Example sentences of "[subord] [pers pn] want [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It took her a while to understand what I wanted and where I wanted to go . |
| 2 | ‘ There was a scene where I wanted to keep my clothes on and I told Adrian ‘ They do n't have to see my breasts in every shot , do they ? ’ |
| 3 | The compass could tell me in which direction I had to go — it could n't tell me what lay between where I was , and where I wanted to get to . |
| 4 | ‘ I have made up my own mind where I want to go and I spoke to Frank Clark this morning the first time for a fortnight . |
| 5 | Every summer a butterfly settles there precisely where I want to sit , always in the same place . |
| 6 | She knew exactly what she wanted , and where she wanted to go . " |
| 7 | They were driving down the Boulevard St Germain towards the river ; the Seine 's fast-flowing current , parted hard against the piers of the bridges , seemed to Miranda 's eyes to capture the pace and temperament of this city where she felt so happy , where she wanted to stay . |
| 8 | But here , where she WANTS to work , she is curiously cold-shouldered . |
| 9 | ‘ Is n't that where you wanted to go today ? ’ |
| 10 | Where you want to bend a short length of pipe , it may be better to use a length of hand-bendable flexible pipe . |
| 11 | Is that where you want to go ? ’ |
| 12 | Once you know approximately where you are in your training and where you want to go , start pencilling in your goals in a running calendar . |
| 13 | It 's not too bad finding where you want to go |
| 14 | Where you want to shop . |
| 15 | The choice is yours when you select a multi centre holiday — how long , where you want to spend your time and at which hotel . |
| 16 | Simply stop the LIFESPAN Process , create the new directory ( ie. where you want to move the data to ) , move the entire contents of the old directory to the new one , reassign the logical name to the new location ( remembering also to do this in LIFESPAN_STARTUP ) and restart the LIFESPAN Process . |
| 17 | They 're very supportive , but they 're not the sorts of theatre where you want to open . ’ |
| 18 | Verbatim notes are used where you want to record everything that is being said in a lecture or copy exactly what appears in print in a book or magazine article . |
| 19 | This set-up program will prompt you for the directory and hard disk where you want to install Money Smith , then sit back while the program does the rest . |
| 20 | All I 'd say is that what you have to do Is to ask questions which although are apparently about what you want to do … where you want to get to should really be telling you about the person you 're — " |
| 21 | Will members make an ad hoc contribution as necessary ? eg where you want to book a speaker or hire a film |
| 22 | ‘ No , shit , you just get to a point in your life where you want to make sure that everything is going to be OK . |
| 23 | 'Give us an idea where you want to begin . ’ |
| 24 | It is absurd to ‘ yearn to fly like the birds ’ when we have feet to get us where we want to go . |
| 25 | To begin with , the Palestinian leadership must conduct an honest and tough critique of the events of the past , of our position at present , and where we want to go from here . |
| 26 | ‘ It 's going where we want to go anyway — ‘ |
| 27 | Supposing we have decided , broadly , where we want to go , the problem then becomes how to get there , how to make it happen . |
| 28 | Still , it usually gets us where we want to go , near enough . ’ |
| 29 | With an opportunity we do not know exactly where we want to go until we have found it . |
| 30 | One is ‘ historical ’ , where we want to know what particular motive moved a particular actor on a particular occasion . |