Example sentences of "would [verb] to be a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Maybe he 'd want to be a physician like his father . |
| 2 | Had n't he already described himself as ‘ a political animal ’ — ‘ and with £19.50p attendance money a day as a Sheffield councillor , on which I 'm dependent by the way , I 'd need to be a political animal . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ He 'd need to be a fanatic , ’ Keith said grimly . |
| 4 | Getting Hoomey to swim ten lengths was … well , you 'd need to be a magician , Nails thought , not a teacher . |
| 5 | The leading frog realized that if they were ever going to get to the new flower and survive there , there 'd need to be a lot more than one frog . |
| 6 | You , at least , I 'd expect to be a bit of a sport ! ’ |
| 7 | He thought he 'd grow to be an old man . |
| 8 | The real mother is only 24 , wears cheap , shabby clothes , has stiff hair like straw , thin legs , says in a quiet moment ‘ I 'd like to be a person like you ’ and smokes her cigarettes too low . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd like to be a businesswoman . ’ |
| 10 | I 'd like to be a star for five minutes , but I do n't want to live inside a limousine , I do n't want to have body guards . |
| 11 | I 'd like to be a rhythm guitar player in a band ! |
| 12 | erm I 'd like to be a little bit positive about certain things this evening too because I too believe that you 've got a very good programme . |
| 13 | The therapist should challenge any vague and woolly replies , such as ‘ I just want to get better ’ or , ‘ I 'd like to be a better person ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ HE 'D LIKE TO BE A DOCTOR ’ |
| 15 | I 'd like to be a community worker , something like that — a social worker . |
| 16 | I 'd like to be a hundred per cent sure that Alfred killed himself . ’ |
| 17 | I 'd like to be a vampire . |
| 18 | Oh I 'd I 'd like to be a a delegate at conference but I ca n't be a candidate this year cos I 'm captain of my and I think I 'll be a bit busy anyway to be honest doing press work . |
| 19 | I think she 'd like to be a nurse , though . ’ |
| 20 | I 'd like to be a policeman , he said . |
| 21 | I 'd like to be a dance teacher |
| 22 | I would I 'd like to be a dance teacher when I grow up and in my spare time I would do I would like to do dancing and swimming . |
| 23 | I 'd like to be a big fat boy ! |
| 24 | I mean I think it 's the class thing as well really , because I can remember when I was erm leaving school erm and I went to the careers erm teacher for my interview and I said I 'd like to be a journalist and she looked at me and I came from a very poor working class background in Tottenham , and she said ‘ I 'm sure you could be a secretary or a shorthand typist if you really tried ’ . |
| 25 | Then Kevin said , " I bet you 'd like to be an Indian Princess , would n't you , Julie ? " |
| 26 | I 'd like to be an extra |
| 27 | I 'd hate to be a Galway postman . |
| 28 | I 'd hate to be a nuisance to you . ’ |
| 29 | Oh , I 'd hate to be a great-grandmother . ’ |
| 30 | Although warning signs shout at you not to cross these fragile constructions , as you 're bound to fall off and die and do n't say they did n't tell you so , you 'd have to be a boring old git not to want to do a balancing act over them for thrills . |