Example sentences of "[conj] i want [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The compass could tell me in which direction I had to go — it could n't tell me what lay between where I was , and where I wanted to get to . |
| 2 | Erm , there is a very small chance that he 's going to say , all the time that I was on , on top of Everest , er , I was thinking about you , because I 've heard you 're the best thing since sliced wholemeal bread , I have three thousand people that I want to put through a programme in the next six weeks . |
| 3 | The last component of the rainbow coalition that I want to refer to is feminism . |
| 4 | There is another test that I want to refer to , that we ca n't actually do , because you have to be qualified to do this test , and it 's very , very complicated , and all the rest of it . |
| 5 | That fact that in , a two years time I can go on to do the subjects that I want to do at the University in Scotland of my choice . |
| 6 | But there is a great deal more that I want to do with my life and I think I should start while I still have the energy and enthusiasm . ’ |
| 7 | You know , so I , I mean , I talked about this before , this is a mailing that I want to do in October , which means for example , that I 've got to print the catalogue in July , which means I 've got to proof it in June , which means I have to actually design it in April and May . |
| 8 | Well , actually there are lots , but there 's one in particular that I want to talk about . |
| 9 | Act and that I want to talk to local authority associations about that , so we will be in consultation with them . |
| 10 | Another question that I want to return to is the problem of employment protection . |
| 11 | If I start accepting funds from the government , people will lose that charitable ideal that I want to leave behind me when I 'm gone . ’ |
| 12 | But strong though that thrust is , it is not rescue in that sense that I want to argue for here . |
| 13 | If it 's too painful for her to accept that I want to look for Elaine , then I sha n't . ’ |
| 14 | It is this aspect of the craft that I want to look at first this month . |
| 15 | Not that I want to look as if I shop at Next , or look cute , or anything , it 's just that I ca n't afford to dress the way I 'd like to . |
| 16 | I 've already made up my mind that I want to sign for the Blues . |
| 17 | Now that 's the stage that I want to get to . |
| 18 | It is precisely that exclusion that I want to address in this chapter . |
| 19 | This brings me to the final topic that I want to discuss in this rather philosophical chapter , the problem of what we mean by explanation . |
| 20 | Here it is , and erm , leave these er , on this row er twenty five , I 've got a total sales figures , and it 's that total sales figure there that I want to pass across into another file . |
| 21 | I mean , for me personally I think there 's actually a decision that if I ca n't get over the full unbiased impression that I want to make about the whole story , I 've got to make a decision whether I 'm going to talk to you at all . |
| 22 | my Lord there 's a case which I want to bring your Lordships attention to in relate in relation to article five and this is the my Lord there is a further case that I want to bring to your Lordships attention |
| 23 | I told my parents that I wanted to go to the lavatory and have a wash . |
| 24 | you know , if they want the first day , then there gon na have to do another lot so what 's the point of sort of yourself out with fucking , I was n't really sure at the time that I wanted to go to so , you know , I , I said no I needed this job , but probably a bad I 've been offered a couple of month one 's as well , one month and two month 's , but I mean the trouble is |
| 25 | It was a conscious choice that I wanted to go into the company , but I did n't have a clear view as to what particular part of the business I was interested in . |
| 26 | The people who were lived behind Ann there 's a yo young couple in there I think he beat her up , I mean that I wanted to go round me , because I know what it felt like and I wished somebody had come and help me . |
| 27 | I underpainted some details in red that I wanted to see through it . |
| 28 | You 've raised two issues that I wanted to talk about , that 's the Mrs. Thatcher card and also the media manipulation . |
| 29 | ‘ As a matter of fact it was about your father-in-law 's business affairs that I wanted to talk to you . |
| 30 | ‘ It was precisely about Ryan that I wanted to talk to you . ’ |