Example sentences of "[pron] just [vb past] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just wanted to say thank-you for Arthur 's meat . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ No , I just wanted to say goodbye in person . ’ |
| 3 | She said I just wanted to commit suicide . |
| 4 | And I just wanted to play guitar for whatever reason . |
| 5 | I was n't inclined to linger anyway ; the day I arrived I caught a bus in the square which just happened to have Collioure on the front . |
| 6 | But er this is how they they wanted the work done and it was n't a question of one man had to learn the lot you just had to do work away where you were sent to work . |
| 7 | The promotion is now coming to an end , but to qualify you just needed to produce till receipts for any eight loaves of Hovis 800g . |
| 8 | Mouth dry , heart thumping , she just wanted to see Fen again , to see if that quivering tension could be rekindled between them , brought to some conclusion . |
| 9 | I mean , we 'd used other drugs and got a good hit and we just wanted to try smack to see what it was like . |
| 10 | I mean they used to take things er the wedding ring , the jewellery if they 'd got any , towels , sheets , er suits , shoes , er did n't did n't want to sell them , did n't want to get rid of them , they just wanted to borrow money on those , and he used to charge you interest and ticket money when you took it in , and then you 'd got to pay interest when you took it out as well so it was , they were on a good thing . |
| 11 | He just wanted to say goodbye first . |
| 12 | The best man said he was n't used to speeches , he nearly had n't arrived at all himself , but he just wanted to thank Father here for all he had done and the people of the bride here for this feast and all the trouble they had gone to , and then he proposed the toast . |
| 13 | ‘ He just wanted to play cricket , ’ said Stanworth , ‘ and did n't mind coming straight from a full house at Leicester to a second team game at Southport . |
| 14 | Melanie was worried that this would upset Stan , but he was already giving clear signs that he just wanted to avoid conflict . |