Example sentences of "[adv] [subord] [pers pn] wanted to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | So if we wanted to do some , I mean if you , if you can use that to do mental arithmetic to impress your mates , that 's . |
| 2 | Why , said Pumlumon , had n't there been a time , not so very long ago either , when he could rattle off the words that set the Draoicht Suan working with no more ado than you might make in the squashing of a flea , always supposing you wanted to do something so pointless , which Pumlumon himself never had . |
| 3 | ‘ In the past , I got too hyped up because I wanted to do well . |
| 4 | For the first time in all my life I had done right because I wanted to do right . |
| 5 | But there are all sorts of reasons why we do n't get that news , one guy said well if we wanted to do it I know if we wanted to make the news that , according to the level of human suffering we 'd start off with Ethiopia then we 'd have the Kurdish problem and you know just made a living of disaster areas around the world , he said we might of finished up with a light hearted discussion on the poll tax , you know as the , as the light , the lightener at the end of the news if you like , and our , what news we receive here depends on our perception of the world , but mainly it 's the other way round our perception of the world is , is what , you know what it , or rather the news that we get actually manufactures our perception of the world . |
| 6 | Titch left him a key , you see , while he was away , so he could keep an eye on the place , or maybe if he wanted to do some painting , the way your nan carried on about him doing it at home — anyway , he went round there that night . ’ |
| 7 | Hence the scullions having to use small stools to stand on when they wanted to do anything like wash up dishes , stir soups or work controls . |