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 … ’
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