Example sentences of "and i wanted [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't want to stop during the race because it was my first attempt at the 400 metres hurdles and I wanted to get into the junior rankings , ’ she said . |
| 2 | no I ca n't and she would n't get off the phone and I wanted to get to the phone and she said , phone me up Is it all right then , I 'll phone him afterwards ! |
| 3 | For some reason the ‘ Poet-Public-Faith ’ article did not get used ; but meanwhile Collingwood , whose acquaintance I had made , had received the advancement he amply deserved , and I wanted to write in The Criterion about his first lecture as Professor . |
| 4 | ‘ You have to look ahead to the time when you leave football , and I wanted to prepare for a life in sport and leisure management , ’ he said . |
| 5 | ‘ No , I 've been to the office , and I wanted to look at the projected sales figures for this quarter . |
| 6 | As his next letter , dated 11 January showed , the Spender book could not have reached me before 12 January at the earliest , and I wanted to keep to the length of an article . |
| 7 | All this was making my muscles feel slack and unused , and I wanted to sprint up the street just to feel myself alive again . |