Example sentences of "i wanted give [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I wanted to give him supper but he said he would take sandwiches up to his room and get on with his work . |
2 | I asked for more money because of Zadak : I wanted to give him money for rain . |
3 | " I wanted to give him a nice gravestone , " she said . |
4 | ‘ I wanted to give him Disneyland , ’ Paul says . |
5 | I wanted to give her time to think over what harm it would do to tell me the truth . |
6 | 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 . |
7 | ‘ I wanted to give them to his wife but she is n't here so I 've given them to him instead , ’ she said . |
8 | ‘ I lived in his house for three weeks , unable to go out , in such an agony of self-disgust and fear that many times I wanted to give myself up . |
9 | My appointment was in Alès at eleven and I wanted to give myself plenty of time to find the place , so I decided to leave straight away . |
10 | But then he went on to say that this was in fact a sin , because if I wanted to give my all to God then the things that I did n't like doing or showing , I had to do . |
11 | Choosing what to include took some time , though I wanted to give it an artistic flavour . ’ |
12 | ‘ I did n't agree to see you last week because I wanted to give you any information . |
13 | I sold my hair because I wanted to give you a present . |
14 | ‘ I wanted to give you a rose that would n't fade . ’ |
15 | 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 — ’ |
16 | I wanted to give you power to deal with … ’ |