Example sentences of "want to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't want to be obliged to him for another lift . |
| 2 | I really did not want to be black because it was different to what my parents and the other children were . |
| 3 | Erm I do n't does n't want to be black . |
| 4 | I do n't want to be boring . |
| 5 | Of the rest of the pack she says : ‘ I would n't want to be definite about how many of then will be around in five years ’ time . ’ |
| 6 | He simply did not want to be solemn . |
| 7 | No one in their history had ever said to them that they did n't want to be famous , ’ says Gedge . |
| 8 | Does the BBC really want to be inhumane ? |
| 9 | He did not want to be small . |
| 10 | Do n't want to be repetitive do you ? |
| 11 | Do I really not want to be well ? the cancer sufferer asks herself . |
| 12 | Perhaps after all she was a good , dutiful girl , he thought ; he did not want to be unreasonable . |
| 13 | ‘ But you do n't want to be uncomfortable on stage . ’ |
| 14 | But er , that 's a great advantage when compared with the newly appointed British Ambassador in Washington , who having just arrived in Washington , er picked up the telephone and heard a voice at the other end , say , what do you want for Christmas , it was just before Christmas , what do you want for Christmas , and he thought hastily and , did n't want to be impolite or too greedy , so he said a small box of crystallised fruit , and put the telephone down , and a few momen a few moments later he put on the radio , and the announcer said , we 've just conducted our normal review of the Ambassadors ' wishes for Christmas , er , the the Ambassadors in Washington . |
| 15 | I just say that I 'm sorry go on do n't want to be dejective this evening but I mean minutes will be taken notes will be taken points have been raised I think that 's a very valuable point that you 've actually have raised . |
| 16 | ‘ When do you want to be married then ? ’ |
| 17 | He took his hand from her arm and , his eyes narrowing , he said , ‘ Do you want to be married ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , I do n't want to be married , Father , thank you . ’ |
| 19 | Why could n't they just understand that she did n't want to be married and settled with umpteen kids and a mortgage up to the sky and no life to call her own ? |
| 20 | I do n't want to be married . |
| 21 | I do n't want to be cynical at this stage , but years of experience that show that the health authority has no intention of doing that . |
| 22 | ‘ Does she want to be brilliant ? ’ |
| 23 | I know he 's got his reputation as a good teacher to keep up , but that does n't matter to me , I 'm different , I 'm not like this soft lot down here , my folks came from the North , descended from the Vikings , and I do n't want to be liked , I do n't want to be good , I do n't want to be in the football team , or a useful member of anything , I do n't want to know . |
| 24 | It was an American who said , ‘ I do n't want to be good . |
| 25 | But if you are to make the most of your life as a student , both academically and socially , you certainly wo n't want to be worrying about your finances . |
| 26 | No , make that 40 … no , I do n't want to be greedy , 30 will have to do . |
| 27 | William Durant , who ran GM , did n't want to be involved in the war effort and ordered the Lelands not t proceed with the idea . |
| 28 | I think of my role as trying to guide them with the interface of the business side , the bits that they might not be interested in or do n't want to be involved in . |
| 29 | HI FI enthusiasts who do not want to be involved in new-fangled digital technology now have a fresh analogue controversy to get their teeth into . |
| 30 | A lot of smaller firms do n't want to be involved in all that . |