Example sentences of "[vb past] that i want " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was half asleep against his shoulder and then … suddenly I realized that I wanted him to kiss me . |
| 2 | By 25 past , we 'd made it to the car when I realised that I wanted to push — panic ! |
| 3 | The magazine America had already written about this ; it had published an interview in which I announced that I wanted to hand my collection over to the Tretyakov Gallery as a gift , and saying that I intended to make Lilya curator of the collection . |
| 4 | I replied that I wanted to do research . |
| 5 | I replied that I wanted a detector , not a wand to wave around , but after visiting the shop and seeing a demonstration I must admit that I started to become interested . |
| 6 | . I decided that I did not want to stay until the moment of his death , I wanted to remember him living … but I decided that I wanted to stay just to ensure that he was in a deep peaceful sleep , that he was n't going to suffer … and that 's what I did . |
| 7 | When I heard about Elsie 's foot I decided that I wanted to write about her to explore how she coped with her disability . |
| 8 | At that time I believed that the United Kingdom would be facing severe economic problems in the future , and I decided that I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the community , and make a contribution to the resolution of those problems . |
| 9 | At age seven I decided that I wanted to be a soldier , after I had watched a TV programme about the D-Day landings . |
| 10 | Then , in the same tone , in fact I decided that I want to marry you . |
| 11 | When I saw that I wanted to be him , or one of them , or both of them , but anyway I was just so happy to watch them together . |
| 12 | I also felt that I wanted to be apart from the routine of normal home life with the washing , cooking and to think about . |
| 13 | Now I felt that I wanted nothing else in the world but to be allowed to read this dismal grammar all winter . |
| 14 | At the beginning , although I felt that I wanted to get better , I was hanging on to the secure feeling that being ill brought . |
| 15 | He adds : ‘ I also felt that I wanted to give the love that I felt for her in the way she needs love to be given . ’ |
| 16 | I knew that I wanted neither , but was n't sure that I had the strength or conviction to refuse them should they be prescribed . |
| 17 | I knew that I wanted a free and independent life although I secretly subscribed to the idea of marrying a professional , sighted man . |
| 18 | I knew that I wanted to survive , I wanted to go home . |
| 19 | ‘ There was something I remembered that I wanted to look at , and I thought it would be an interesting place to spend my leave . |
| 20 | ‘ 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 . |
| 21 | We 've been in a couple of times and I said that I wanted a chaise you see ooh I got this erm one for Victorian one it 's very nice , and lovely warm you know , the legs anyway it was one one thousand three hundred you see , so I thought , oh I said well I did n't wan na |
| 22 | I gobbled it up and pointed that I wanted another . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | I explained that I wanted the experience of running my own expedition and , after some discussion , he withdrew his objections but warned me not to go further than Bilen . |
| 25 | I explained that I wanted to see her father on a matter of business , but that his office had been unable to tell me where he was , and that I could get no reply by telephoning his home . |