Example sentences of "all she wanted [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Suddenly all she wanted to do was get home and bury her head under her pillow . |
| 2 | Now with her belly tight as a balloon , all she wanted to do was sleep and sleep and sleep . |
| 3 | Her mother described her as a dog waiting for the next command , and all she wanted to do was hold out her arms and say ‘ Come here ’ , but she was completely powerless to do anything at all . |
| 4 | All she wanted to do was shovel that crap up her nose , and if that 's how someone wants to pass their time , then there 's diddly-squat you can do to stop them . ’ |
| 5 | It was as if the bombing was draining her of all feeling , leaving her so spent that all she wanted to do was to close her eyes and not open them again until it was all over . |
| 6 | She would face the future with renewed determination but , for now , all she wanted to do was to crawl into her bed and sleep . |
| 7 | All she wanted to do was get out of the cell . |
| 8 | But she could n't seem to gather her wits ; all she wanted to do was kneel there weeping . |
| 9 | All she wanted to do was get out of here . |
| 10 | All she wanted to do was get out of there . |
| 11 | That suited Comfort , because she was sick to death of war stories and all she wanted to do was forget the whole horrible business and somehow get her life back on to its prewar footing . |
| 12 | She wanted to drop off the face of the earth , then she wanted him to drop off the face of the earth , but , since neither was a possibility , all she wanted to do was to retreat to the darkest corner of the house , and lick her wounds . |
| 13 | All she wanted to do was yield to it , because it was what she had wanted for the whole time she had been with him . |
| 14 | All she wanted to do was to snuggle close to him , but waves of resentment coming from Dana told her that was the last thing she could do . |
| 15 | All she wanted to do was to sit on my knee and touch my face . ’ |
| 16 | Even now , it seemed , he moved her , and all she wanted to do was reach out to him . |
| 17 | All she wanted to achieve was an excuse to feel the human warmth of his arm against hers . |
| 18 | All she wanted to know was why . |