Example sentences of "wanted [prep] be [adv prt] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Maria Luisa wanted to be out of the capital , ’ he told her . |
| 2 | ‘ I thought you wanted to be out of the limelight for a while , ’ he 'd said . |
| 3 | If the weather was fine and we wanted to be out in the mountains , then we would only work in the evening . |
| 4 | He wanted to be out in the open street working , so as to catch things ‘ in motion ’ . |
| 5 | She wanted to be out in the open air , but excluded farming and gardening because of the evils of chemical fertilizers , pesticides , and hybrid animals/plants which deviated from nature 's intentions . |
| 6 | George was in no mood to hang around : he wanted to be back in the safety — illusory though it might be — of the big city with a drink in his hand . |