Example sentences of "i want [verb] [pron] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Is the Chancellor aware that not so long ago I met a chap in Blackpool who said to me , ’ When you see that Chancellor of the Duchy , tell him that I want to give him a piece of my mind : not only is the poll tax three times higher than the rates , but I have lost my job , my wife has been waiting for an operation for two years , my daughter has lost her maternity grant through this Tory Government and my son has lost his income support — so when you see the chairman of the Tory party , will you tell him that I want to meet him to discuss this matter at the top of the Blackpool Tower ? ’ |
| 2 | I want to give her a Christmas present . |
| 3 | I want to give it a bit of a rest now and I 'm trying to leave it as long as possible before I have it permed again . |
| 4 | I want to give you a chance to put the record straight . |
| 5 | He took lots of notes and after three days he said , ‘ Raymond , I want to give you a check . |
| 6 | ‘ Please — I want to give you a message for Harriet Shakespeare . ’ |
| 7 | I want to take it a step further and say , do n't behave like that , you idiots — it 's destroying people 's lives . ’ |
| 8 | But I do n't really want to compete in that world ; I want to do it a bit differently , something a bit more personal . |
| 9 | ‘ But first I want to promise you a couple of things . |
| 10 | I must have lived , oh , well over ninety-five years , but when I eventually meet God I want to ask him a question which has haunted me all my life . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to ask you a question . |
| 12 | And now I want to ask you a question . |
| 13 | I started paying for this myself two years ago — and I want to keep it a secret from him — but now I find I ca n't continue the payments . |
| 14 | I want to play you a recording I made last night . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to make you a proposition , ’ Emily said , almost wishing she had n't come . |
| 16 | I want to make you a home , to bear your children … ’ |
| 17 | I want to have mine a bit longer |
| 18 | And now ’ — he made a gesture that cleared the air around them of all such trivia — ‘ I want to show you a machine that 's going to put some spirit into my work this summer . |
| 19 | ‘ I want to show you a picture , ’ said Ludens , ‘ a drawing . ’ |
| 20 | I want to know what a kill joy is . |