Example sentences of "[pers pn] want to 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 | I want to be a gardener . |
| 7 | I want to be a social worker so I could do something for these girls . ’ |
| 8 | I want to be a cadet officer in the Guards — Grenadiers , Coldstream sort of thing . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ I want to be a fighter pilot when I leave school , ’ said fourteen-year-old Martin . |
| 12 | David said in an interview : ‘ She always wanted to be famous , always saying ‘ I want to be a star ’ . |
| 13 | ‘ I want to be a Member of Parliament . |
| 14 | ‘ I want to be a guerrilla commander , ’ he said in French . |
| 15 | I want to be a real poet . |
| 16 | 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 … |
| 17 | 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 . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I want to be a long distance lorry driver or one of those dispatch riders in London , that would be quite exciting . |
| 19 | ‘ I want to be a model , ’ Paula said directly . |
| 20 | Sport I want to be a football manager . |
| 21 | ‘ I want to be a credit to you , Nahum . ’ |
| 22 | I want to be a good horsewoman , if only to show my mother-in-law I can do it . ’ |
| 23 | Or , as much to the point but slightly differently , I want to be a father . |
| 24 | 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 ’ . |
| 25 | ‘ I want to be a Wren , ’ Lucinda whispered when they were alone again . |
| 26 | But I want to be a history maker , to be the first coach who wins the European Cup for an English club and the coach who makes England an international force . |
| 27 | ‘ Mother , ’ she said , ‘ I left because I want to be a musician , I do n't want to be someone 's mother and someone 's wife . |
| 28 | I want to be a best-seller ! |
| 29 | ‘ Well , I 've decided I want to be a proper writer . |
| 30 | I want to be a gentleman . ’ |