Example sentences of "it [is] [adv] [conj] [pers pn] want " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's simply that he wants to create a better atmosphere , and show that after all he 's a reasonable man , and we should n't be too hard on him in these days . |
| 2 | Get some movement out there we had a young , a young lady who er she name and she 's up front in the cabinet you know every opportunity she had she was looking for round the room , but not sort of in the round the outside all the time and it 's just that she wanted to be with a group of people all the time . |
| 3 | It 's just that he wants to let off steam , and you 're the only person he can lose his temper with . |
| 4 | It 's just that he wanted to see Jenny in front of everyone else . |
| 5 | I 'm sorry I was so tiresomely upset just now , it 's just that I want to protect you . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm not proud , it 's just that I want to be in the right place . |
| 7 | Yeah that 's it 's just that I want to clarify that . |
| 8 | It 's just that I want to get it typed I s'pose . |
| 9 | Sorry , I did n't mean to pull back it 's just that I want to hear what they 're talking about . |
| 10 | I do n't want to do something just for the sake of it , I do n't really care about being on the Council , it 's just that I wanted to do something about those wretched caravans . |
| 11 | I just … . it 's just that I wanted to tell her how sorry I am about … about what happened to your father and brother but , not knowing her , I did n't want to say it in a way that might upset her . |
| 12 | Sometimes it 's just because we want our curiosity satisfied , and that was obviously the case with Nicodemus . |
| 13 | It 's almost if he wants the ultimate submission . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's enough if you want it enough . ’ |
| 15 | It 's only because he wants to prevent the bomb going off that this belief of his makes him shoot . |
| 16 | Well I think it 's only if you want to do er you know like doing it for some , something or other is n't it ? |
| 17 | Oh well it 's there if you want it |
| 18 | no she said I 'm alright now I 've had a sandwich , so , anyhow she left it , so I left it , I said well it 's there if you want , she said I 'll eat it later then granddad , anyhow making the tea she said put the microwave on and we , we were having salmon |
| 19 | At this point , someone might rightly argue : ‘ I happen to live on earth , and it is here that I want to have a happy marriage ! ’ |
| 20 | Mother says : If someone does something , it is probably because she wants to . |
| 21 | It is just that I want to be free . ’ |
| 22 | It is precisely because I want to see political changes of this kind that I support Home Rule for Scotland . |
| 23 | ‘ It is only because you want to pry , to discover who writes to me , that you come out in this way every morning . |