Example sentences of "[conj] i want [verb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As to the other case that I want to say a word about , I have to confess now to beating a drum that I have been beating with varying success for a number of years . |
| 2 | A couple of funny looks later and I realised I also had to head off the perception that I wanted to hire a sex cave for outré rumpy pumpy with a slew of bimbo victims . |
| 3 | I do n't think the woman in the New York Avis office believed me when I told her that I wanted to hire a convertible . |
| 4 | ‘ I have become interested in astronomy , so I want to buy a telescope . |
| 5 | ‘ Of course not , but the police are interested in those keys too and I want to put a stop to Shildon searching my property . ’ |
| 6 | My Dad 's away on business again tomorrow and I want to spend a bit of time with him before he goes . |
| 7 | And I want to do a poo . |
| 8 | And I want to maintain a level of efficiency in everything we do so that we can hold our heads high in the sure and certain knowledge that we are as good as anyone — and better than most — at what we do . |
| 9 | And I want to travel a bit . |
| 10 | I 'm in the middle of a government grant on my house and by the time I get that together and spending money , which I should n't be doing , on junk , y'know , and I want to start a family and that , y'know , and try and be respectable , but it just does n't seem to be available under this health service , this National Health Service , although I do know people who have it prescribed . |
| 11 | When he was only twenty , people found him ‘ an odd fellow , a bear , a young man out of the ordinary ’ ; and even before his epileptic seizure and confinement at Croisset , the image had established itself : ‘ I am a bear and I want to stay a bear in my den , in my lair , in my skin , in my old bear 's skin ; I want to live quietly , far away from the bourgeois and the bourgeoises . |
| 12 | Right , we 'll scan there and I want to have a look at the computers in there as well |
| 13 | Alternatively , if you , if he says , ‘ Well I want to have a , I read something and I want to have a discussion , ’ you think this chap does n't know anything about it , and you actually do a lot of the work for him or her in the circumstances . |
| 14 | I felt disillusioned , stale and cynical and I wanted to take a break before I started taking it out on the callers . |
| 15 | I hate him and I wanted to get a divorce . |
| 16 | C. If I wanted to send a cheque to the … this lot … what 's the address ? |
| 17 | And once again Ric is attempting to go beyond the normal boundaries of cricket-writing : ‘ If I wanted to write a biography which was simply a record of CTB 's achievements I would have finished it some time ago . |
| 18 | I mean take the example that Hugh is always using , is that if I wanted to knock a wall through , a hole through that wall and put a door in there with a link in it surely to goodness we |
| 19 | If I want to visit a bank for a few minutes , I park my car as near as possible as many do , to be able to rush in and out again as quickly as possible . |
| 20 | If I want to leave a room , I must do so by the limited number of means available to me , which will be by the door or the windows ; if they are locked , I can not leave . |
| 21 | Then if I want to put a bit of ‘ plate ’ or ‘ room ’ on , I 'll either put a bit on when I 'm recording it , by putting it through an effect , or using the guitar player 's FX . |
| 22 | ‘ If I want to miss a pauper 's grave I 'll have to go . ’ |
| 23 | I 've just had a telephone sales call to see if I want to make a will . |
| 24 | So , if I want to buy a poison in London , where would I go ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ I sometimes use an ambient mic on guitars , but I find that it can make things sound a bit too boxy and I 'd rather have the choice on the mix if I want to add a bit of ambience . |
| 26 | ‘ If I want to hear a preacher I go to church , it 's a matter of personal choice . |
| 27 | So , if I want to play a melody , I 'll think of it along the strings rather than across , to take advantage of that . |
| 28 | Because if I want to change a business rule , rather than me visiting every single client on the network and upgrading that code I will re revisit it once on the server . |
| 29 | If I want to break a lock on someone 's front door , I can think of three ways . |
| 30 | If I want to have a job looking after kids , I 'll get one in a nursery . |