Example sentences of "[pers pn] want [prep] [be] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | December I want to be the longest-serving manager under Peter Swales . |
| 2 | ‘ I want to be the best ’ she explains proudly , ‘ it does n't matter how long it takes . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't think I have much else to prove … other than that I want to be the best player in the world . |
| 4 | I do n't want to be one of the best in the world , I want to be the best in the world , and everyone I come up against is a stepping stone to me getting over that bridge . |
| 5 | Why are n't I number one ? ’ , adding , ‘ If I 'm in the game , I want to be the best . ’ |
| 6 | Do you know how I want to be the Prime Minister of next year ? |
| 7 | And I 'd like to fight him because he 's undefeated and I want to be the first man to beat him . |
| 8 | ‘ And I want him to win because he 's unbeaten and I want to be the first man to take the H out of Holyfield . ’ |
| 9 | But I want to be the first man to achieve Football League status after a full playing career . |
| 10 | He 'd just become the first Briton to win two world titles on foreign soil and added : ‘ I want to be the first British fighter to win three world titles at different weights . ’ |
| 11 | Martin Luther King once said , ‘ I want to be the white man 's brother , not his brother-in-law . |
| 12 | It 's not that I want to be the ideal woman ; I 'd simply like to be able to walk down a street and not even think about it . |
| 13 | I 'm not here to be flattered I want to be the oldest . |
| 14 | I was confused at school because although I did n't like the way we would dismiss the teachers and what they were trying to teach us , at the same time I wanted to be the ace yob . |
| 15 | I wanted to be the black sheep . |
| 16 | I wanted to be the first to welcome my new assistant to this benighted spot . ’ |
| 17 | I wanted to be the best Christian since Saint Paul . |
| 18 | I wanted to be the Bony Lady , and have him love me like he loved you . |
| 19 | And why do you want to be the Prime Minister ? |
| 20 | Who do you want to be the Prime Minister next year ? |
| 21 | hello there … welcome to the empty manager 's office at the Manor Ground … the desk is clear … the chair vacant who will take over from Brian Horton … we 've a competition for you tonight in which you can vote for who you want to be the new Oxford United manager … but what a weekend it 's been and Central South of course was first with the news that shook the football world … |
| 22 | hello there … welcome to the empty manager 's office at the Manor Ground … the desk is clear … the chair vacant who will take over from Brian Horton … we 've a competition for you tonight in which you can vote for who you want to be the new Oxford United manager … but what a weekend it 's been and Central South of course was first with the news that shook the football world … |
| 23 | In the meantime you can pick the man you want to be the new manager in our special competition … |
| 24 | In the meantime you can pick the man you want to be the new manager in our special competition … |
| 25 | ‘ And you want to be the best flower-seller in the whole of Lancashire , do n't you ? ’ |
| 26 | you , you want to be the best and no one |
| 27 | There are eight recycling points throughout the city … and if you want to be the complete environmentalist … they say it 's better to walk there or cycle if you can . |
| 28 | If you want to be the next Harry Craig , send a tape of your playing to I 'm The World 's Worst Guitar Player , The House Of Guitars , 645 Titus Avenue , Rochester , N.Y. 14617 sometime before the end of the year , and the very worst of luck to you … |
| 29 | ‘ It is n't very gallant of me to say so , ’ he added , softly kissing her fingertips , ‘ but the fact is , Marissa had decided that she wanted to be the second Mrs Wyndham — while I , my darling , was only interested in the first . ’ |
| 30 | Then , we wanted to be the first men at the North Pole . |