Example sentences of "they just want [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of them just want to go back to places they liked while they were still alive . |
| 2 | But really most of them just want to travel and earn a few bob . |
| 3 | They 've got to see you sign the will or at least acknowledge it and in practice see you sign they do n't need to know what 's in the will they just want to see you sign but they 've got to be there it 's no good up the road as one witness did for not for me to her husband who was working in his shop witnessed the signature afterwards . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ They just want to take him away and hang him . |
| 6 | I think every child goes through a stage where they go into a shop and nick something : they just want to see whether they can get away with it . |
| 7 | They choose the following extract and ask you to submit a target version of it , stating that they appreciate that you may not have had time to read the whole novel but that they just want to see how you might handle Le Carré 's language . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | They just want to go back to bed — especially if there 's someone warm waiting for them . ’ |
| 10 | But Paul says : ‘ There 's no way they 're coming they just want to go for the ale ! ’ |
| 11 | They just want to destroy us . |
| 12 | Many women are filled with trepidation at the thought of their husbands ' retirement because they just want to do nothing . |
| 13 | ‘ They just want to do the job they are paid and trained to do and they want to do it in suitable clothing , ie in uniform . ’ |
| 14 | Then they just want to put their feet up . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ People are paranoid — they just want to keep the problem under control so they do n't get robbed by juvenile delinquents , ’ she said . |
| 16 | The other thing is we sometimes get children around and they come and they just want to buy . |
| 17 | ‘ You mean they put out they 're into free fucking but really they just want to get hitched ? ’ |
| 18 | Those who fail the Cl test flee in terror out onto the battlements — they just want to get out of the tower . |
| 19 | They just want to get through the day . |
| 20 | When I was working at British Airways we used to do a lot of technical training and erm it was sort of on er airline regulation , stuff like that and you could always tell the activists cos they did n't really want to all they wanted to do was to get on the computers and actually trying out things out themselves , they piece of furniture the activists do n't want to read the instructions , they want to start putting it together and then they 'd learn from actually putting it together rather than them reading the instructions and regulation training you could always tell the activist cos they sort of always like chopping every bit , they just want to they just want to get on the computers and start inputting numbers and they 'll actually learn , they , they prefer to do that and then somebody can come round and help them out when they get into trouble rather than some of the other which perhaps like to more up front and that 's the activist . |
| 21 | But the Gypsies say they just want to get on with the local people . |
| 22 | But the Gypsies say they just want to get on with the local people . |
| 23 | They just want to get the job done then ? |
| 24 | They just want to check over |
| 25 | They just want to stay on cloud nine . |
| 26 | ‘ They just want to tell us which parts of their bodies are out of the Levi 's at any one time . ’ |
| 27 | And they just want to hear people talking so just carry on with your meeting , take no notice of that . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | They just want to know ‘ Are there any other chords ? |
| 30 | Often they just want to know the figures . |