Example sentences of "just want " in BNC.

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1 I just want to get the looks right ’ .
2 I just want to tell you .
3 ‘ 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 !
4 I just want to get on and do it .
5 ‘ People are paranoid — they just want to keep the problem under control so they do n't get robbed by juvenile delinquents , ’ she said .
6 As far as APEX is concerned they are OK up to a point but they just want to follow the legal procedures and we want them to take some kind of militant action .
7 I am prepared to wait if I know that in the end he 'll be let in , but in the meantime I just want them to allow my children to attend school .
8 If you just want to brighten your home , avoid an ‘ over-arranged ’ look by using informal containers and groupings and choosing long-lasting flowers .
9 That 's all I want to do — I just want to shout and jump .
10 I give my leg a nasty bash , but I do n't stop and see if it 's bleeding — I just want to get out .
11 She ai n't young or nothing — I spect she 's got kids and that , but her skin is so lovely and soft-looking and warm like runny chocolate I just want to touch it .
12 I just want to stay here and sleep .
13 I just want to go to bed and get to sleep .
14 ‘ But I just want to know what 's happening , that 's all . ’
15 I just want to be comfortable .
16 ‘ But we just want to think it through .
17 Oh sure , it can be a tonic , and it 's useful as glucose if you just want to kick things over , but , come the advent of a newer and more just social order , the one for which we all cry out , there would be no place for the scandal and achievement of pop , for Prince and any foul Beasties .
18 ‘ Please , ’ I said , speaking carefully , ‘ I just want a one-way ticket to Stockholm for tomorrow morning at 10.05 . ’
19 ‘ Maybe you just want to be big again .
20 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 . ’
21 ‘ I just want to be able to do what I like . ’
22 Holding back he said , on impulse : ‘ Grandma , I just want to see the lake , before I go …
23 ‘ No , I just want to know if anyone knows you 're here . ’
24 I just want to tell someone , that ’ s all , and you 're least involved .
25 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 .
26 You just want to be left alone to die .
27 They just want their friends to say , ‘ Oh , but you 're so pretty you do n't need to lose weight … ’ in other words , they need reassurance .
28 ‘ I do n't care about a queue , I just want a picture ! ’ he announced himself , throwing other boys out of the way impatiently .
29 I just want to stay in work enjoying what I do .
30 I think it is sad if you just want to be popular for the sake of it .
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