Example sentences of "i wanted [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was hanging around at the back of the church because I wanted a word with the vicar . |
| 2 | ‘ Well , I decided I wanted a divorce . |
| 3 | I wanted a new start . |
| 4 | I wanted a light for my fag — I 'd run out of matches — so I opened the door of the box and just asked Charlie for a light . |
| 5 | ‘ It was a battle , but I wanted a battle and I want more of them . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ It was a battle , but I wanted a battle and I want more of them . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Sorry to get you here so early , ’ he said , ‘ but Angela 's death means we have to reorganize the entire workload , and I wanted a longer meeting today . |
| 8 | I wanted a restaurant , one simple wholesome restaurant , but there seemed to be none . |
| 9 | ‘ Mrs Wright asked if I wanted a lift home , then she went to that house , the one in the photograph . ’ |
| 10 | I wanted a chance to go and look in Vic 's shed . ’ |
| 11 | First though I wanted a break from downtown Budapest and took a cab out to Margit-sziget ( Margaret Island ) . |
| 12 | ‘ Although if I knew them and I wanted a nice picture — smiling , arms around each other — I would call out to them , but not before I reached the third frame . ’ |
| 13 | I left Camborne because I wanted a new challenge . |
| 14 | I wanted a good start and a bit of luck with the weather . |
| 15 | He tended to come behind the bit , so I wanted a fixed bit to encourage him to take a contact rather than a loose ring one . |
| 16 | I wanted a Willis board . |
| 17 | I wanted a Phazer . |
| 18 | I wanted a space blanket even more , but I could not take anything from the Land Rover for myself until the next settlement . |
| 19 | Anyway , I thought I could be doing better things here , and I wanted a hot drink and I was feeling a bit peckish . |
| 20 | No , I wanted a working boat , a fishing boat . |
| 21 | Back to the basins to give my hair a brush-through : I liked myself spiky , hedgehog , but I wanted a will-brushed hedgehog . |
| 22 | ‘ I wanted a good meal , ’ said Nicholas . |
| 23 | ‘ I wanted a really good box that I could work from , or that someone could work for me — which is what happens nine times out of ten — and then run direct into the amplifier without losing any gain , without gaining any hum and without losing any of the real naturalness of the Fender Strat and the Vox amp . ’ |
| 24 | I was basically told that there was nothing they could do about it , and that if I wanted a harmoniser that worked I would have to buy a separate rack unit . |
| 25 | I wanted a tin of suitable outdoor paint to coat two new sash windows I 'd had fitted . |
| 26 | I did n't want to be a Julie Rose' or a ‘ Cindy Summers ’ , I wanted a name like Kiki Dee or Dusty Springfield and did n't feel ‘ Zoe Bond ’ was quite ‘ it ’ . |
| 27 | My hair was curly but I wanted a single , pure wave at the front like a bulldozer . |
| 28 | ‘ Creeping up to 40 was n't the main reason I wanted a third child , ’ says Saskia , ‘ but I was certainly aware that it would keep me back in the young-mum sphere along with the 25-year-olds . ’ |
| 29 | Or if I wanted a child , that might change my attitude . |
| 30 | ‘ I wanted a sport where I could give my all , ’ he told ACCOUNTANCY . |