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