Example sentences of "i very [adv] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 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 .
3 I very much wanted to continue with my studies but had to get married in accordance with my parents ' wishes .
4 Up to that time I had very limited opportunities to conduct and I very much wanted to direct a real concert .
5 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 .
6 I 've come here to do a job I very much want to do , but I refuse to stay and … ’
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