Example sentences of "[coord] wanted to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And Jay , who was no one 's mother nor wanted to be , found herself mothering Lucy . |
| 2 | He had no wish for company nor wanted to be anywhere else than in that room with the paint-flecked table . |
| 3 | Val was more indignant than Roland about this event , and her indignation upset him as much as his own failure , for he liked Fergus and wanted to be able to go on liking him . |
| 4 | Morrissey was still very upset about that incident and wanted to be close to the decision makers . |
| 5 | Maybe she was just waiting for a chance to go abroad and wanted to be ready to leave at any time . |
| 6 | Instead of throwing a ball for him — a game he loved — or giving him a stick to carry in his mouth — the next best thing — Angela shrank back , as she did n't understand him and wanted to be rid of him . |
| 7 | I looked forward to reaching my cell , because I was beginning to feel miserable and wanted to be alone and warm . |
| 8 | ‘ I saw the lads beat Leeds on TV and wanted to be out there doing the business , ’ said Dublin . |
| 9 | The Beveridge reforms of the post-war years laid out a framework for the welfare state based on the assumption that women should be and wanted to be , first and foremost , wives and mothers . |
| 10 | He was now eighteen years old and wanted to be master in his own household . |
| 11 | He had been to the mercy seat and wanted to be a soldier , but there was a problem . |
| 12 | If he 'd met someone and wanted to be unfaithful , he would have found an opportunity and I could n't have stopped him . |
| 13 | She said that she loved Fabien , and wanted to be his wife , and build a future with him . |
| 14 | Sadly the Metroliner had lost confidence in being a train and wanted to be an airliner instead : the coaches were rounded like a fuselage there were airliner seats with fold-town tables from the seatback in front even a company magazine at each place . |
| 15 | I may he may I may have died in the end but still , you know he wanted to keep the peace and wanted to be his friend . |
| 16 | Fabia looked from one to the other and wanted to be a duty to neither . |
| 17 | And oh , she inwardly sighed , and wanted to be nearer to him . |
| 18 | He used to work on a farm and wanted to be buried in a country church . |
| 19 | The next customer was a thin elderly man , he placed himself on a seat and wanted to be served . |
| 20 | There was further antagonism when she failed to get into Leeds Polytechnic but wanted to be with Gedge so much that she still moved to Leeds anyway . |
| 21 | It is compounded when several people are involved in the aggravated taking of a vehicle — my hon. Friend the Member for Meriden ( Mr. Mills ) said that such people were not content with being in a car but wanted to be in the boot as well — and by the speed and lethal power of the Cosworths and other vehicles which they steal . |