Example sentences of "[adv] [that] i want [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | He had hinted as much more than once , just vaguely , just enough to entice me so that I want to ask what , so that he knows that I want to ask . |
2 | So that I wanted to defend him from the beginning . |
3 | I do n't know why ; only that I want to hear my voice on the answerphone . |
4 | It 's just that I want to get it typed I s'pose . |
5 | Sorry , I did n't mean to pull back it 's just that I want to hear what they 're talking about . |
6 | I 'm sorry I was so tiresomely upset just now , it 's just that I want to protect you . ’ |
7 | I do n't want to do something just for the sake of it , I do n't really care about being on the Council , it 's just that I wanted to do something about those wretched caravans . |
8 | I just … . it 's just that I wanted to tell her how sorry I am about … about what happened to your father and brother but , not knowing her , I did n't want to say it in a way that might upset her . |
9 | Not that I want to kill anybody now , but it is all for defence rather than offence , and it does make me feel a lot more secure . |
10 | It 's not that I want to offend you or anything , I … ’ |
11 | So that 's why I came home , not that I wanted to come you know , to give it up . |