Example sentences of "[noun] [conj] i want [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well , I 'd just been paid , so there was no problems about me having money to score , so I think I 'd just set me mind that I wanted to sort meself out once and for good . |
| 2 | Luckily this has n't hurt my fish , but the reason for the purchase in the first place is that I plan to set up a marine tank in the near future and I wanted to check my local tapwater . |
| 3 | My name is Lucy and I want to tell you what happened when we were asked to look after a horse . |
| 4 | It was a great statement of friendship and I wanted to thank him , but appreciated he would be offended . |
| 5 | ‘ There was a scene where I wanted to keep my clothes on and I told Adrian ‘ They do n't have to see my breasts in every shot , do they ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 ? |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got panto and I want to do it because I 've got to pay the mortgage . |
| 8 | Erm , I know there are a lot of genuine boxers that are members of the G M B and I want to thank you because we just want to know that . |
| 9 | There 's been a big misunderstanding and I want to clear it up before it gets any worse . |
| 10 | I used to weep buckets because I wanted to touch him again . ’ |
| 11 | I 've got these real bad spots of industrial lubricant on the trenchcoat and I want to get them out before they sink right in . ’ |
| 12 | There are of course some positive signs around but also a danger that I want to alert you to : a growth in what I will call ‘ designer caring ’ . |
| 13 | Although I 've talked about some of them before there is such a feeling in fashion for double jacquard that I want to suggest them to you again . |
| 14 | ‘ I realised I had 17 years to go before retirement and I wanted to spend them doing what I wanted to do . |
| 15 | ‘ My name 's Peeping Tom and I want to eyeball your luscious body , ’ Alex said . |
| 16 | forgive me Mr if I want to ask somebody some questions about the brochure and er the layout and so on and I find out Counsel has n't , I gather from Mr that Mr would be the person I ought to ask , is that right ? |
| 17 | So again after this meeting cos I want to tie it up . |
| 18 | ‘ I survived but I have joined the group because I want to put something back raising money and proving to others that you can survive . ’ |
| 19 | I considered simply passing it forward , but some idiot would probably open it and read it out to the whole class , or else it would get intercepted by Mrs Burton who was the last person that I wanted to read it . |
| 20 | ‘ Ladies and gentlemen , this will be our last meeting before the big day and I want to thank you all for your co-operation , ’ Mrs Grindlewood-Gryke shouted above the noise . |
| 21 | I 've had a busy day and I want to read my newspaper . ’ |
| 22 | So , I have always to go back to the beginning if I want to sort something out . |
| 23 | I 'm catching the midnight train to Paris and I wanted to see you before I left . |
| 24 | I feel I am being ‘ fobbed off ’ with bland reassurances and I want to pin them down as much as possible . |
| 25 | I hate all this la-di-da stuff but I wanted to hear what he said so I volunteered to serve their lunch and planned to loiter in the dining-room on the slightest pretext . |
| 26 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
| 27 | I 've got some names and I want to use them to do a deal . ’ |
| 28 | Well if I , if I have ten pounds for example and I want to halve it , what would the answer be ? |
| 29 | 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 ’ . |
| 30 | I have met this terrific woman and I want to marry her . |