Example sentences of "i [adv] [vb past] to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only wanted to be kind to the Dust Baby . |
| 2 | I just had to be patient , it was one of those things . |
| 3 | Only time would tell now whether it would go without mishap I just had to be patient . |
| 4 | ‘ I just happened to be interested , that 's all , ’ she replied . |
| 5 | I just wanted to be sure you understood our house rules . |
| 6 | ‘ I just wanted to be sure you had an alibi . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I just wanted to be sure … |
| 8 | I just wanted to be sure you were n't trying to pull a fast one on me . ’ |
| 9 | I just wanted to be private , to be able to choose whom I talked to , let alone where and when . |
| 10 | ‘ I did n't want to be a superstar , I just wanted to be able to play well . |
| 11 | Okay , I just wanted to be clear we were n't finding an additional list of names of people who are authorised to do this . |
| 12 | ‘ But I just tried to be patient , and one day everything just started to be okay again . |
| 13 | Last year 's , th the f the first stockings I ever went to was brilliant , they had Right Said Fred live |
| 14 | I always had to be polite and caring . ’ |
| 15 | It 's hard to tell , cos I always seemed to be awake , but then I remember waking up with a jump when this voice comes over the loud speaker . |
| 16 | ‘ I was not the great campaigning journalist , but I always wanted to be able to give facts , be they favourable or unfavourable to the authorities . ’ |
| 17 | There are things certain things I 'm committed to and to have time off means I still got to be able to do those things . |
| 18 | I also needed to be knowledgeable about the procedures , likely outcomes and prognosis so that I could give full and accurate explanations to Mrs Allen . |
| 19 | ‘ They are growing up missing half their heritage , and I really began to be concerned when they said fish and chips were their favourite food . |
| 20 | I really wanted to be close to the sea again , which I had not seen or even smelt for so long . |
| 21 | I almost connived to be free at last |
| 22 | I think perhaps that I actually needed to be able to think the worst of you , however personally unpalatable that worst was to me , as some sort of a defence , so that I could despise you even if it meant despising myself as well . |
| 23 | I actually wanted to be upset again . ’ |
| 24 | I never ceased to be conscious of his very rare and precious honesty , kindness , sensitivity and sincerity . |
| 25 | I never ceased to be amazed by its proportions and architecture and spent many happy hours during School holidays , sketching this wonderful building . |
| 26 | Well , you know , it you see , time were , I do n't know I suppose , I do n't know but I never seemed to be afraid and I used to have my or something round my waist , a belt with the keys hanging on and they supplied me with a as well , one of these , I do n't know what they 're made of they were n't all that heavy but still they were heavy enough to keep on . |
| 27 | I suppose it amuses me and I never needed to be amused before , not when he was here to do it . |
| 28 | This I subsequently discovered to be false . |