Example sentences of "that i wanted [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So that I wanted to defend him from the beginning . |
| 2 | I assured her that I would definitely not change my mind and that I was sure that I wanted to do it . |
| 3 | I just … . it 's just that I wanted to tell her how sorry I am about … about what happened to your father and brother but , not knowing her , I did n't want to say it in a way that might upset her . |
| 4 | I considered simply passing it forward , but some idiot would probably open it and read it out to the whole class , or else it would get intercepted by Mrs Burton who was the last person that I wanted to read it . |
| 5 | So that 's why I came home , not that I wanted to come you know , to give it up . |