Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] wanted to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only wanted to be kind to the Dust Baby . |
| 2 | I just wanted to be a poet . ’ |
| 3 | I just wanted to come to you , to make a little space around you , I do n't want to discuss anything , I do n't want to do anything , I wo n't say anything , I just wanted to be there , I mean here . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't want to be a superstar , I just wanted to be able to play well . |
| 5 | At the time I just wanted to be left alone , but now I 'm glad he pressured me into doing more talks . |
| 6 | I just wanted to be private , to be able to choose whom I talked to , let alone where and when . |
| 7 | I just wanted to be sure you understood our house rules . |
| 8 | I just wanted to be with you . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I just wanted to be sure you had an alibi . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I just wanted to be sure … |
| 11 | I guess I just wanted to be seen at that point . |
| 12 | I just wanted to be sure you were n't trying to pull a fast one on me . ’ |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | It was about elderly people I just wanted to be properly cared for . |
| 15 | I nearly I 'm lacking indoors , I 'm very lacking indoors I nearly lay down last night but I knew I just wanted to be |
| 16 | I desperately wanted to be out there with the sheep , hiding behind boulders and sprinting through the heather . |
| 17 | I desperately wanted to be accepted by Estella . |
| 18 | ‘ I never went to any formal acting school — in fact , I 've probably just been very , very lucky getting all the parts I have — though for as long as I can remember all I ever wanted to be was an actress , and to be in the Theatre . ’ |
| 19 | According to Madonna , ‘ I always wanted to be a movie star . |
| 20 | I always wanted to be in show business and here I am — part of show business . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 22 | I always wanted to be an actor since I was about five and my parents would take me to the cinema and theatre . |
| 23 | Noel Blake summed up the general view : ‘ I always wanted to be a footballer ; there was never anything else . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ As far back as I can remember , ’ he confides , ‘ I always wanted to be a gangster . ’ |
| 25 | So I got er experience of three months now , that was really very nice experience which I always wanted to be a teacher although I did n't join here . |
| 26 | ‘ I started writing scripts when I was fifteen , ’ he said , ‘ and I always wanted to be a serious writer . |
| 27 | ‘ As far back as I can remember , ’ he confides , ‘ I always wanted to be a gangster . ’ |
| 28 | I was aware that the impending birth of AC2 Herriot 's child did not influence the general war strategy but I still wanted to be as near to Helen as possible at the time . |
| 29 | I really wanted to be close to the sea again , which I had not seen or even smelt for so long . |
| 30 | I do n't think I often wanted to be . |