Example sentences of "[adv] want to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ’ I do n't much want to be at home on my own . |
| 2 | I think we only want to be on the mainframe so that the divisions can access details in the middle of the night . |
| 3 | I only want to be with Nat , Aldo , Jimmy and Ben . |
| 4 | So really when he well it obviously wants to be in the place where you want it . |
| 5 | ‘ I will , of course , be happy to go in a week or two 's time , but if it 's at all possible , I very much want to be in London in July . |
| 6 | The idea of what they ought to do is more subtle and will come to them only if they love and trust their parents enough to want to be like them . |
| 7 | ‘ This lady just wants to be in touch , ’ says Lorraine . |
| 8 | She just wants to be in bed for a day . |
| 9 | She knew that in Paul 's presence she would be incapable of saying : ‘ I no longer want to be with him . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I first made the Cup team in 1981 and I desperately want to be in next year 's . ’ |
| 11 | Certainly I have had it said to me by grieving , often very elderly , people : ‘ There 's nothing left for me now , I just want to be with my husband . |
| 12 | Well I do n't agree with that , I think that when your in love with someone you want to be with them all the time , you think about them during the day , you think about them at night , you just want to be with them and usually you like how they look , you like how they talk , they like , you like how they treat you and er to me that 's , its wonderful , just |
| 13 | Venables added : ‘ I just want to be in charge of a successful football club challenging for the league . |
| 14 | Well that 's one of my next questions because I think it 's debatable either way , a a lot of people and I 'm finding this just want to be in a neighbourhood watch scheme to take advantage of insurance er and also to have the sign up once the signs are up and they got insurance they 're not bothered , and you can tell that by the er gist of the conversation on the telephone . |
| 15 | I just wanted to be with you . ’ |
| 16 | She just wanted to be on her own so that the lava of tears could flow unchecked , melt it all away . |
| 17 | The elderly do not always want to be on the receiving end , and any gift of food they offer us , whether it is a meal or just a pot of home-made jam , should be accepted with appreciation , for all such gifts are a part of the pattern of love in which they still wish to be involved . |
| 18 | He says not going to fight the decision.But will always want to be in the theatre . |
| 19 | And she knew that if she had been made welcome from the start , she would still want to be with them , in spite of this comparative luxury . |
| 20 | Boys will usually want to be like their fathers when they grow up , girls to be like their mothers . |
| 21 | I hope you already have newsletter 1 and still want to be in the CCC . |
| 22 | I hope you still want to be in the CCC . |
| 23 | but of course when religious orders come in they usually want to be in the inner city and , and would n't exactly qualify |
| 24 | You know come down and touch , they were always wanting to be with your horses . |
| 25 | I 've always wanted to be like him . |
| 26 | Lesley 's elder brother Dave , 34 , said last night : ‘ She had always wanted to be in uniform and had been in the Wrens . |
| 27 | ‘ But she had always wanted to be in uniform , so eventually became a policewoman . |
| 28 | I always wanted to be in show business and here I am — part of show business . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Yet he still wanted to be in it , ’ Peter says . |
| 30 | He genuinely wanted to be with them . |