Example sentences of "just wanted " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ BR just wanted to see what they could get away with , ’ said Mr Canford . |
2 | But the important thing was that I just wanted to be free . ’ |
3 | ‘ You just wanted to hold on to them and cuddle them , ’ said hospital visitor Lisa Faulds , 23 . |
4 | The pupils just wanted to stare at him all day . |
5 | Anne realized that she did n't really want to leave she 'd just wanted a happier home . |
6 | ‘ The British just wanted to move whole industrial sites , whereas I did not want to force people to move from the South Bronx . |
7 | ‘ I just wanted to let you know that I intend to resign my post at the District . ’ |
8 | ‘ There were times when I just wanted to give up and catch the next train home , ’ said Bill , ‘ but it was the thought of all the people at home praying for us and wishing us well that kept us going . ’ |
9 | It was as if he just wanted to show off , or something . |
10 | A court official in Paris said : ‘ There is a feeling he just wanted to copy his friends . ’ |
11 | ‘ Oh , Mrs Markham , ’ a Mrs Prothero and President of the Women 's Institute said one day , ‘ I happened to be passing and just wanted to extend a welcome on behalf of the whole village . ’ |
12 | However , sometimes a dessert is called for — as at a dinner party — or just wanted — because you 've been good for so long ! |
13 | Just wanted to say hi , and tell you about the message . ’ |
14 | ‘ Andrew just wanted to have some adventure . |
15 | Not much use to Keen Dee ; he did n't have any enquiries , just wanted to get pumped . |
16 | Swallow explained ‘ They had a low-key attitude to the region and had just wanted to get a foot in the door . |
17 | If they had just wanted to make money , there were far better ways . |
18 | ‘ I really just wanted to see somebody who had done some heinous crimes and find out if there was anything different about him that would throw light on demon possession , that type of thing , ’ he says . |
19 | ‘ So many times I 've just wanted to pick him up and take him home . |
20 | Just wanted to clarify that little point , so you know the organs that make up the circulatory system , you know how to check it , you know the one slight difference than what you normally expect veins and arteries to be doing okay ? |
21 | Perhaps f just wanted to go back to find out why f had n't got on with the place when everyone else had ! |
22 | Maybe just wanted to be rid of the dog . |
23 | I 'd just wanted to be somewhere where people knew what they were doing . |
24 | Sarah just wanted to type a little letter . |
25 | But there was always them as just wanted to come and do nothing and pick the money up and that 's what they had to sort out the firms . |
26 | ‘ I really just wanted to see if Mr Hunter was available , ’ she said , trying to keep her voice casual . |
27 | Just wanted to drop you a note to say break a leg and all those other theatrical cliches . |
28 | I was just wanted the numbers |
29 | I was thinking that if I could n't be a nurse I just wanted to die … |
30 | Maxim just wanted to know where the battle lines now stood so that they could make new plans . |