Example sentences of "i want [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maggie LeMan kept her eyes riveted on the occupants of the stage for a moment , where they were bowing and making the best of the half-hearted appreciation now being shown by clapping punctuated with cat-calls ; then , slowly leaning to the side , she picked up the bird cage as she said , ‘ What do I want with a concert party ? |
| 2 | ‘ What would I want with ambition ? |
| 3 | What kind of answer do I want to the question of how I use a map in my head ? |
| 4 | ‘ What would I want to be in a stupid team for ? ’ |
| 5 | What I mean by setting goals is asking yourself ‘ What sort of person do I want to be ? ’ |
| 6 | Note that I said ‘ do I want to be ’ rather than ‘ would I like to be ’ as the latter allows for the possibility of failure . |
| 7 | ‘ Now why in the name of all Ireland would I want to be fighting ? ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Why did I want to be a policeman . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | For I knew nothing of this six months ago , nor did I want to . |
| 12 | ‘ Do I want to ? |
| 13 | ‘ Nor do I want to . ’ |
| 14 | Do I want to be a dead hero or a living idiot ? |
| 15 | Nor do I want to be ruled by the code of Napoleon , against which our ancestors fought in the Napoleonic wars . ’ |
| 16 | Did I want to be brought down ? |
| 17 | Why should I want to … to … ? |
| 18 | ‘ Do I want to ? ’ |
| 19 | but do I want to ? |
| 20 | That 's the thing , do I want to ? |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | Where do I want to be ? |
| 23 | ‘ Do I want for anything ? ’ echoed Tezla gloomily . |
| 24 | Right the what else do I want for Christmas , er well |
| 25 | What do I want from exercise ? |
| 26 | What type of fuse do I want in it ? |
| 27 | and that wall there I can put all the weight I want down the middle |
| 28 | ‘ I want through the churchyard at four , and into the Close from the west side . |
| 29 | If they only want me to stay for a year then I 'm entitled to do what I want under freedom of contract . |
| 30 | ‘ Dance Energy is only a phase in my life and unless I can do every idea I want on the BBC , then I 'll obviously have to do them somewhere else . ’ |