Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] they just want " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd like to think it was my body they were after , but I suspect they just wanted to destroy the shirt . |
| 2 | ‘ I guess they just want other sorts of women in their movies in Hollywood , ’ she shrugs , saying she 'd rather now have no offers at all than be asked to play the kind of ‘ one-note , bitchy character ’ that has since come her way . |
| 3 | Actually , I am not sure that I was there on that night of his arrival , and I do n't claim to remember all the details or to have been as impressed by his appearance , framed in the doorway , as some people I drink with do ; I think they just want to talk about their witnessing his first appearance that way — as if he was an angel or something extraordinary — because of what went on to happen later . |
| 4 | I think they just want to see the football , I do n't think there are going to be any riots ; there 's no organisation , no just going for the fun . |
| 5 | Never yes so I thought let them come and they wanted you to be there and then I could n't rid of I just could n't get them to change their minds you know they just wanted you there and I said |
| 6 | They say they just want someone to be accountable for the death of their daughter . |
| 7 | They said they just wanted it to stop |