Example sentences of "wanted [to-vb] just " in BNC.
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| 1 | I looked at loads and told them I did n't like any and I wanted to wear just black . |
| 2 | I knew that the Falkland Islands were similar to Shetland in that both were a group of treeless islands in the middle of an ocean , and I wanted to see just how wild creatures — and birds in particular — had adapted as different species in what I imagined was a similar environment . |
| 3 | She wanted to try just once again a perfume she had already rejected . |
| 4 | That kid you wanted to strangle just now might have been yours and you would n't have known . ’ |
| 5 | The Ellon farmers wanted to know just how ‘ single ’ the European market really was and Mr Biffen said the information would provide ammunition to fight politicians . |
| 6 | " I wanted to look just right , and I … it was dreadful . " |
| 7 | All you want to do is , all you wanted to do just strike it in middle of glass go round it just |
| 8 | His brother Aldo wanted to race just as much as Mario but — due to a couple of accidents — never did as well . |
| 9 | If I wanted to have just one , larger party , and bearing in mind the recession , I might copy a friend and give a wedding tea . |
| 10 | . I decided that I did not want to stay until the moment of his death , I wanted to remember him living … but I decided that I wanted to stay just to ensure that he was in a deep peaceful sleep , that he was n't going to suffer … and that 's what I did . |
| 11 | I wanted to stay just to be resent physically and symbolically without any involvement in politics . |