Example sentences of "just want to be " in BNC.

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1 ‘ CHRIST ! ’ said Lucy hurtling to her feet , stalking the floor like Mildred Pierce , ‘ all your talent and you just want to be a bloody lover !
2 I just want to be comfortable .
3 ‘ Maybe you just want to be big again .
4 He ended his hour-long presentation with the words , ‘ We are on our way toward making the division one of the best goddamned outfits in overseas operations , and I just want to be given the chance to prove that the plan which I have outlined to you today is the right one for the British operation , for Europe and for the Corporation . ’
5 ‘ I just want to be able to do what I like . ’
6 Certainly I have had it said to me by grieving , often very elderly , people : ‘ There 's nothing left for me now , I just want to be with my husband .
7 You just want to be left alone to die .
8 I think it is sad if you just want to be popular for the sake of it .
9 Some people just want to be told what to eat .
10 I just want to be able to say I 've done it , that 's all . ’
11 I just want to be treated honestly and know if I am part of Chelsea 's plans . ’
12 I do n't intend to push myself , I just want to be ready . ’
13 They just want to be seen calling at the house . ’
14 ‘ I just want to be there but , if the worst comes to the worst , the squad is strong enough to win . ’
15 We just want to be alone
16 We just want to be sure everything is hunky-dory . ’
17 One night , after heavy drinking in Soho Minton turned up at the house where they were living , broke a window , and climbed in , saying , ‘ I just want to be part of you . ’
18 Well I do n't agree with that , I think that when your in love with someone you want to be with them all the time , you think about them during the day , you think about them at night , you just want to be with them and usually you like how they look , you like how they talk , they like , you like how they treat you and er to me that 's , its wonderful , just
19 And , a a I mean I think we have , you know , to be feminists because we do n't want to be better than men , we just want to be equal .
20 Because I just want to be sure .
21 ‘ I just want to be sure that there 'll be one stupid incompetent fuck less in the world ! ’
22 Sometimes I just want to be left alone to do it my way , whether it 's right or wrong .
23 I mean most women just want to be good at something , they 've got good-at minds , and they mean deftness and a flair and good taste and what-not .
24 I just want to be sure that your friend is prepared . ’
25 We just want to be left alone . ’
26 I just want to be sure that you 've told me all you know . ’
27 I just want to be alone , so if you do n't mind … ’
28 I just want to be left in peace , I need time … ’
29 I just want to be left alone ! ’
30 The YPLL panel study asked young people : Where do you go and what do you do if you just want to be alone to think ? ’
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