Example sentences of "[not/n't] want [prep] be [noun] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That they did not want to be wage slaves in a factory . |
| 2 | ‘ We did n't want to be press barons ’ , observes Miles . |
| 3 | They did n't want to be press barons , says Miles , they wanted a community paper , and it had n't even been easy to find an editor amongst the founding group , preoccupied as they were with art galleries and bookshops , theatre companies and poetry , and preoccupied also with that sense of freedom , and the breaking down of national barriers which had accompanied the explosion of travel in the 1960s . |
| 4 | He did n't want to be Florence Nightingale and the legless lieutenant , he wanted to be Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid . |
| 5 | I said , ‘ I do n't want to be Lord Mayor of London . |
| 6 | I do n't want to be mister average so we 'll go for the fifty five . |
| 7 | Pepsi and Shirlie may not have reached George 's superstar status but they know the direction they 're moving in — ‘ We do n't want to be bubblegum one-hit-wonders . |