Example sentences of "[pers pn] wanted do [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	Yes and then er I wanted to change and I wanted to do private nursing
2	‘ Mummy did n't want me to come here , ’ she told Anne in what Anne thought of as a ‘ far back ’ voice , ‘ but I did n't want to arse around playing Lady Bountiful I wanted to do real war work .
3	I think that the real reason that I wanted to do Total recall was that I knew it might make me famous which then might help me get better parts .
4	Yeah it was analyzing it erm whether I wanted to do general questions on general dreams that A
5	‘ But I knew I wanted to do more cakes and could do much more interesting things .
6	‘ But I wanted to do some scuba ! ’ he said in outrage .
7	You see , I wanted to do this ages ago …
8	That 's why I wanted to do this movie . ’
9	That 's why I wanted to do this movie . ’
10	Oh she wanted to do all sorts did she ?
11	‘ I was so impressed I gave her a tape with a backing track on it the band had done , and asked her if she wanted to do some work on it .
12	she wanted to do some concerts in Europe and I booked the tour .
13	If he asked her to run an errand , to post a letter or buy some razor blades from the chemist , she was transported with pleasure ; she wanted to do difficult things for him , to be his slave , his handmaiden .
14	‘ I thought you wanted to do some shopping , ’ Tony murmured .
15	We knew we wanted to do obvious things like health .
16	‘ Dashwood and Parsons had political objectives ; they wanted to do genuine damage to society .
17	But they wanted to do 65 programmes !
18	The Archdeacon did n't feel he wanted to do any pursuing .
19	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 . ’
20	He wanted to do Natural Sciences at Cambridge , worked terribly hard and got in .

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