face .
18 Something made me want to touch you .
19 ‘ I did n't until I met you , but loving you made me want to know how twins could be so different .
20 ‘ But I began this without any hope whatsoever of winning the one thing I wanted above all others because I thought it was already given , and what I took in compensation merely made me want it more and resent its absence , because I kept loving you more and more .
21 It made me want to throw up .
22 ‘ When I first saw the portrait , though the clasp did n't consciously register , my subconscious must have picked it up , because something I could n't pin down nagged at me , and made me want to look again . ’
23 Well you do n't know I mean you do n't know , you might say right twenty grand and then he might say oh no I 've re-considered I want twenty two and then he might say I 'm not gon na turn up .
24 I realised I wanted another guitar player .
25 I realised I wanted to use objects as symbols , instead of illustrative figures ’ .
26 ‘ Five years ago , after Sean was born , I realised I wanted my career back .
27 I realised I wanted to use objects as symbols , instead of illustrative figures ’ .
28 ‘ As I became more experienced I wanted to branch out and the more technical aspects of triathlon , particularly the cycling , interested me .
29 What made I wanted to be a policeman ?
30 But that never stopped me wanting to be . ’
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