Example sentences of "[verb] i [verb] to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 'll make me want to be a Brownie even more ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ These are the songs I grew up listening to , ’ she says , ‘ they are the songs that made me want to be a singer . ’ |
| 3 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 4 | What made I wanted to be a policeman ? |
| 5 | I loathed sport well into my teens ; a distinct disadvantage , as I had decided I wanted to be an Officer in the Parachute Regiment or the Royal Marines , a vocation which demanded exceptional physical fitness and courage , qualities I did n't possess . |
| 6 | ‘ Well , I 've decided I want to be a proper writer . |
| 7 | If a girl says I want to be a nurse , is she asked well erm have you thought about becoming a manager of a hospital if you start off in nursing ; can you see your way ; how would you get to that position if you become a you know I just wonder , erm I doubt very much that that goes on . |
| 8 | ‘ When he discovered I wanted to be an actor he felt deeply responsible and thought I must be stopped . ’ |
| 9 | I can remember the moment I decided I wanted to be a politician really quite well . |
| 10 | All of our group wanted to go to the 2ème Régiment Étranger de Parachutistes , and I decided I wanted to be a high-altitude free-fall parachutist . |
| 11 | I was about fourteen and , I just knew I had to be a musician . |
| 12 | I always knew I wanted to be a performer , and a performer gets to do whatever they want , so I started practising early . |
| 13 | I got full marks for composition at school by cribbing the life of Albert Schweitzer and claiming I wanted to be a missionary when I grew up . |
| 14 | Do I want to be a dead hero or a living idiot ? |
| 15 | Why did I want to be a policeman . |
| 16 | She looked me over , said I seemed to be a nice girl and announced that she had just the job for me — taking her goats out for a walk ! |
| 17 | ‘ In my last year at school another teacher roared with laughter when I said I wanted to be a professional footballer . |
| 18 | I 'm not here to be flattered I want to be the oldest . |
| 19 | To our colleague from London , let me say I happen to be a boilermaker , not because I 'm a dinosaur with me head in the past , but because that happens to be the occupation that I follow and that 's what I am . |