Example sentences of "want [prep] [be] [num] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to be nineteen for ever . |
| 2 | If you want to be one of the crowd , there 's no time like now to book a piece of the action . |
| 3 | I want to be one of them , and that 's not the same thing . |
| 4 | And time out : Another blow for the girl who just wants to be one of the boys . |
| 5 | Loads of people had let him down over the years , so I did n't want to be one of them . |
| 6 | ‘ We do n't want to be one of those faceless bands who go on Top Of The Pops , have two hits and that 's it . |
| 7 | I do n't want to be one of the best in the world , I want to be the best in the world , and everyone I come up against is a stepping stone to me getting over that bridge . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you never want to be one of the players , Izzie ? ’ said Gabriel . |
| 9 | He wondered , morbidly introspective in the cold light of dawn , whether his decision to see the next murder case through from the call to the scene of crime to the trial had really arisen from a desire to learn or merely from a craven wish to impress or , worse , to propitiate , his staff , to show them that he valued their skills , that he wanted to be one of the team . |