Example sentences of "but [conj] i want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't say I wanted to go to bed with you , but that I wanted to make love to you ; a subtle difference , ’ he chided , ‘ and I do n't know why you should look so disbelieving — you have a lovely supple body … |
| 2 | But if I want to move up the ladder I 'll have to go elsewhere . ’ |
| 3 | But if I want to hear the long , late-night groove on side two , I have to play the album . |
| 4 | But if I want to play the odd tournament here and there , I will . |
| 5 | But if I want to play real loud I just go down to my basement — I have a stack down in my basement and just crank that up ! ’ |
| 6 | But if I wanted to buy poison , a rare exotic poison such as belladonna , crushed diamond or arsenic , where would I go ? ’ |
| 7 | Pat , Gabriel and I had spent some years unpicking these variables , but if I wanted to study the cellular events occurring in the minutes after the behavioural stimulus had ceased and representing distinct stages in memory formation , then imprinting would n't be the model of choice . |
| 8 | I was banned , however , not because I am a convicted criminal , I think — like the unfortunate Simon Hayward — but because I wanted to wear a false nose out of consideration for the feeling of my associate , Mark Chapman , who , as I explained last week , has just had an inch and a half lopped off his . |
| 9 | Vaclav Havel , Czechoslovak President since December 1989 , announced on April 14 that he would seek a further term as President " not because I want to be President at any cost … but because I want to contribute towards pushing through certain values " . |
| 10 | ‘ As I expect you are aware , Mr Leland , my room in your Private Wing is booked from this evening , but as I wanted to attend a regimental dinner tonight , with Mr Remington-Hart 's consent I 'm not moving in until tomorrow . ’ |