Example sentences of "his ambition to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | For 1865 only , he was MP for Stoke on Trent , which was near another Beresford estate , and in 1868 fulfilled his ambition to be University Member for Cambridge . |
| 2 | Leslie Brent was denied his ambition to be a cook . |
| 3 | The Bild newspaper accused Charles of being a hypocrite and said a man who refused to divorce his wife because it would ruin his ambition to be king must have ‘ ice-cold blood ’ in his veins . |
| 4 | Rhee was stated to have adopted ‘ A more cunning policy for deceiving the Korean people ’ ; Rhee 's diverse tactics were all designed to enhance his ambition to be dictator of Korea . |
| 5 | No doubt it appealed to his vanity and his ambition to be regarded as more than a mere fiddler ; but after a harrowing year it must have been a decision he bitterly regretted . |