Example sentences of "want [prep] be [conj] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is the last place I want to be and I 'm not at all interested in your background . |
| 2 | I think that people have got to turn in the other direction , and really want to be because I see in schools there are |
| 3 | Tell me what you want to be when you grow up . |
| 4 | The youngest driver on the grid at the moment is just 12. , … he 's Daniel Barrett … and guess what he wants to be when he grows up … |
| 5 | To what extent was your decision influenced by wanting to be that somebody , to make your mark in a field others had ignored ? |
| 6 | ‘ It 's a bit scary that he 's such a big star — I would n't want to be because you get so isolated from everybody , without much contact with normal people , ’ she says . |
| 7 | Novell also has a problem in Rothstein 's eyes : ‘ what does it want to be when it grows up ? |
| 8 | It was still sixty-odd kilometres from where we wanted to be but we were obsessed with our goal — Krakonosc , the Patron Saint of Czech skiers . |
| 9 | When asked what she wanted to be when she was a child , she admits : ‘ Probably famous , like every other kid . |