Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] be [art] " 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 | He taught me the fundamentals of the job … unsparingly … he channelled my discontent and made me want to be an actor . |
| 4 | Why did I want to be a policeman . |
| 5 | Do I want to be a dead hero or a living idiot ? |
| 6 | That is this , should I rely on the agape love of my partner or should I strive to be the type of person that my partner could easily love even if no agape love were available ? |
| 7 | Oh , would n't I like to be a fly on the wall when you tell her the latest ! |
| 8 | To our colleague from London , let me say I happen to be a boilermaker , not because I 'm a dinosaur with me head in the past , but because that happens to be the occupation that I follow and that 's what I am . |
| 9 | How could I pretend to be the King any longer ? |
| 10 | How much longer can I continue to be the thinking man 's Busby ? |
| 11 | Can I learn to be a hypnotherapist ? |
| 12 | Another dealer would sell an Australian goldmining stock , by saying : " Do you want to be a millionaire ? " |
| 13 | What made you want to be a policeman . |
| 14 | Why do you want to be a policeman ? |
| 15 | Do you want to be a footballer ? |
| 16 | Richard do you want to be a princess ? |
| 17 | There 's a different why would you want to be a streamed , after all . |
| 18 | And why do you want to be the Prime Minister ? |
| 19 | Who do you want to be the Prime Minister next year ? |
| 20 | Would you prefer to be a mechanic ? |
| 21 | What does she want to be a model ? |
| 22 | What do you consider to be the most formative experiences of your life so far , the painful as well as the good ? |
| 23 | What do you consider to be the most likely functions of the following ? |
| 24 | What do you consider to be the encouraging trends in education these days ? |
| 25 | ‘ What training do you need to be a kennel-maid ? ’ inquired Brian . |
| 26 | Nor do you appear to be a casual vagrant . |
| 27 | Do you wan na be a policeman Oliver ? |
| 28 | What do you understand to be the meaning of Luke 's story of the announcement of the conception of Jesus to Mary ; and of Matthew 's story of the announcement of the conception of Jesus to Joseph ? |
| 29 | If you were a child again , would you like to be a pupil at this school ? |
| 30 | ‘ Would you like to be a farm boy ? ’ |