Example sentences of "[pers pn] wanted [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wanted to gather teachers ' views and opinions , I did not in any way want to influence their responses . |
| 2 | I wanted to paint landscape directly from nature . |
| 3 | ‘ Unemployment is really degrading , I felt like I wanted to spend money all the time to cheer myself up , but of course I did n't have anything left over from my bridging allowance . |
| 4 | I wanted to invite Virginia back to the unit to show her what these rationalisations will really mean at the sharp end . |
| 5 | Whatever could make you think I wanted to silence Hilda Machin ? |
| 6 | When Aisha returned from work , coming through the door weighed down with plastic carrier bags , her coat smelling of perfume mixed with cigarette smoke , I gave a shiver of anger : I wanted to carry shopping bags like that and wear a coat like hers ! |
| 7 | ‘ I wanted to do dance and drama , because I was n't pulled enough by drama on its own . |
| 8 | The end of the I wanted to do Chairman apart from well that er we can support erm the third motion . |
| 9 | Not quite a woman — because I wanted to do things with Gittel that only a man was supposed to want to do ; not quite a man — because I wanted Gittel to do the same things back to me . ’ |
| 10 | But from the age of thirteen or fourteen , I knew I wanted to do research in physics because it was the most fundamental science . |
| 11 | I replied that I wanted to do research . |
| 12 | But I wanted to do employment , I want to get on with this kind of job , it 's going to be a major political issue , and by God I 'm gon na put it right up front . |
| 13 | But I would rather not fiddle around with other , I 'd rather have not done tha well , no I wanted to do language when I when I put my options down , but now , |
| 14 | I realised I wanted to use objects as symbols , instead of illustrative figures ’ . |
| 15 | I realised I wanted to use objects as symbols , instead of illustrative figures ’ . |
| 16 | I wanted to use electricity to help people , and I wanted to discover the secrets of life . |
| 17 | I wanted to use Aquacryl in fairly traditional watercolour technique : wet in wet , working wash into wash . |
| 18 | I mean I remember when I was at the New York Times and I wanted to use Cheltenham wide for a headline , Cheltenham bold well sort of bold wide , but it 's just called Cheltenham wide in the book , and because Cheltenham was always part of the New York Times library , whatever you call it , in the composing room . |
| 19 | I wanted to put water in there . |
| 20 | I wanted to kill Blyth there and then ; the hiding he got from his father , my dad 's brother James , was not enough as far as I was concerned , not for what he 'd done to Eric , my brother . |
| 21 | I found I wanted to support Sam , even though he 's old enough to sit up on his own now . ’ |
| 22 | I wanted to go work . |
| 23 | ‘ I wanted to see Jane Eyre . |
| 24 | I wanted to see Mrs O'Dare once more before I go . ’ |
| 25 | Above all , however , I wanted to see change and recovery . |
| 26 | ‘ Thank you for remembering that I wanted to see Karlovy Vary , ’ she opened sincerely . |
| 27 | I thought that if I told him what had really happened he might not let me go again and I wanted to see Charlie Chaplin and the Keystone Cops ones that were coming soon . |
| 28 | I wanted to see Natasha , but my mother said ‘ No ’ and threatened to call in the police . |
| 29 | I w I wanted to see Aspects of Love with Michael Caine in , I mean Michael Ball , but he 's not in it any more . |
| 30 | ‘ No , no thanks , I wanted to see Mr Marius Steen personally . ’ |