Example sentences of "[Wh det] i want to " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | ‘ Being a professional tennis player is what I want to be , ’ says Delgado . |
| 3 | " But it 's not what I want to be . |
| 4 | ‘ I have no … merits yet ; and what I want to be would be nothing to you . ’ |
| 5 | From what I want to be . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'm always what I want to be , ’ she said with a frown . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I 'll just quickly read what I want to Okay . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | Maybe people were seeing me as something other than what I wanted to be naturally . |
| 15 | ‘ Anyway ! ’ exclaimed Laura , coming to her feet , ‘ I suppose I 've said what I wanted to . |
| 16 | I could n't get round to saying what I wanted to . |
| 17 | One young refugee remembers : ‘ When asked what I wanted to be I said a doctor . |
| 18 | I was what I wanted to be : a girl . |
| 19 | ‘ That 's really what I wanted to be like — all the cosmetics mentioned were products I used growing up . ’ |
| 20 | Someone else had to crystallize the feeling , but then I knew it was what I wanted to be . |
| 21 | ‘ While I was at college , I was n't sure what I wanted to be , probably a chef like my brother . ’ |
| 22 | So it was his turn to ask questions and , of course , I only told him what I wanted to . |
| 23 | I saw only what I wanted to . |
| 24 | I decided I was a very stupid fool not to at least paint as I wanted to and say what I wanted to when I painted as that seemed to be the only thing I could do that did n't concern anybody but myself — that was nobody 's business but my own . |
| 25 | yeah , well it was it was what I wanted to , it was what I wanted to , it was wanted to do initially , I mean , but then you have like so many ideas that |
| 26 | yeah , well it was it was what I wanted to , it was what I wanted to , it was wanted to do initially , I mean , but then you have like so many ideas that |
| 27 | But erm the doctors have told me really I can do whatever I want to straight away virtually you know , and erm I 'll just give it another week or two weeks before I start practising erm and you know , I 'm very fit now . |
| 28 | I could then do whatever I wanted to . |