Example sentences of "[pron] she want to [be] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Jessica Olinton is in my class at school , and she did tell me she wanted to be a Brownie but her daddy would n't let her . ’
2 Once a woman has decided what and who she wants to be , it is for the men in her life , if there are any , to re-educate themselves to take account of her .
3 He once made her a beaded jacket so beautiful she told him she wanted to be buried in it .
4 I do n't know what she wants to be .
5 When asked what she wanted to be when she was a child , she admits : ‘ Probably famous , like every other kid .
6 He 'd then offered to come back with her , so that she was n't returning to an empty house alone , at which point — running out of soothing phrases and patience — she 'd told him that alone was exactly what she wanted to be .
7 She was n't what she wanted to be either .
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