Example sentences of "just wanted to " in BNC.
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| 1 | She just wanted to be free of the burden of her own special powers . |
| 2 | I just wanted to be a poet . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ They just wanted to be seen as loyal citizens . ’ |
| 4 | No , he did n't really fancy her , he just wanted to be praised and feel top of the class and get a little attention . |
| 5 | ‘ Yeah , ’ said somebody drunk who just wanted to be nasty , ‘ you tell her . |
| 6 | 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 . ’ |
| 7 | You see sometimes Boy , like all of us , sometimes Boy just wanted to be taken care of without having done anything to deserve it . |
| 8 | He would not accept their continual bleatings that they just wanted to ‘ be in a band and make great records . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I did n't want to be a superstar , I just wanted to be able to play well . |
| 10 | At the time I just wanted to be left alone , but now I 'm glad he pressured me into doing more talks . |
| 11 | I just wanted to be private , to be able to choose whom I talked to , let alone where and when . |
| 12 | Aubrey was probably right — she just wanted to be able to number him among her many admirers . |
| 13 | ‘ I just wanted to you know I 've been thinking of you . ’ |
| 14 | I just wanted to be sure you understood our house rules . |
| 15 | ‘ I just wanted to . |
| 16 | I just wanted to be with you . ’ |
| 17 | I just wanted to φ that . |
| 18 | ‘ If Gebrec was upset or worried about something and just wanted to be alone to think things over , ’ said Jack , ‘ he might have gone up to the belvedere , or down by the river where we went yesterday to do our painting . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I just wanted to be sure you had an alibi . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I just wanted to be sure … |
| 21 | She just wanted to be on her own so that the lava of tears could flow unchecked , melt it all away . |
| 22 | I guess I just wanted to be seen at that point . |
| 23 | I just wanted to be sure you were n't trying to pull a fast one on me . ’ |
| 24 | I just wanted to erm pick up on a couple of points that er people have made in the course of a and responses I think to my er opening statement . |
| 25 | Erm Mr Davis referred to N Y one erm in his er statement there , in the interests of saving paper I just wanted to er to state that it is included as appendix one |
| 26 | I want at least five and I just wanted to erm establish that with one or two other people who er presently attend the tourism meetings are invited as required , rather than to every meeting . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | I think it it it 's been suggested that er in s in some way that the employment aspect of the new settlement w would in some way prejudice erm regional objectors in in terms of Leeds regardment and I really just wanted to flag up that that I ca n't accept that , given the scale of development that that 's proposed . |
| 29 | I just wanted to s revenge for it was supposed to be a fight for me , but I was really angry when he killed my friend so I wanted to revenge Tybaot and suddenly I killed him . |
| 30 | I just wanted to actually sort of mention it to so that he knows cos he 's obviously invited to come if he wants |