Example sentences of "and [pers pn] want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And I want to remind you of the history of when amalgamations take place , because a number of people have touched on that very point this morning . |
| 2 | Basically the system is our cover note book control , er , we issue cover note books to agents and it 's up to us to make sure that they 're all issued in sequence , as their legal documents etc , and a minute a gap comes up we have to chase them etc , it 's run by erm , people quite low units and they scared of a job and tend to put it off as lose , and I want to visit and try and influence them so I can give them some help and to change it and bring it up to date , because it 's er . |
| 3 | I must confess that I find this deeply attractive , and I want to draw attention to a few Bible passages where I think this idea is being worked out . |
| 4 | But France is not my home , and I want to live again at Windsor with Wallis by my side . ’ |
| 5 | And I want to live my own life my own way . |
| 6 | ‘ I 've done some nursing and I want to put it to good use , ’ she added . |
| 7 | ‘ Of course not , but the police are interested in those keys too and I want to put a stop to Shildon searching my property . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm just glad the teacher is OK and I want to put all this behind me . ’ |
| 9 | but they want seven and I want to put that big bit at the bottom . |
| 10 | ‘ 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 . |
| 11 | And I want to thank those writers with whom solid friendships were formed : Melvyn Bragg , Gordon Burn , Jeremy Paxman , Michael Walsh , Jay Rayner , Colm Toibin and Grub Smith , among others . |
| 12 | ‘ And I want to thank you on Hilda 's behalf . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 15 | The cards and calls from well-wishers have been a real pick-me-up and I want to thank everyone for their concern and support . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And I want to use it in the plot for my new novel , ’ Melissa continued . |
| 17 | I 've got some names and I want to use them to do a deal . ’ |
| 18 | He said , and I want to use you . |
| 19 | And I want to use you . |
| 20 | ‘ And I want to ask him if he did anything to my goose . ’ |
| 21 | Now , there 's a lot of controversy sometimes about getting into universities , and I want to ask you , is it very difficult to get into a university these days ? |
| 22 | For example , without wishing to go into the debate about the Bishop of Durham s well-known views — and I want to say here that on the resurrection and virgin birth I take the traditional teaching of the Church — I am concerned when speakers are ignorant of some of the critical insights which have given rise to the Bishop 's well thought-out views . |
| 23 | I 'm told that the television is on most of the time in my house — the police can detect it — and I want to say something to Liam , if he 's watching . ’ |
| 24 | I see people now in the same situation as I was before , unable to meet anyone , and they do n't feel they can do anything about it , and I want to say ‘ Yes you can ! ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Glad to meet you , Christina , and I want to say what a marvellous job you have done down here . |
| 26 | ‘ It is — ah — splendid and — ah — heartwarming to see you all here enjoying yourselves , and I want to say — ah — how much pleasure it gives my good wife and — ah — myself ’ ( he could never work out whether it should be ‘ I ’ or ‘ me ’ ) ‘ to be able to entertain you in our modest home . |
| 27 | And I want to say ‘ Everybody in the world has sex . |
| 28 | ‘ I want to say to them ‘ think again' and I want to say to them as man to man ‘ think again , go and think about a better way , ’ he said . |
| 29 | Almost that , and I want to say that I have some sympathy for the lady who has children and just could n't entertain them for the day . |
| 30 | ‘ The manager and I want to support Hodge and prove his innocence . ’ |