Example sentences of "[adv] want to be at " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ I do n't much want to be at home on my own . |
| 2 | I could see that if the others achieved their work ambitions they would not be in the house all day , and I did not want to be at home on my own . |
| 3 | Now if I was a cadre and I received that I think I would be thinking right erm if I really want to be at the forefront of this that 's the policy that I want to promote erm and if the peasants in my area are not demanding this and not achieving this well we , I , I ca n't be seen not to be going it , I 've got ta go with this . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't even want to be at the presentation . |
| 5 | But I suppose she had pretended to be ill because she did n't want to be at the funeral . |
| 6 | And she did n't want to be at odds with him , did n't want him to think her a cheat — only what were the odds on him ever believing otherwise ? |
| 7 | I decided not to go in there on the grounds that Tommy would not , and Tommy off duty in Tommy 's off-duty clothes was what I most definitely wanted to be at that moment . |