Example sentences of "i want [adj] [noun] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they should , and when the list of necessities is securely written down , you can ask the second question : How do I want this garden to feel ? |
| 2 | But I want all Ensigns to put in at least half an hour 's hard digging with the troops between now and then . |
| 3 | " You look so pretty , I want other people to see you . |
| 4 | I want each song to have its own distinct personality , and that window is my chance to take the listener on a little ‘ Marty Trip ’ and let them listen to what I 'm trying to say in that particular song . |
| 5 | I want each unit costed before we even start to plan the town . ’ |
| 6 | Alright , and I 'll talk about , well , the lesson finishes at twelve , so if you have about a quarter of an hour , twenty minutes on that , then what I want each group to have someone who will report back on what the group 's been talking about in the next twenty minutes or so . |
| 7 | I want each pony washed down and all the sweat scraped off . |
| 8 | I want five storm-troopers to give that girl the time of her life . |
| 9 | I want that bird flying in a couple of weeks or less . ’ |
| 10 | I want that car brought in , turned over to the laboratory and given the works . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I want that meeting to happen before an election , ’ said Dr Kumar . |
| 12 | ‘ I want that booze delivered today , ’ Woolley said . |
| 13 | ‘ I want some time to think about what you have told me . |
| 14 | I want some teabags get me some please . |
| 15 | I want these people to live , not die . |
| 16 | Now that the good weather has arrived I feel trapped in the shop , and I want more time to enjoy other interests such as cricket and walking . |
| 17 | And at the beginning of the year , I would sort of work out which weeks I want those mailings to go out . |
| 18 | ( I am reminded of a passage in a book by Doris Lessing , where she says : ‘ I want this court to condemn Volyen utterly , root and branch , for failing to instruct its young in the rules that its own psychologists and anthropologists have extracted from research and study : for failing to arm its youth with information that would enable it — the youth — to resist being swept away with any system of ideas that happens to be available ’ . ) |
| 19 | I think to have a specific goal in mind like ‘ OK , I want this song to make someone feel sad ’ is useless . |
| 20 | I want this Parliament to continue to be the forum of our nation and I believe that the vast majority of our people share my wish . |
| 21 | I want this voyage to last forever . |
| 22 | I have a goal for LASMO — I want this company to continue to grow and to be more profitable . |
| 23 | ‘ I want this chamber guarded closely ! ’ the regent ordered . |
| 24 | I want this thing settled . |
| 25 | ‘ I want this room cleaned , and I want a warm bath got ready for Mrs Duncan . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ I want this prison running perfectly for these visitors , ’ he said . |
| 27 | Then I want this lot livened up . ’ |
| 28 | If I said , I want this job done in two hours . |
| 29 | Ah this is no good , I want this job done erm in four hours . |
| 30 | I want this morning to consider the effect of some of those issues on our planet and particularly on our atmosphere , and I begin by considering the ozone layer . |