Example sentences of "i want [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That 's why I want her dead . ’ |
| 2 | Yeah and I want her hair looked nice . |
| 3 | ‘ Not sure that I want the Americans , fairly certain I want their dollars . ' |
| 4 | I want their happiness , I seek their salvation , and I see I ca n't convince them , and I do n't care for it . ’ |
| 5 | And I want their names . |
| 6 | ‘ Katie , I want yer ter stay 'ere with yer Gran while I goo out an' get Mrs Taylor . |
| 7 | ‘ Down you come , the pair of you , I want yer both in the scullery bath before yer dad and brothers get 'ome from their work . ’ |
| 8 | I want my doubts to play and dance . |
| 9 | In ‘ It Swings , Jocko ’ he says , ‘ I want my dreams to be of deprivation … ’ ( which is , after all , the mother of poetry ) . |
| 10 | ‘ I want my children , Harriet and Tom , to be happy and rounded and good , and the same for me and my husband Hugh , and my house and my supper table . |
| 11 | ‘ I want my successor to be known while I am alive , ’ he explained . |
| 12 | Ala I want my writing to be is modest , restrained , colourful , truthful … . |
| 13 | But I want my baby to have a father — ’ and she started to cry . |
| 14 | ‘ I want my Mummy , ’ he wailed . |
| 15 | I want my dinner , ’ said the ginger one . |
| 16 | And then I want my shaft to be as long as a furlong and time to stand still and my tongue to be dipped in honey . |
| 17 | He did not realise that they had learnt to expect food from him , and were simply shouting : ‘ I want my dinner ! ’ |
| 18 | So if the horse raised the note of the whinny when it was demanding its food , the message would change from ‘ I want my dinner ’ , to ( according to Blake ) : ‘ Where is my bloody breakfast , you fool , I 'm starving . ’ |
| 19 | Consequently , some horses will go down in the paddock and eat more grass , others will walk or canter up and down the fence endlessly expecting their food , while others will call , ‘ I want my dinner ! ’ , or strike at their stable doors , or paw at the fencing . |
| 20 | I want to pass all my exams , I want my mum and dad to be proud of me . |
| 21 | I want my kip . ’ |
| 22 | I want my desk ! |
| 23 | I want my Mummy ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I have always wanted to write for as many people as possible , I want my books to be on the general fiction shelves as well as the feminist shelves . ’ |
| 25 | But when I pack my skis back into the hall cupboard behind the vacuum cleaner , I want my hills unsullied by pylons and snow fences . |
| 26 | I want my hot pies ! ’ |
| 27 | ‘ I want my money back if you lose , like Biddy , ’ he said to Nutty . |
| 28 | Thus in one case , during an argument , an employee said to his manager , ‘ I 'm leaving , I want my cards ’ . |
| 29 | I want my bait to lie right in the labyrinth of roots , for this is where the better fish will be dining . |
| 30 | ( Some years later , when we were abroad for a year , taking just Shanti with us , when things got difficult she would say , ‘ I want my Sara . ’ ) |