Example sentences of "[vb past] i want to " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	What made I wanted to be a policeman ?
2	‘ When he discovered I wanted to be an actor he felt deeply responsible and thought I must be stopped . ’
3	I can remember the moment I decided I wanted to be a politician really quite well .
4	All of our group wanted to go to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes , and I decided I wanted to be a high-altitude free-fall parachutist .
5	I decided I wanted to be received as a Methodist .
6	Erm , went , decided I wanted to be on the sort of management side .
7	‘ I felt I wanted to be part of it .
8	‘ At the time I had no real plans but just knew I wanted to be in a group .
9	I always knew I wanted to be a performer , and a performer gets to do whatever they want , so I started practising early .
10	I think I thought I wanted to be part of that companionship too but knew it would conclude with my entry But that did n't have to happen because he was closing the kitchen door behind him as I arrived in the passage .
11	Why did I want to be a policeman .
12	For I knew nothing of this six months ago , nor did I want to .
13	Did I want to be brought down ?
14	I said I wanted to be best man , I said I wanted a church wedding .
15	‘ I thought I said I wanted to be alone . ’
16	‘ In my last year at school another teacher roared with laughter when I said I wanted to be a professional footballer .
17	I said I want to Da knee David in the bollocks at least once today .

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