Example sentences of "[conj] they wanted to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | Apparently Naud has discovered that there about ‘ 1700 semi-mounted ploughs sold in the UK ’ , presumably annually , and that they wanted to be a big part of that market . |
| 2 | There was one lady called ‘ Toss-Off Kate ’ who used to go round the audience and sit beside various isolated gentlemen and ask them if they wanted to be serviced . |
| 3 | We have not mentioned what happens if the cause of death is unknown and inquests or autopsies have to be carried out ; or if the deceased person wanted to donate organs ; if they wanted to be buried in another country , and so on . |
| 4 | They want to feel that they are making a reasonable living , though they would n't be teachers if they wanted to be rich . |
| 5 | Under the STV popularity is nevertheless what our MPs would have to go all out for if they wanted to be re-elected . |
| 6 | Er if they wanted to be on their roller skates or even on their bikes , then they were sort of going around the walkways . |
| 7 | You see if they wanted to be a foreman he 'd still in the union . |
| 8 | Visiting rights have the great advantage of being optional , not obligatory , so Christopher and Jane were only together because they wanted to be . |
| 9 | They were denied a pay rise when they refused to sign a personal contract because they wanted to be covered by the trade union collective agreement . |
| 10 | Even when they wanted to be helpful , badly trained Soviet doctors and under-equipped scientists were a hindrance . |
| 11 | Thinking that in years of spray-painting , of darting about near the police and taunting them with their nearness , they had been caught only when they wanted to be . |
| 12 | It was just the officers and the screws , not the boys , the boys was O.K. But it was just I turned as soon as I went in , right , as soon as they wanted to be helpful , right , a copper would go like that , ‘ You no got a fag , son ? ’ |
| 13 | Now , getting back to the comment the woman made earlier about men being misogynist within their own world I 'm quite convinced that a good deal of those men would go home to their wives and family and be very loving to their , to their wives and family , be respectful of their neighbours but as soon as they got in the all male environment , and this woman was there to be used , she was their property for the time that they paid their money to get through the door , they could be as misogynist , offensive and horrid as they wanted to be ! |