Example sentences of "i wanted [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While cutting rebates and slots , two problems occurred on the curved members , firstly the glazing rebate because of the weight and length of curved members and the limited table size of my router , I decided to take the router to the wood and not the wood to the router but then realised I would be machining away the surface I wanted to guide the router on i.e the inside face which is the true radius . |
| 2 | By then I have to admit I wanted to stop talking and get back to my quiet one-to-one relationship with Dawn . |
| 3 | Then in the end we came to a river so wide I could n't see the other bank ; I felt frightened and thought this must be the end of the race , and I wanted to stop , but Father plunged straight in without looking at me so I had to plunge in too . |
| 4 | As soon as I decided not to go farther than Cambridge , I wanted to stop dead in the middle of the road . |
| 5 | I wanted to stop this , I wished I 'd never started . |
| 6 | They were up there admiring the sunset but I wanted to stop while there was still a bit of light . |
| 7 | Before term started I wanted to live anonymously in this city where no one knew me , just for a few days . |
| 8 | ‘ And I wanted to live it . |
| 9 | ‘ I never said I wanted to live with her ! |
| 10 | I said I wanted to live with my mother . |
| 11 | You know I have always wanted to get married , not for always , but just for once in my life I wanted to live out my love for a man like they did . |
| 12 | And I wanted to live and be a whole , complete human being . |
| 13 | I said there was no way I wanted to live on my own . |
| 14 | I wanted to live awhile among those who had been part of his childhood and his last few years . |
| 15 | I am a terrible coward , I do n't want to die , I love life so passionately , I never knew how much I wanted to live before . |
| 16 | I wanted to live again . |
| 17 | I wanted to live there for ever … |
| 18 | I married Edward because I wanted to live with him , and I still do . |
| 19 | ‘ I wanted to live independently ! ’ |
| 20 | Before my father died I cast it all aside , lived as I imagined I wanted to live . |
| 21 | ‘ I 've lived as I wanted to live , ’ she assured him breathlessly , unable to look away now that his eyes had captured hers . |
| 22 | Cos I knew I 'd got enough to give you back , that 's why I wanted to borrow it |
| 23 | Ah went in to where John were working cos I wanted to borrow a spanner , he said I could just murder a cig and his , his mate said ah I could as well . |
| 24 | I just found the Boss Mangan and the Randall Utterword so effortfully frantic I wanted to avert my gaze . |
| 25 | I wanted to give him supper but he said he would take sandwiches up to his room and get on with his work . |
| 26 | I know that the teenage years I describe are years when feelings about your self-image are more intense than any other , and I wanted to give young women themselves the chance to express what these feelings are . |
| 27 | I wanted to give back something for the great interest and happiness I have had from being able to make music to people . |
| 28 | ‘ I wanted to give the kids a proper Christmas . |
| 29 | Further , I wanted to give a couple of old friends a birthday treat , and the Ritz is just the place for that . |
| 30 | From reading sex manuals I knew I wanted to give oral sex because I love that part of a woman 's anatomy and I wanted to get close to it . |