Example sentences of "[pron] i want to " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So my first thought was of a time-space machine ( thanks to H. G. Wells ) in which contemporary characters ( one of whom I wanted to be a 12–13 year old ) would be able to travel forward and backward in time , and inward and outward in space . |
| 2 | Erm but I I want to and I 'm not sure where to go from here , I 'm not sure |
| 3 | Thank you Mr Mayor , erm I I want to be very brief Mr Mayor , that the debate on houses and rent increases has taken place and has been well aired over recent weeks and I do n't have any intention tonight of re-debating those issues . |
| 4 | They all went to the local comprehensive — which I wanted to but , because I passed my 11-plus I got sent to the grammar instead . |
| 5 | I have a vivid picture of who I want to be , and it 's everything I 'm not . |
| 6 | ‘ I train who I want to , ’ he says . |
| 7 | So on that ground I feel would be very worried by by promoting the right to buy , erm I 've said everything I want to I did n't really want to elongate this this er this debate and I think it 's but I think , I do n't believe that Councillor mentioned the the the er the . |
| 8 | So we I want to Yeah . |
| 9 | Right , so it 's one I want to , I did n't get time to do last week was to tell you where you specify that you want to perform a Chow test , right , and the computer will generate both of both of Chow 's tests with one , the first one is where we 've got enough observations in each sub sample , right , to estimate the regression , right , however , you may , you may detect and figure there is some structural change right at the end of your er sample of observations or alternatively right at the beginning . |
| 10 | That one I wanted to be Cawthorne 's . |
| 11 | ‘ Being a professional tennis player is what I want to be , ’ says Delgado . |
| 12 | " But it 's not what I want to be . |
| 13 | ‘ I have no … merits yet ; and what I want to be would be nothing to you . ’ |
| 14 | From what I want to be . |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm always what I want to be , ’ she said with a frown . |
| 16 | What I want to , for you to do , is to pass this and for the C E C to look at providing some education specifically to the administration and the running of branches . |
| 17 | I grew up pretty much as everybody else grows up and one day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself — I ca n't live where I want to — I ca n't go where I want to — I ca n't do what I want to — I ca n't even day what I want to . |
| 18 | I grew up pretty much as everybody else grows up and one day seven years ago I found myself saying to myself — I ca n't live where I want to — I ca n't go where I want to — I ca n't do what I want to — I ca n't even day what I want to . |
| 19 | What I , and I having heard the director , what I want to be clear about , is that any decision which relates to closing local schools on , on economic grounds comes to the full county council , and is , is not dealt with by education . |
| 20 | good rapport with each , you know , we can sort o , I mean the girls can sort of say what they want to me , I say what I want to them , you know , we take a joke . |
| 21 | I 'll just quickly read what I want to Okay . |
| 22 | But environmental standards , as I see it , and whatever form now , whether in the posh green sense or the nitty gritty sense , which is equally as important and sometimes forgotten , environmental standards transcend , obviously transcend politics and so what I want to , would would would want to do , is to try to strip off the politics and indeed to strip off the emotion , because that 's the other thing which I think affects any real consideration of environmental issues . |
| 23 | Maybe people were seeing me as something other than what I wanted to be naturally . |
| 24 | ‘ Anyway ! ’ exclaimed Laura , coming to her feet , ‘ I suppose I 've said what I wanted to . |
| 25 | I could n't get round to saying what I wanted to . |
| 26 | One young refugee remembers : ‘ When asked what I wanted to be I said a doctor . |
| 27 | I was what I wanted to be : a girl . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's really what I wanted to be like — all the cosmetics mentioned were products I used growing up . ’ |
| 29 | Someone else had to crystallize the feeling , but then I knew it was what I wanted to be . |
| 30 | ‘ While I was at college , I was n't sure what I wanted to be , probably a chef like my brother . ’ |