Example sentences of "that i wanted [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | She looked so pornographic in her gimmicks that I wanted her to take them off again , or better , much better , push bits of them aside . |
2 | A number of myths have grown up about David 's relationship with me — one of them being that I wanted him to be another Tommy Steele or another cabaret star , but this was not true . |
3 | I was half asleep against his shoulder and then … suddenly I realized that I wanted him to kiss me . |
4 | ‘ Not that I wanted them to go , ’ she said . |
5 | I could n't even pretend that I wanted them ! |
6 | ‘ When , some time later , he and I discussed who might take over the responsibility for producing it I rejected the traditional drama types , who did the children 's serials , and said that I wanted somebody , full of vinegar , who 'd be prepared to break rules in doing the show . |
7 | Now I felt that I wanted nothing else in the world but to be allowed to read this dismal grammar all winter . |
8 | ‘ I decided there and then that I wanted nothing more to do with him , ’ she says . |
9 | ‘ I remember telling you that I wanted nothing more to do with you ! ’ she snapped . |
10 | It seemed to me then that I wanted everything , a whole new world , but could define no part of it . |
11 | I made it clear that I wanted our discussion that morning to focus on business matters , but I realised that she had a need to talk to someone , preferably someone discreet . |
12 | When I was in Moscow , my grandmother was with me and everything that I wanted she was doing for me and I was a little girl who had everything . |
13 | ‘ I think I said to you earlier — I did , did n't I — sometimes I forget what I 've said — that I wanted you to look after her . ’ |
14 | When you struck me last night I — I felt only that I wanted you . |
15 | Not that I wanted you to be my lover . |
16 | ‘ I 'm not afraid to admit that I wanted you last night , more than I 've wanted any woman for a long time . ’ |
17 | ‘ The truth is that I fought what I felt for you for as long as I could , and even after we made love I told myself that I wanted you , desperately , but that you meant nothing more to me than an object of desire . ’ |
18 | ‘ I told you in my letter last week that I wanted you to arrange for me to meet him . |
19 | I struggled with the whole thing the night before Christmas and the whole of Christmas Day , and finally I realised then that I wanted you just as you were . |
20 | ‘ If I said to you , ’ replies Anya wearily , ‘ that I wanted you to stop what you were doing , stop everything , and drive miles and miles , into the back of beyond , just to be with me , you 'd have told me to piss off . ’ |
21 | I gave him a draft of the first chapter and explained that I wanted it to be the sort of book that would sell in airport book stalls . |