Example sentences of "[conj] he want to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wondered , morbidly introspective in the cold light of dawn , whether his decision to see the next murder case through from the call to the scene of crime to the trial had really arisen from a desire to learn or merely from a craven wish to impress or , worse , to propitiate , his staff , to show them that he valued their skills , that he wanted to be one of the team . |
| 2 | My husband said once that he wanted to be dead but still to be . |
| 3 | It transpired that he wanted to be able to comment on each question in more depth and indeed some staff did so on separate sheets . |
| 4 | After 27 years at BTR 's electrical wholesaling subsidiary Newey & Eyre , 46-year-old Alan knew he had a worthwhile asset in his preserved pension and he wanted to be sure he got the best value . |
| 5 | Endill did not know if he wanted to be hard but was too tired to argue . |
| 6 | If he wanted to be cagey , she thought , that was okay by her . |
| 7 | In the same way , you need to know if he wants to be Prime Minister — would you be happy being a high-flier 's wife , with all the pressures that can bring ? |
| 8 | People buy in three different modes , visual and audible or a connective touchy , feel mode , if he wants to be touchy feeling you give it to him . |
| 9 | He was a hundred per cent sure , but he wanted to be two hundred per cent . |
| 10 | Duke Michael could have friends to stay with him in the new castle , but he could go into the old castle when he wanted to be alone . |
| 11 | Lupus feared his anger and advised others not to provoke it ( " I consider it dangerous to obstruct the king 's orders " ) ; felt hurt when Charles very obviously " does n't care about the things that matter to me " ; appreciated Charles 's personally " asking me at Bourges not long ago what I felt about Predestination " ; and was well aware that Charles " has a face that he puts on when he wants to be charming " . |
| 12 | Note how stylistically important they are : the background of informal approximation makes the speaker 's point really stand out , when he wants to be precise , as in all 92 , and 22 games . |