Example sentences of "that i [vb past] to [be] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It was a character that I felt to be a very basic part of me and when I read it I had that immediate connection with him . |
| 2 | ‘ Killer blah , ’ he said in a strange tone of voice that I took to be a warning so I went back under the chair . |
| 3 | ‘ I had n't realised that I needed to be a hypochondriac to qualify for your — affections . ’ |
| 4 | Thinking about this now , I know that what I was saying in wanting my periods back was that I wanted to be a woman , that I wanted and liked my female body , that my years of confusion and self-dislike were beginning to be over . |
| 5 | Nothing else mattered at the moment except the fact that I wanted to be a follower of Jesus Christ — whoever He was . |
| 6 | ‘ I used to think that I wanted to be a lawyer when I was a little kid ! ’ |
| 7 | At age seven I decided that I wanted to be a soldier , after I had watched a TV programme about the D-Day landings . |
| 8 | I told them that there was no doubt in my mind but that I wanted to be a paratrooper . |
| 9 | I decided when I was 11 and I started doing drama at school , when I came over from New Zealand , that I wanted to be an actress . ’ |