Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [adv] [vb past] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't think I often wanted to be . |
| 2 | She says she never wanted to be a movie star : ‘ For me , it was always the stage . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ She was lucky and talented and she could do that , but I do n't think she ever wanted to be a drummer … |
| 4 | The green light surrounding them now seemed to be imparting a sick lifeless pallor . |
| 5 | But it helps even more if we understand what his purpose is , which is in the next verse : ‘ Those God foreknew he also predestined to be conformed to the likeness of his Son , that he might be the firstborn among many brothers . ’ |
| 6 | I guess I just wanted to be seen at that point . |
| 7 | I nearly I 'm lacking indoors , I 'm very lacking indoors I nearly lay down last night but I knew I just wanted to be |
| 8 | But Shaw had not been well and Charlotte felt he urgently needed to be revived with country air . |
| 9 | The actual process of putting them together proved to be an awful lot more difficult than we first thought . |
| 10 | It is gross waste that a man with such qualities should be turned into a traitor , when I think he never willed to be any such monster , but wanted only his native right . |
| 11 | And whenever she bought it always had to be the best . |