Example sentences of "want [pos pn] [noun sg] [prep] be [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He said : ‘ If I 'm deciding whom I want to live with for 50 years — well , that 's the last decision in which I would want my head to be entirely ruled by my heart ’ . |
| 2 | And then I want my shaft to be as long as a furlong and time to stand still and my tongue to be dipped in honey . |
| 3 | And , our research shows that the audience wants their news to be there when they want it — to cover major events when they happen — or to give an update on whatever is new that hour . |
| 4 | She says the improvement is magnificent , she wants her son to be as independant as possible . |
| 5 | Generally the reader wants his narrator to be upright , decent , honest , and not prone to the lusts that plague other people — never ourselves . |
| 6 | ‘ We want our software to be widely available to anyone that wants it — a lot of people pick and choose the bits they want ’ . |
| 7 | It is entirely typical of Pound that he should want his criticism to be immediately useful — to , as he says , ‘ the neophyte ’ . |
| 8 | After being in The Birthday Party , where everybody wanted their part to be as loud as is humanly possible , it 's quite refreshing to find someone who does n't even care if he 's on the record or not ! ’ |