Example sentences of "she [adv] want to be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Dana is n't really a man-eater ; she only wants to be happy . ’ |
| 2 | Aubrey was probably right — she just wanted to be able to number him among her many admirers . |
| 3 | She just wanted to be free of the burden of her own special powers . |
| 4 | And suddenly she just wanted to be clean . |
| 5 | ‘ She just wants to be alone with her boys to try to forget the separation traumas . |
| 6 | David said in an interview : ‘ She always wanted to be famous , always saying ‘ I want to be a star ’ . |
| 7 | Coleen listened to his amorous overtures of love never doubting his sincerity , but she still wanted to be sure and she tried to gently tell him so ; she had to be sure before she said ‘ yes ’ . |
| 8 | Because , she said , she simply wanted to be honest . |
| 9 | Once off the island of Majorca she never wanted to be involved with it again . |