Sentence examples for wanted then from inspiring English sources

"All I wanted then was to be a movie star.

"Getting the first goal was what we wanted then we gave it away".

If that is not what they wanted then they should not have appointed her".

If this is what I wanted then they'd support my decision.

But if that's what punters wanted, then that's what they got.

I just wanted then – as now – to give the gift of what a teenager might call a "chill pill".

Next, I previewed the clip to be sure I got what I wanted, then I hit the "export" button.

I listed in a queue all the programs I wanted, then PlayLater recorded them one after another.

I cut far deeper than I wanted, then blotted at least two pints into a large white beach towel.

"I wanted then, and still do now, to promote this island at the world level," he said.

"I wanted, then, to make a brutal and realistic film in a style evoking … the cold reality of today".