Example sentences of "[verb] want to [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | somebody wants wants to be late for some reason . |
| 2 | She could have hired a team of professionals to do the work , of course , but she 'd wanted to be able to look round at the end of it all and know she 'd done it . |
| 3 | He needs to , but he 's got to want to be able to that , and if he does then he 'll learn it , he 'll understand that putting brackets round the two and the one means do that first . |
| 4 | ‘ You might have wanted to be alone . ’ |
| 5 | I 'm , I 'm just saying that one way we can see things easily and another way we ca n't , and we do want to check it , we do want to be sure that there is continuity . |
| 6 | Radical reform is necessary to enable those who do want to be active in political life to do so . |
| 7 | It perhaps will never be realised as it is questionable as to how many people do want to be active in politics . |
| 8 | You did want to be able to go around all them works , what , what was it with the |
| 9 | Yeah but you see that 's if it 's cash every time , that 's when they start wanting to be fishy about it . |
| 10 | And I 've really just put it up erm because erm this is a complicated story but , one does want to be careful I think about seeing the sides as too neat . |
| 11 | She had wanted to be strong to the end , give no evidence of what this overthrow was doing to her . |
| 12 | He had wanted to be sure before tackling Mary Penrose ; now he was . |
| 13 | Still half asleep he smiled indulgently , scenting a victory , since he had wanted to be generous all day and had been feeling mildly irritated with her for not giving him the opportunity . |
| 14 | Uncle Mosse had wanted to be dead there , and since he could n't achieve it for himself , his clothes had done it for him . |
| 15 | Lily had wanted to be kind and had arranged another grouping — herself dressed up again and as many of those originally present as possible . |
| 16 | She had wanted to be beautiful like Paula , would have traded everything to be just a little like the sister whose stunning good looks had the power to attract and mesmerise wherever she went . |
| 17 | He had wanted to be alone while he wrote tomorrow 's vital speech to the Conservative conference . |
| 18 | Tonight she had wanted to be alone with her memories . |
| 19 | All during supper , eating a pork chop and cauliflower and mashed potatoes , Stephen had wanted to be alone . |