Example sentences of "desperately want [prep] [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he loved to be the centre of attention — just as he will desperately want to be the star attraction at Wembley tonight . |
| 2 | Part of me would love to be in a relationship , but I 'm cautious about getting involved , even though I desperately want to be loved . |
| 3 | ‘ I first made the Cup team in 1981 and I desperately want to be in next year 's . ’ |
| 4 | A linked theme , to which my right hon. Friend the Member for Blaby ( Mr. Lawson ) and others referred is the position of the members of the former Warsaw pact , who desperately want to be accepted and acknowledged as democratic . |
| 5 | Elaine desperately wants to be free : free to fall in love , work hard and have fun . |
| 6 | JOHN SALAKO last night shrugged off an injury scare and said he desperately wants to be part of England 's World Cup plans against Turkey at Wembley next week . |
| 7 | They looked at each other without joy and without hope , desperately wanting to be sheltered from reality . |
| 8 | Marie desperately wanted to be told what to do but there was no one but herself to rely on . |
| 9 | North seems to have intimated and exaggerated and hinted because , although he was engaged in secrets , he desperately wanted to be noticed ; and part of him , too , needed rescuing . |
| 10 | I desperately wanted to be out there with the sheep , hiding behind boulders and sprinting through the heather . |
| 11 | Another group , ‘ Gentling Brünnhildes ’ , aggressive , masculine women , had strong competitive feelings towards men , but at another level desperately wanted to be overpowered and mastered by Brünnhilde , it will be remembered , was eventually mastered by Siegfried . |
| 12 | Such clues would add to the embarrassing riches of intelligence which had recently flooded in to Napoleon 's headquarters from Belgians who desperately wanted to be part of France again . |
| 13 | I desperately wanted to be accepted by Estella . |
| 14 | Because on this occasion the fame seemed such a foregone conclusion , there was less talk than usual about its progress , which was a disappointment to those on our side who desperately wanted to be able to display modesty about their achievements . |