Example sentences of "i [adv] [adv] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I really just wanted to see if Mr Hunter was available , ’ she said , trying to keep her voice casual . |
| 32 | I really just wanted to see er just wanted to see the sort of range of things they did now this is more like it you see Effective Writing , Report Writing , Technical Report Writing , Business Sales Corres , Editing House Journals Writing for Publication , Desk Top Publishing , things like working with the media these are more the sort of things that I would see people |
| 33 | I really just wanted to record our appreciation erm , and I think those of others too . |
| 34 | I really just wanted to speak in support of . |
| 35 | On migration , erm I really just wanted to make the point that erm the structure plan and er as supported by the local council is really seeking to meet the needs of the resident population . |
| 36 | Then Cindy said , ‘ I really really need to talk to someone . ’ |
| 37 | Team worker I really really want to make sure that the whole team as people work together well that everybody 's happy such is the comment , is everybody happy , he wants to make sure that everybody as individuals is getting on well there 's no stresses or pressures through individuals , individual relationships he tries to keep things smooth within the team . |
| 38 | My dearest love , I chatter about all sorts of odd news , when I really only want to tell you that my real self is in your keeping . |
| 39 | I sometimes just pretend to listen . |
| 40 | I no longer had to push away the picture of Saad laid out on the floor , or banish from my imagination the sound of his huge voice , louder than the roaring of the wind , dumb for ever . |
| 41 | So , you see , little Miss Ellie Browne with an ‘ E ’ , why I decided that I no longer wish to put it down to experience . ’ |
| 42 | ‘ I no longer wish to discuss this matter with you , ’ he said . |
| 43 | There 's a second group of students who write to me after that letter in May , and say , ‘ I no longer want to do English at university . |
| 44 | I no longer need to work and she was delighted when I offered to care for the baby during the week . |
| 45 | Also what struck me was now that they they 're not fighting the Japanese erm they 're not required to make the sacrifices of war that they were so perhaps they 're going to think right let's see what we can make out of this , I do n't , I no longer have to pay X tax because |
| 46 | As he later admitted in an interview with CA Magazine , ‘ I said to someone at the time , I never again want to conduct a debate lasting three years without once being able to raise my voice ’ . |
| 47 | ‘ And I never even came to see him when he was dying , ’ she choked . |
| 48 | I never even started to think . |
| 49 | People have said , I 'm taking driving lessons , but I never ever want to drive a car again in my life , afterwards . |
| 50 | I never really got to know her She was the most obtuse person I ever met . |
| 51 | ‘ Well , ’ she said with relief , ‘ Doctor Jenner left the university in 1982 , that 's the year I first came here so I never really got to meet him . |
| 52 | And the supporters been treating me well , the promotion been treating me well , so obviously I never really wanted to move but we had a few problems with the negotiating with the contract and the financial terms was n't quite right so but I 'm glad to say we 've got it right now and you know we both sort of gave a bit and we came to a settlement er which I 'm very pleased about . |
| 53 | But at the time , I suppose I never really wanted to come off . |
| 54 | And er the fact that she 's obviously gone on without it was awful , when she was pregnant the second time round she did n't make a big thing of being pregnant but you could tell she was pregnant but I never quite liked to say to her just in case they had the amnio amnio whatever it is and decided not to go |
| 55 | The jacket is a great windstopper — I never once needed to put a waterproof on top to stop the wind getting through . |
| 56 | Delightful as it was to meet pleasant company in such an unlikely place , I very badly wanted to exchange our fell citations on the other side of this rock . |
| 57 | He considered the opportunity to participate in the project to have tied in well with curriculum trends he had been supporting across the school : This was something I very much wanted to encourage because I have a worry that in spite of everything one does in schools to make children aware of library facilities and how to use them , I think quite a lot of children may still leave school without personally having experienced the whole process of needing to find something out , going to a person who can tell them where to look , going , looking , finding it , and then using it . |
| 58 | I very much wanted to continue with my studies but had to get married in accordance with my parents ' wishes . |
| 59 | Up to that time I had very limited opportunities to conduct and I very much wanted to direct a real concert . |
| 60 | So powerless was I to control the evolution that , even when I very much wanted to retrace a particular evolutionary pathway it proved all but impossible to do so . |