Example sentences of "do [pers pn] [vb infin] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Right , but what you 've got the opportunity of doing now during being a life assurance sales person , with self-employed status if you like , with the benefits of being in a company like ours , is really thinking where do I want to be in five years ' time . |
| 2 | Even the small talk ( ‘ How did I come to be in the show ? |
| 3 | So how did I come to be in the car in the middle of the night when I should have been in bed sound asleep ? |
| 4 | Who did you expect to be in the master bedroom of the three ? |
| 5 | ‘ Since when did you want to be in the team ? |
| 6 | ‘ Did you have to be like that ? ’ she asked crossly . |
| 7 | Now how did you get to be like it ? |
| 8 | But whereabouts do you hope to be at the end of twenty minutes , however long we 've got . |
| 9 | ‘ Do you want to be on your own ? ’ she said . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , Ms Bishopric , ’ said Dr Groome , ‘ if you do n't want to fit into any of the roles we 've assessed , just what do you want to be in the Dream ? ’ |
| 11 | Where do you want to be in two years ' time . |
| 12 | Do you like to be beside the SEASIDE ? |
| 13 | How do you come to be in Praia do Carvoeiro ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ How did she get to be like that ? ’ he asked irritably . |
| 15 | ‘ How did she come to be on the dahabeeyah ? ’ demanded Zeinab . |
| 16 | How did she come to be in the water ? ’ |
| 17 | Beethoven 's Fifth Symphony — neither do they appear to be in any way neurotic . |
| 18 | Storage Directories may be anywhere on the VMS system on which LIFESPAN resides ; they do not need to be on the same device , or pseudo-device , as the Process Directory , nor do they need to be on the same device as each other . |
| 19 | What kind of items license them and where do they have to be in the sentence . |
| 20 | ‘ Well , how did it get to be on Earth ? |
| 21 | Did it have to be on this evening that Kate , that notorious hedgerow flirt , should have come in early to steal his mission of mercy and love ? |
| 22 | I think , then what on earth does he want to be on the phone for that length of time for . |
| 23 | Why does it have to be on a Thursday ? |
| 24 | Aye , the lepers and beggars must have somewhere to go , but why does it have to be on my front doorstep ? |