Example sentences of "but i want to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I could have said anything , made an excuse , but I wanted to be straight and it 's only making things worse . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I was at Queen Eleanor 's and they urged me to go to university , but I wanted to be independent , so I came into the Met . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Paris was the place then , ’ he said , ‘ but I wanted to be different . |
| 4 | Designing clothes for Carnega was all very well and I made a good living at it I wo n't deny but I wanted to be free to do my own thing — and to have my own name on the labels . |
| 5 | But I wanted to be involved with a company who was well into the swing of tube amps and take it on from there , and so I started with Ampeg in 1990 . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I knew I would never be fit to play , but I wanted to be part of it still . |
| 7 | My parents went absolutely nuts because all my family are coal miners — my grandfathers , my uncles — and the idea was that if you got a chance you did n't go down the pit , but I wanted to . |
| 8 | I have seen what graphics packages on more sophisticated computers were able to produce , but I wanted to be able to use this with the knitting machine . |
| 9 | ‘ I know I should n't have , ’ Thomas laughed , ‘ but I wanted to . ’ |
| 10 | But I wanted to be the Somebody when I came back to her . |
| 11 | ‘ I know , but I wanted to . |
| 12 | BEATRIX : But I wanted to . |
| 13 | I did n't want to talk to anyone , you know , but I wanted to be near people . |
| 14 | ‘ But I wanted to . |
| 15 | I did not want our enemy to know I was here , but I wanted to be near enough to make sure that you and Sir Henry were safe . |
| 16 | I did not understand what the man was doing , but I wanted to be near the fire . |
| 17 | ‘ Yes I do , but I wanted to be where you were , ’ he said simply . |
| 18 | I knew it was wrong … but I wanted to . |
| 19 | I did not believe him — but I wanted to . |
| 20 | But I want to be . |
| 21 | All simple & partly lovely women attract me , & not merely attract me , but I want to be something to them . |
| 22 | ‘ But I want to . |
| 23 | But I want to be a history maker , to be the first coach who wins the European Cup for an English club and the coach who makes England an international force . |
| 24 | But I want to be the first man to achieve Football League status after a full playing career . |
| 25 | I can sleep a little here , if necessary , but I want to be sure I 'm here when she wakes up . |
| 26 | I know I know I know but I want to just keep going round the lot . |
| 27 | ‘ But I want to , ’ she mumbled . |
| 28 | I 'm sure it 's nothing , but I want to be sure . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ But I want to . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Perhaps not , and he may have had sentimental reasons for going to the little hut , but I want to be sure . |