Example sentences of "[that] i want [verb] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 That I want to save you .
2 ‘ Cricket gave me so much that I want to put something back into the game and teaching the youngsters how to play is a rewarding way of doing it .
3 Then he said : ‘ You have been so kind to us that I want to do something for you in return .
4 You know that I want to do anything I can to help . ’
5 All I know is that I want to give everything I have for England again . ’
6 You can explain to her why I rushed off , that I want to give her time to think things over without me around to distract her .
7 Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’
8 Anne read the guidebooks , while I 'd say , ‘ Hey , this looks like an interesting airfield ! ’ to which Anne would reply , £The fact that the place has an interesting approach does not mean that I want to spend my holidays there ! ’
9 Not that I want to kill anybody now , but it is all for defence rather than offence , and it does make me feel a lot more secure .
10 ‘ As long as you remember that I want to see you as little as possible .
11 Will you tell them that I want to take you ? "
12 There are of course some positive signs around but also a danger that I want to alert you to : a growth in what I will call ‘ designer caring ’ .
13 He had hinted as much more than once , just vaguely , just enough to entice me so that I want to ask what , so that he knows that I want to ask .
14 ‘ There 's something very practical that I want to ask you , ’ he said gently .
15 ‘ I must n't say that I want to feel myself deep inside you ?
16 Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’
17 But with the group albums , and this one , there is a level of detail that I want to get which just takes time .
18 It 's just that I want to get it typed I s'pose .
19 Knowing you , Jesus , brings so much joy and hope into my life that I want to share you with everyone I meet ,
20 Although I 've talked about some of them before there is such a feeling in fashion for double jacquard that I want to suggest them to you again .
21 Sorry , I did n't mean to pull back it 's just that I want to hear what they 're talking about .
22 I do n't know why ; only that I want to hear my voice on the answerphone .
23 It 's not that I want to offend you or anything , I … ’
24 I 'm sorry I was so tiresomely upset just now , it 's just that I want to protect you . ’
25 ‘ I must n't tell you that I want to bury myself in your body ? ’ he enquired .
26 Then , in the same tone , in fact I decided that I want to marry you .
27 ‘ I think I said , in a lamentably floundering fashion , that I want to marry you . ’
28 ‘ There 's something that I want to show you .
29 I would tell them that I wanted to record their accents for a research project .
30 I was so proud of her that I wanted to take lots of photographs of her while she was young , just like a proud parent with a new baby .
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