Example sentences of "[subord] i want to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He took us to the Þingvellir National park where the clouds parted and the sun shone on square kilometres of snow that was so clean and pure it made me weep for all the time we had lost on the trip , and for the pleasure of being where I wanted to be . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | But he was talking to me , and he said , he said ah how , how you getting on over there , and he went yeah , yeah , it 's alright , you know , but it 's not where I want to be , you know , away from me family . |
| 5 | I sound more scared than I want to . |
| 6 | In fact , it was earlier than I wanted to be in front , but then he galloped on in his stride all the way to the line . |
| 7 | If I wanted to be pretentious , I might call this paper an investigation of the sociology of literature . |
| 8 | ‘ Hold on , are you saying that , if I wanted to , I could make people do things , obey me and stuff ? ’ |
| 9 | He turned his head to stare at me as if he could n't at once comprehend my interest , but then , understanding , said of course I could go if I wanted to . |
| 10 | ‘ It 's not as if I wanted to . |
| 11 | Before I could say , ‘ You bastards ’ , they were specks in the mist as I huddled from the blizzard behind a boulder wondering if I wanted to be sick yet . |
| 12 | And I could learn to swim enough , and run , if I wanted to . |
| 13 | The crucial test question to ask is : Could I measure the extent of this undesired behaviour if I wanted to ? |
| 14 | There is no way that I could skive a session , even if I wanted to , wearing my yellow and tartan suit ! |
| 15 | If I wanted to be happy I should have avoided the pub altogether , or at least had nothing stronger than mineral water . |
| 16 | ‘ There 's nothing I can do to prolong the girl 's stay here , even if I wanted to . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ They asked me if I wanted to . |
| 18 | I was at the Edward II wrap party and someone asked me if I wanted to be in a film . |
| 19 | There was no need for me to get up and prowl around while the rest of the family was sleeping because I could read all night , if I wanted to , and if I did n't get up until the middle of the day , no one seemed to mind very much . |
| 20 | I could get to the car-park in a few minutes if I wanted to and be near him , thinking of him — his problems over , lying on the brown eiderdown in his blue pyjamas . |
| 21 | Kate sighed ‘ Anyway , I could n't stop James , even if I wanted to . |
| 22 | ‘ I could do it if I wanted to , but I do n't want to , ’ he told a gathering of the Computer Journalists Club in Paris yesterday , as he held court on a range of topics , from the US government and economy , to the increasing pervasiveness of personal computer technology . |
| 23 | If I wanted to , I could change my name regardless of the fact that I had not committed any crime . |
| 24 | After that the jug of water was empty and I was full , but the waiter was smirking in an enigmatic Eastern way , so I toyed with the final concoction , just to prove I could if I wanted to , and that any I happened to leave was just for manners . |
| 25 | A deaf therapist said : ‘ They felt that if I wanted to be on the course , I 'd got to manage the same as everyone else . |
| 26 | If I wanted to be a doctor or a lawyer , I could be one tomorrow . |
| 27 | There 's no going back , even if I wanted to , which I do n't . |
| 28 | I could make it a fairy-tale instead , if I wanted to , Anyway , It 's the capital of the empire ; a courtier starts a liaison with one of the princesses ; the demands she and the impersonate on his time get to be too much , so he secretly has an android made to impersonate him at the endless court rituals and boring receptions ; nobody notices . |
| 29 | What if I wanted to … get involved with your community ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ I like him very well , ma'am , ’ Theda said quickly , ‘ but I could n't marry him even if I wanted to — which I do n't . ’ |