Example sentences of "[noun sg] [pers pn] want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If it 's another trick I want to warn Midge in time . ’ |
| 2 | I plead guilty , partly , but in my defence I want to return to the point I signalled earlier , that a biographical approach has more political justification if the project being undertaken is one concerned with the cultural history of a marginalized group . |
| 3 | ‘ In that case I want to go out this afternoon and do something . |
| 4 | The third provision I want to discuss is that of age-related testing . |
| 5 | Er Chairman I want to make a point relative , very quick point relative to the northern bypass so Mr said that officers are proceeding with the preparation of possible routes , will you undertake that er members be er , er advised of er these discussions before it reaches committee stage ? |
| 6 | And to understand that change I want to go back to the beginning and just to trace what has happened to the Chinese Communist Party since it was formed in nineteen twenty one when it had a mere I hope everybody can see that , it 's not very large today and I do n't think I can any better than that In nineteen twenty one when it was first founded , it had a mere fifty seven members and it did n't grow very much for a number of years . |
| 7 | I 've got a new toy I want to show you . ’ |
| 8 | Alright , leave the car there just for a bit I want to go over and see |
| 9 | The framework I want to propose rests upon a regard for the importance of the active , interpreting self in social interaction ; for the way it perceives , makes sense of and works upon the actions of others and the situation in which it finds itself ; the way it pursues goals and tries to maximize its own ( often competing ) interests ; the way it pursues these things by combining or competing with other selves ; the way it adjusts to circumstances while still trying to fulfil or retrieve its own purposes — and so forth . |
| 10 | But before leaving this matter of persistence I want to mention a few special cases of persistence on a finer scale . |
| 11 | As a Christian I want to follow Jesus Christ . |
| 12 | mum , mum I want to sing it |
| 13 | Mummy mum I want to put it over , I want to put it down |
| 14 | Oh , well mum I want to try and do it |
| 15 | Oh mum I want to come back in |
| 16 | Mum I want to read this . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's the point , ’ Joe called back now , ‘ I have to do so much reading I 've hardly any time for writing , at least not the kind I want to do . ’ |
| 18 | oh , is that what Mr said , I 'm not stopping you asking this witness at all , I do n't want , you mention the brochures and I do n't want to ask him questions , the kind I want to ask , er , with which they 're not asked by Counsel , I should n't ask at this stage anyway , but by all means ask Mr about it , I just thought Mr said , when I tried , asked him about it , very understandably , Mr the man , cos you are totally free to ask about it of course |
| 19 | ‘ Of course I want to listen to what 's going on . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , ’ he said to himself , ‘ of course I want to touch them . |
| 21 | ‘ Oh , Jack , of course I want to see you … ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Of course I want to kiss you … there . |
| 23 | ‘ Of course I want to meet him , ’ Cora-Beth had said before Aubrey 's arrival . |
| 24 | Of course I want to find her . ’ |
| 25 | Of course I want to hear it all . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Of course I want to come with you , ’ she told him . |
| 27 | ‘ Hmm , maybe , ’ replied Rachel thoughtfully , then , changing the subject , she said , ‘ I think I 'll go to lunch now , then later this afternoon I want to get in a quick swim . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ I can choose either , depending on the riding technique I want to work on . |
| 29 | I 'll say give me some money I want to go and get her some chocolates . |
| 30 | No the money I want to spend , I 've partly already written back and said , can I use this money as we do n't need it can I buy chairs , I was specific . |