Example sentences of "[noun sg] i want [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by the time I tell you her story I want you to be prepared : that 's to say , I want you to have had enough of books , and parrots , and lost letters , and bears , and the opinions of Dr Enid Starkie , and even the opinions of Dr Geoffrey Braithwaite . |
| 2 | These are the one , mum I wanted you to get ? |
| 3 | Mum I want it |
| 4 | Of course I want you . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course I want you . ’ |
| 6 | Of course I want it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Of course I wanted him to produce me , I love his work , but I only wanted him to produce half the album and I wanted to work with other producers . |
| 8 | Of course I wanted you . |
| 9 | It actually , that actually was n't the sentence I made , I ca n't count , it was actually the next sentence I wanted you to look at . |
| 10 | Sure , I tell them that when they 're out on the field I want them to forget that they 're Momma 's little girls and project ! |
| 11 | It is this degree of concentration I want you to work towards , using the haiku both as a point of departure and as a discipline you frequently return to . |
| 12 | In this talk I want us to consider an image which I believe takes us a little closer to the meaning of the cross — the image of reconciliation and representation . |
| 13 | " There 's another horse I want you to look at , " he said . |
| 14 | For those who are n't totally sort of in control of the plot and I probably should include myself as one of them , what 's happening in this scene I want you to act out . |
| 15 | Stacey I want you anyway , come in the bathroom , Michael leave it alone , open your mouth , open , come on that 's right , open again |
| 16 | ‘ If he hears rumours about what happened at the museum I want him to know that nothing terrible happened after all . ’ |
| 17 | This lady she said I 'm not for ages but this lady is in the age range I want she said and you 're under sixty five . |
| 18 | Idly I wonder if she 'd have done the same thing had the play been Shakespearean : ‘ Now is the winter of our discontent … but leaving aside discontent for the moment I want you all to put your hands together for good old birthday boy Barry in Box B. All together now , Happy Birthday to you … ’ |
| 19 | Well I mo moved because promotion was in the line for me , I was in the Royal Marine Police in island depot in Plymouth and er I 'd been put on plain clothes work and I 'd been doing acting sergeant you know when the sergeant was off sick and all that business and er I 'd put , been put in for this to move because we had a two bedroom bungalow but the twins were getting big and I realized that we 'd have to have another bedroom you know , very soon and er , this seemed an opportunity to get a house and also in Plymouth , that Plymouth was a naval town , you see , there was still those days there was still kind of a , a lower deck of sons , what they call lower deckers , in other words you know people in the lower deck of the navy , their sons did n't really have much , ever have much chance of getting into places like Dartmouth College or Cramwell to do as cadets , well the headmaster at Regent Street School had said to me that Keith was very keen on flying , he was aeroplane mad you see , and , he wanted to go in the Royal Air Force , well he said to me he said oh no put him in the Navy and as a chief art as an artificer , so I said oh no , I said if he goes in the Navy or the service I want him to go in the front door not like me the back door , I had ambition for him |
| 20 | ‘ There 's a very special person I want you to meet at the concert tomorrow . |
| 21 | I am telling you that last night I wanted you . |
| 22 | ‘ Last night I wanted you to be jealous , ’ she told him bluntly . |
| 23 | Er I felt , I 've been after Danny for nearly twelve months to come see and not been able to get him on the night I want him the only night he was able , was available was I think it was one night when we had something else on I ca n't remember what it was . |
| 24 | All the vibrato I want I can do with my left hand fingers and I despise the sound of dive bombs and squeals . |
| 25 | ‘ When I dropped you at your villa , I went straight to the hospital and told your father I wanted you to come and work for me . ’ |
| 26 | when I pay for a paper I want it to be complete , so I want that piece and I want that , that piece . |
| 27 | On Saturday morning I want them thinking , I do n't want them going into their shells . |
| 28 | This paint I want it really really really well washed out of these brushes . |
| 29 | There are little tricks , for example , if it 's a time clause , when you think to yourself oh God it 's one of those lists , you sit down and calm yourself , take a Valium or whatever it is and just apply yourselves to that , right , what the next point is so the first thing I want you to do is stop at this time clause , when you realize it 's a time clause I want you to go trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot trot to the main verb , alright ? |
| 30 | This is small man I wanted it t I wished they had erm erm |