Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] to be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ It 'll make me want to be a Brownie even more ! ’ |
| 2 | ‘ These are the songs I grew up listening to , ’ she says , ‘ they are the songs that made me want to be a singer . ’ |
| 3 | Why did I want to be a policeman . |
| 4 | Do I want to be a dead hero or a living idiot ? |
| 5 | " I could n't have a worse offer if I lived to be a hundred . |
| 6 | I was a member of NALGO from 1979 until the GLC was abolished , when I ceased to be a member for a number of reasons : 1 could not afford it , and because the company for whom I worked was not a Local Authority . |
| 7 | I was happy as pop singer , the last couple of years I was n't happy when I ceased to be a pop singer and I was er headed on a road of being an entertainer . |
| 8 | I tend to be a little formal because you 're my boss . ’ |
| 9 | Snowdon I found to be a Scottish mountain transposed to North Wales . |
| 10 | And when I pretended to be a horse I got so excited I bumped into this litter bin and fell over . |
| 11 | I want to be a gardener . |
| 12 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 13 | I want to be a cadet officer in the Guards — Grenadiers , Coldstream sort of thing . |
| 14 | The only times I do not want to be a writer are when I want to be a painter , and the only times I want to be a painter are when I am taken by the cast or mobility on a person 's face . |
| 15 | The only times I do not want to be a writer are when I want to be a painter , and the only times I want to be a painter are when I am taken by the cast or mobility on a person 's face . |
| 16 | ‘ I want to be a fighter pilot when I leave school , ’ said fourteen-year-old Martin . |
| 17 | David said in an interview : ‘ She always wanted to be famous , always saying ‘ I want to be a star ’ . |
| 18 | ‘ I want to be a Member of Parliament . |
| 19 | ‘ I want to be a guerrilla commander , ’ he said in French . |
| 20 | I want to be a real poet . |
| 21 | I want to be a rich young man , if wealth is what it takes to buy this feeling ; a young lord leaving the city after a night of riot … |
| 22 | I want to be a part of the sport , one sport which encompasses everyone from a small kid who wants to have a go at throwing the javelin because he has seen Steve Backley on television , through to the 60-year-old recreational runner . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I want to be a long distance lorry driver or one of those dispatch riders in London , that would be quite exciting . |
| 24 | ‘ I want to be a model , ’ Paula said directly . |
| 25 | Sport I want to be a football manager . |
| 26 | ‘ I want to be a credit to you , Nahum . ’ |
| 27 | I want to be a good horsewoman , if only to show my mother-in-law I can do it . ’ |
| 28 | Or , as much to the point but slightly differently , I want to be a father . |
| 29 | Whereas the slimmer 's reads , ‘ I want to be a sexually attractive woman ’ , the anorexic 's reads , ‘ I want to shed the burden of womanhood ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ I want to be a Wren , ’ Lucinda whispered when they were alone again . |