Example sentences of "[pers pn] want to do " in BNC.
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1 | me want to do a da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da , da |
2 | But 1 believe they will have to try , and will most of them want to do so . |
3 | ‘ I think the book said a lot of them want to do it . ’ |
4 | I used to watch television and think ‘ I want to do that ’ . |
5 | ‘ All I want to do is get to the bottom of this , ’ she assured me as we entered her office . |
6 | There are some other things I want to do tonight . ’ |
7 | ‘ You know fucking well that 's not all I want to do . |
8 | The last thing I want to do is to share a place with a couch potato . |
9 | I want a decent job , I want to do something useful , and something interesting . |
10 | ‘ All I want to do is to do what I 'm doing , but do it better . ’ |
11 | That 's all I want to do — I just want to shout and jump . |
12 | All I want to do is get out . |
13 | I du n no what I want to do , but I do n't want to go out there . |
14 | What I want to do is be part of something that does . ’ |
15 | ‘ All I want to do is claim what is rightfully mine and ensure the wishes of my brother are carried out . |
16 | It 's definitely a possession of other people , I have a very long list of things I want to do . ’ |
17 | The last thing I want to do is break the spell . |
18 | 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 . |
19 | ‘ I was n't walking around saying , ‘ Oh I do n't have enough money to do what I want to do ‘ cause I do n't have commercial support for my work . ’ |
20 | If I kill myself , which is what I want to do because I ca n't bear this misery , then I will go to hell . |
21 | I apply for university without any real idea of what I want to do . |
22 | Sometimes I think this is great … exactly what I want to do . |
23 | ‘ There are still tons of things I want to do and this is the sort of place I 'd love to have , ’ says Kylie , walking to one of her favourite shops in her home country . |
24 | ’ I want to do something about it ! ’ declared Ellen Harker in thrilling tones . |
25 | All I want to do is go through a few aspects of your statement , to make sure I 've got them right . ’ |
26 | 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 . ’ |
27 | The major reason for me going was simply that what I want to do musically , there is just not scope for in The Smiths . |
28 | When I 'm happy I 'm a wonderful person to be with , but if anyone tries to keep me from doing what I want to do then I 'm … ’ |
29 | This morning , too , she had said to her father , ‘ I want this afternoon off ; I want to do some shopping . ’ |
30 | I want to do Lesson Twelve tonight for our hour tomorrow afternoon ’ |