Example sentences of "i want [to-vb] [is] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last thing I want to see is local authorities skimping on the police . |
| 2 | ‘ What I want to see is the woman you should be — the one you were born to be . |
| 3 | ‘ People asked me and Derrick what we were doing over the past two years and the answer that I want to give is that we were waiting for everybody to catch up . |
| 4 | ‘ All I want to do is get to the bottom of this , ’ she assured me as we entered her office . |
| 5 | The last thing I want to do is to share a place with a couch potato . |
| 6 | ‘ All I want to do is to do what I 'm doing , but do it better . ’ |
| 7 | All I want to do is get out . |
| 8 | What I want to do is be part of something that does . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ All I want to do is claim what is rightfully mine and ensure the wishes of my brother are carried out . |
| 10 | The last thing I want to do is break the spell . |
| 11 | All I want to do is read Dorothy Wordsworth 's Journals instead of cleaning the oven , then pop over to see Tony now and again . |
| 12 | All I want to do is go through a few aspects of your statement , to make sure I 've got them right . ’ |
| 13 | I 'm anti clique and what I want to do is open every opportunity and every door , my hesitation in talking to you , is that I have n't figured out how to open all the doors . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ No , Dad , what I want to do is to fuck . ’ ’ |
| 15 | What I want to do is get to play in a band situation so I can sit back and solo like a horn player again , using the MIDI . |
| 16 | All I want to do is finish the London under 4:20 , perhaps with some help from your magazine . |
| 17 | ‘ All I want to do is hurry home and cuddle them . ’ |
| 18 | What I want to do is to take all the best elements , like live strings , and recreate them . ’ |
| 19 | Said Davenport : ‘ All I want to do is hold down a place in the side . |
| 20 | Almost as though explaining the normal techniques to a med student , he said patiently , ‘ You know , Laddie , that what I want to do is restore the affected joint to its proper position of function . ’ |
| 21 | But once we 've agreed is , once , once I 've done the work , we have done the work , I have done the work with you helping me , er I 've written this application , what I want to do is turn that into a much more general one and then I can write to you know maybe twenty , twenty five trusts on a more general basis |
| 22 | Now what I want to do is look at what was happening at that time and then try and explain using the determinants of demand what the patterns actually were . |
| 23 | I 'm getting paranoid about that , determined not to sign anything , worried that maybe I already have when they first brought me here and said it was just a receipt for personal effects or a legal-aid application or whatever , and I worry about them getting me to sign something when I 'm tired and they 've been interviewing me in shifts and all I want to do is go to bed and sleep and they say oh do us all a favour and sign this and you can sleep , come on now ; it 's just a formality you can always deny it later , change your mind , but you ca n't you ca n't of course , they 're lying and you ca n't ; I even worry about signing something in my sleep , or them hypnotising me and getting me to do it that way ; hell , I do n't know what they get up to . |
| 24 | All I want to do is help . |
| 25 | I can distrain them damage feasant , but what I want to do is to get rid of them and I am certainly not bound to incur the expense of packing and returning them . |
| 26 | ‘ I mean , do n't let the fact I 'm the longest serving flat-dweller put you off ; the last thing I want to do is embarrass you , Gav , ’ I said ( just a tad tetchily ) . |
| 27 | ‘ Masses of hugs and kisses from your silly adoring Tessa , because the sun 's shining , and I know there 'll be a letter from you tomorrow , and because anyway all I want to do is to send you masses of hugs and kisses … ’ |
| 28 | ‘ The last thing I want to do is to offend you . |
| 29 | Insp Best said : ‘ I have come here with a very open mind but what I want to do is to develop the skills I have already and I am hoping it will give me more confidence . |
| 30 | All I want to do is sit and cry . |