Example sentences of "she want to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Neither did she want to be alone with him in the dark . |
| 2 | Well , I think at first they were both afraid to become music specialists , but she knows so much now — good contemporary pop music , not just my music — that she wants to be involved with it and she refuses to be professionally involved unless she has expert knowledge . |
| 3 | ‘ She wants to be perfect for Don , ’ said the friend . |
| 4 | She does n't want any up , she wants to be happy with , I mean Jane out of all them I mean normally I mean she 's , she would do anything for you . |
| 5 | This morning Clare felt tender and loving ; she wanted to be close to him . |
| 6 | She felt hung over , and a million miles from the bed she wanted to be asleep in . |
| 7 | It was early afternoon and she wanted to be sure of getting to Panshanger before Wyatt returned . |
| 8 | She wanted to be happy with him and for everything to be as it had been before but it did n't seem possible . |
| 9 | She wanted to be alone for a minute , away from Hepzibah 's kindness and Albert 's triumphant look . |
| 10 | That was the reason she wanted to be alone with the visitor . |
| 11 | At one time Carrie thought she heard Anna crying , but she could not be certain and Melody had insisted that she wanted to be alone with Anna for a while . |
| 12 | She wondered if Mrs Gray wanted to be fair to her husband and to avoid mentioning him in a role which showed him having to report to HQ , as it were ; or whether she wanted to be fair to Canon Wheeler , about whom , her tone suggested , she might share her husband 's opinion . |