Example sentences of "i wanted [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And I wanted to live it . |
| 2 | Cos I knew I 'd got enough to give you back , that 's why I wanted to borrow it |
| 3 | I wanted to give him supper but he said he would take sandwiches up to his room and get on with his work . |
| 4 | I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain . |
| 5 | " I wanted to give him a nice gravestone , " she said . |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted to give him Disneyland , ’ Paul says . |
| 7 | Could n't you see that I loved her when I s the moment I saw her , I just , I just I threw myself to her , I wanted to give her anything , even my life . |
| 8 | ‘ I wanted to give them to his wife but she is n't here so I 've given them to him instead , ’ she said . |
| 9 | Choosing what to include took some time , though I wanted to give it an artistic flavour . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't agree to see you last week because I wanted to give you any information . |
| 11 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
| 12 | ‘ I wanted to give you a rose that would n't fade . ’ |
| 13 | I just wanted you to have some of what I had had today , some of the joy and warmth , I wanted to give you something — ’ |
| 14 | I wanted to give you power to deal with … ’ |
| 15 | Oh I wanted to let him go . |
| 16 | I wanted to let you know of this initiative because I thought it might be possible to : |
| 17 | ‘ I wanted to sound her out about a job . ’ |
| 18 | I wanted to drive her to the very edge of despair . |
| 19 | It was a great statement of friendship and I wanted to thank him , but appreciated he would be offended . |
| 20 | Nick , I wanted to thank you for last night . |
| 21 | I wanted to thank you for the wonderful pair of walking boots — a prize from the February issue of Outdoor Action . |
| 22 | ‘ I wanted to thank you — for everything , Alice . |
| 23 | I wanted to thank you — for not enlightening him . ’ |
| 24 | I wanted to thank you . |
| 25 | ‘ I wanted to thank you for returning my earring . |
| 26 | ‘ I wanted to thank you . ’ |
| 27 | I wanted to thank you … ’ she began , not really comprehending why she was so reluctant to let him go . |
| 28 | ABBERLEY : I wanted to remind her about her driving license . |
| 29 | I wanted to hit him . |
| 30 | I wanted to hit him . |