Example sentences of "just [verb] [pers pn] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I just want him to be locked away |
| 2 | ‘ I just want him to be rational , ’ said Ellen . |
| 3 | There now , let's dry those big brown eyes , we just want you to be happy and not to think so much … . ’ |
| 4 | Just want you to be on the safe side . |
| 5 | ‘ I just want you to be OK ; be careful . |
| 6 | Nowhere in particular I just want it to be the weekend so I can lie in bed . |
| 7 | Nowhere in particular just want it to be Friday . |
| 8 | He basically just told me to be myself . |
| 9 | So if you 've got children looking at mortgages , just tell them to be careful and that I think really my advice would be to , for anyone starting off a new mortgage now , to definitely go for repayment , until they 've sorted out what they 're doing , because if you cash an endowment within two years , if you ca n't keep up the payments , if you lose your job , then y you get nothing back . |
| 10 | Well just tell him to be there |
| 11 | Some of the courses I know , lecturers go drinking with the students and everything , but they 're all older , suits and ties and things , there 's nothing wrong with that , you just know them to be a lecturer and get on with the work rather than thinking , ‘ we had a nice drink last night , did n't we ? ’ |
| 12 | if some of them just do it to be on the television . |
| 13 | ‘ I just wanted us to be married as soon as possible . |
| 14 | Yeah I 'm writing a letter to mothers I 'm writing a letter to mum and I just wanted it to be . |
| 15 | Yet he did not retaliate : he ‘ just wanted it to be over ’ . |
| 16 | I just wanted you to be sure that she 's dangerous to us . |
| 17 | Can I just ask you to be slightly more specific on your first answer . |