Example sentences of "[adj] [pers pn] want to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | And of course the third group of students write and say , ‘ Yes , I applied last year to do Biology , I want to do it , and I 'm really clear I want to do it . ’ |
| 2 | To determine this they want to do their own biopsy , and will require a sizeable lymph node to go at . |
| 3 | ‘ All I want to do is get to the bottom of this , ’ she assured me as we entered her office . |
| 4 | ‘ You know fucking well that 's not all I want to do . |
| 5 | ‘ All I want to do is to do what I 'm doing , but do it better . ’ |
| 6 | That 's all I want to do — I just want to shout and jump . |
| 7 | All I want to do is get out . |
| 8 | ‘ All I want to do is claim what is rightfully mine and ensure the wishes of my brother are carried out . |
| 9 | All I want to do is read Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals instead of cleaning the oven , then pop over to see Tony now and again . |
| 10 | All I want to do is go through a few aspects of your statement , to make sure I 've got them right . ’ |
| 11 | All I want to do is finish the London under 4:20 , perhaps with some help from your magazine . |
| 12 | ‘ All I want to do now is concentrate on football and work for the success of a great little club . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ All I want to do is hurry home and cuddle them . ’ |
| 14 | It 's all I want to do . ’ |
| 15 | Said Davenport : ‘ All I want to do is hold down a place in the side . |
| 16 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
| 17 | All I want to do is help . |
| 18 | ‘ All I want to do , ’ he said , ‘ is cut off the past . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Masses of hugs and kisses from your silly adoring Tessa , because the sun 's shining , and I know there 'll be a letter from you tomorrow , and because anyway all I want to do is to send you masses of hugs and kisses … ’ |
| 20 | All I want to do is sit and cry . |
| 21 | If not , believe me , it 's all I want to do . |
| 22 | All I want to do is collect our stuff from the flat and head for the airport . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ All I want to do now is talk . ’ |
| 24 | I 'm an Army officer and all I want to do is persuade him to go back to the Army . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I 'll ignore that last bit , Myra ; all I want to do is get this apology for a holiday over and get back to work . ’ |
| 26 | It would be madness for me to refuse you through hurt pride when all I want to do is be with you , as I have just found out . ’ |
| 27 | All I want to do now is stagger back to the hotel , steep in a hot bath filled with spices and unguents , order a snack from room service , and key in my remote to check up on Rainbow . |
| 28 | All I want to do is get out of this one alive . |
| 29 | All I want to do is just to replace the word supported by specifically opposed . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm just tired and cross at being coerced like this when all I want to do is — ’ |