Example sentences of "[pron] want is " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I want is to get it out of the flat , I said . |
| 2 | Or : ‘ What I want is paper with narrow lines , |
| 3 | After reading your All I want is a room somewhere , I decided to write in case any of your readers were considering a home to Carla . |
| 4 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 5 | All I want is her to carry on brushing my hair with her hands . |
| 6 | All I want is some friends , but as soon as I get some real good friends they go off and leave me . |
| 7 | She is always turning from what has been offered her to say with a demure little sigh and smile , ‘ Oh , please , please … all I want is a cup of tea , weak but not too weak , and the teeniest weeniest bit of really crisp toast . ’ |
| 8 | The last thing I want is to impale this dancing , living creature upon the stake of meaning . |
| 9 | ‘ But what I want is a bit of time to myself . |
| 10 | All I want is a little cottage . |
| 11 | He added : ‘ What I want is a country of real opportunity where everyone is free to choose . |
| 12 | The Arts : All I want is a room in Soho |
| 13 | ‘ Statistics are all very well and good , but what I want is the human angle . |
| 14 | What I want is an institute which is a centre for architects : a very different concept and one which puts the emphasis on the human capacity for individual creativity rather than the resulting artefact . |
| 15 | What I want is to hold his hand in public . |
| 16 | ‘ What I want is a biodegradable board — like the husk of a grain of wheat . |
| 17 | All I want is a little of your energy . |
| 18 | The last thing I want is for the case to be closed . |
| 19 | ‘ But right now , all I want is to lead a normal life . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What I want is to be in charge of myself , to decide what I will or will not do . ’ |
| 21 | He bragged to friends : ‘ All I want is to kill a copper . |
| 22 | ‘ The only reward I want is a baby of my own . |
| 23 | Meanwhile Atkinson laughed off any fears of a hostile reception at Hillsborough and said : ‘ The only extra protection I want is thermal underwear . |
| 24 | Why , all I want is to forget … |
| 25 | Sweet Allah , all I want is my Ashi and baby Sousan safe . |
| 26 | ‘ What I want is a safe , happy and successful climb — very much in that order . |
| 27 | Chilling words of knife maniac : All I want is to kill a cop |
| 28 | Nicholas Vernage told a friend : ‘ All I want is to kill a copper ’ , an Old Bailey jury heard . |
| 29 | Mr Nutting added : ‘ Grenfell admitted that in his presence Vernage had often said ‘ All I want is to kill a copper ’ . |
| 30 | Lewis said yesterday : ‘ The last thing I want is to get the title outside the ring . |