Example sentences of "want to [be] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So you want to be a childminder … |
| 2 | ‘ CHRIST ! ’ said Lucy hurtling to her feet , stalking the floor like Mildred Pierce , ‘ all your talent and you just want to be a bloody lover ! |
| 3 | If you want to be a great player , it takes extra effort . ’ |
| 4 | If you want to be a part of Top Dog '91 , fill in the entry form opposite — and do it now . |
| 5 | ‘ I am devoting myself to this mystery because i want to be a man . ’ |
| 6 | But , if you want to be a success that s what you have to do . |
| 7 | I want to be a gardener . |
| 8 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ I wouldn't. ever want to be a princess , ’ Dot sometimes said , because she wanted so much to be one . |
| 10 | I want to be a cadet officer in the Guards — Grenadiers , Coldstream sort of thing . |
| 11 | The only times I do not want to be a writer are when I want to be a painter , and the only times I want to be a painter are when I am taken by the cast or mobility on a person 's face . |
| 12 | The only times I do not want to be a writer are when I want to be a painter , and the only times I want to be a painter are when I am taken by the cast or mobility on a person 's face . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to be a fighter pilot when I leave school , ’ said fourteen-year-old Martin . |
| 14 | David said in an interview : ‘ She always wanted to be famous , always saying ‘ I want to be a star ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to be a Member of Parliament . |
| 16 | ‘ I want to be a guerrilla commander , ’ he said in French . |
| 17 | I want to be a real poet . |
| 18 | I want to be a rich young man , if wealth is what it takes to buy this feeling ; a young lord leaving the city after a night of riot … |
| 19 | I want to be a part of the sport , one sport which encompasses everyone from a small kid who wants to have a go at throwing the javelin because he has seen Steve Backley on television , through to the 60-year-old recreational runner . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I want to be a long distance lorry driver or one of those dispatch riders in London , that would be quite exciting . |
| 21 | ‘ I want to be a model , ’ Paula said directly . |
| 22 | Sport I want to be a football manager . |
| 23 | ‘ I want to be a credit to you , Nahum . ’ |
| 24 | I want to be a good horsewoman , if only to show my mother-in-law I can do it . ’ |
| 25 | With average salaries currently at the £12–14,000 mark that 's quite a shortfall to make up if you want to be a working composer . |
| 26 | Or , as much to the point but slightly differently , I want to be a father . |
| 27 | Whereas the slimmer 's reads , ‘ I want to be a sexually attractive woman ’ , the anorexic 's reads , ‘ I want to shed the burden of womanhood ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ I want to be a Wren , ’ Lucinda whispered when they were alone again . |
| 29 | But I want to be a history maker , to be the first coach who wins the European Cup for an English club and the coach who makes England an international force . |
| 30 | She tried out traditional natural dyeing methods ( eg the African resist technique ) for this season 's collection , which , incidentally , is dedicated Stussy-style to ‘ groovers and growers of the one world tribe vibe who want to be a part of the solution ’ . |