Example sentences of "[pron] wants [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Eviction , harassment , bills for disrepair : the words are well known , but no-one wants to be faced with the reality . |
| 2 | 58% of subjects believed that people with TB should be quarantined , and 63% perceived TB as a severe social stigma , endorsing the item ‘ if you have TB no-one wants to be around you , even people you thought were your friends ’ . |
| 3 | That 's why everyone wants to be The Waterboys and nobody wants to be The Virgin Prunes . |
| 4 | Everyone wants to be healthy . |
| 5 | Alexander said that everyone wants to be right but no one stops to think whether their idea of right is in fact right . |
| 6 | Nigeria 's mass media are a vital part of the new democracy : everyone wants to be heard , each party wants a platform and each government wants a mouthpiece . |
| 7 | ‘ Everyone wants to be near her . |
| 8 | Most of the smaller bands put out seven-inch singles themselves , whereas here everyone wants to be the next big thing and I hate all that . ’ |
| 9 | But it has only been half successful because everyone wants to be able to go everywhere . |
| 10 | Everyone wants to be able to design and create something with an individual touch , whether it 's an outfit to wear or soft furnishings for the home . |
| 11 | Reflecting business experience , not everyone wants to be involved , he finds . |
| 12 | Everyone wants to be somebody here and , once they are , they usually want to be somebody else . |
| 13 | What is to be understood as happening is perhaps that , given that someone wants to be Christian , she as a feminist will look for what female representation there may be in the religion , whether or not this is fully satisfactory . |
| 14 | But since nobody wants to be a cop in Poland these days — the pay stinks , and the people hate you — those occasions are few . |
| 15 | That 's why everyone wants to be The Waterboys and nobody wants to be The Virgin Prunes . |
| 16 | Charities have little money to spend on fees , so nobody wants to be seen looking after them . |
| 17 | No wonder nobody wants to be one . |
| 18 | Nobody wants to be raped , but some people have fantasies about it . |
| 19 | This , among other factors , points to the conclusion that Adorno 's theory of standardization , which wants to be a total theory , is in fact strictly limited in its applicability . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps you were the sun for your little dragon ; and now she is strong enough , she wants to be free . ’ |
| 21 | The new Eve momentarily wants to be a tragedy queen ; for a few flickering instants , she wants to be like almost ali the characters in literature whom we find most beguiling — Cleopatra , Anna Karenin , Madame Bovary , Eve herself in Paradise Lost — a figure who has risked everything for the sake of une grande passion . |
| 22 | What I ca n't understand is who she thanks when she wants to be thankful , for example when her son was born . |
| 23 | ‘ Madonna can be as big an actress as she wants to be , ’ says Ed O'Ross . |
| 24 | Well , I think at first they were both afraid to become music specialists , but she knows so much now — good contemporary pop music , not just my music — that she wants to be involved with it and she refuses to be professionally involved unless she has expert knowledge . |
| 25 | Joanne , now 17 and doing A-levels — she wants to be a doctor — still vaguely remembers Dohti and , according to her mother , keeps an open mind on the subject of reincarnation . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , its been a strain — I did n't mind at first because she 'd stay down at her flat for short periods of time , but obviously as her memory 's got worse she does n't realise that she 's got a flat , and the only thing she knows is in here , and this is the only place she wants to be — here . |
| 27 | If an elderly parent is giving up her home to move into yours it can be a very traumatic experience for her , even though you are ‘ family ’ and she wants to be with you . |
| 28 | She wants to be known as a workhorse and not a clothes horse . |
| 29 | ‘ She wants to be perfect for Don , ’ said the friend . |
| 30 | She wants to be able to go ahead with their plans for a family even if he dies . |