Example sentences of "thing [pers pn] want be to " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are determined to make it work — the last thing I want is to be a laughing stock among local farmers if I fail . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ She knew if she had attended one of the public services she would have been the centre of attention and the last thing she wanted was to be photographed as the woman alone . |
| 3 | The last thing she wanted was to be a pawn between the two of them , and was n't that just what Rune had made her by drawing deliberate attention to himself on the stage before making an exhibition of both of them ? |
| 4 | Er the reason want referring because has n't commenced it 's considered er view and the last thing we want is to be in business actually doing is enclosing on St Albans and anything that St Albans does n't actually want . |
| 5 | In 1970 , the last thing he wanted was to be reminded of Richard and the silly game they used to play . |
| 6 | My impression was that I was only getting a small part of his attention , that he was profoundly preoccupied and that the one thing he wanted was to be left alone . ’ |
| 7 | The last thing he wants is to be dubbed ‘ Saint James ’ . |