Example sentences of "you want [pers pn] [prep] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | How long do you want them to be on H R T for ? |
| 2 | Would you want them to be able to express their emotions more intensely and precisely , able to show how they feel ? |
| 3 | ‘ Do you want me to be married ? ’ |
| 4 | You can be Prince Philip — who do you want me to be ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Do you want me to be nice or honest ? ’ |
| 6 | Do you want me to be struck off ? |
| 7 | Then what did you want me to be ? |
| 8 | Well do you want me to be at that meeting then ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why did you want me to be at a disadvantage ? ’ she demanded . |
| 10 | daddy I got them , where do you want me to be . |
| 11 | ‘ What do you want us to be ambitious in , sir ? ’ |
| 12 | Do you want it to be just a commercial success or do you see it as an opportunity to exhibit large or unusual works , or the sort of work you would like to do more of ? |
| 13 | Do you want it to be attractive to look at , a place to sit and be peaceful ? |
| 14 | But I mean you do n't want to er start working in the mines for peanuts or anything do you , you want it to be a good job such as everybody else . |
| 15 | Do you want it to be blown up darling , to play with ? |
| 16 | Well they said what do you want it to be oh God , I ca n't , there you are it 's as , it 's as easy as that , it 's as easy as that |
| 17 | She wanted him to be someone she could love and idealised the future in her head , but then found herself thinking about that most heartwrenching of adolescent discoveries ; people rarely are what you want them to be and betray you without malice , unaware of the pain they cause . |
| 18 | Do n't be grumpy or touchy now — you 'll be glad to see them after 26.2 miles and you want them to be happy to see you too . |
| 19 | ‘ To make lips look fuller , the trick is to define them with a brown eyeliner and outline the shape you want them to be and then go for a light coloured lipstick . |
| 20 | You have to care for them , which means starting from where they are in life , not where you want them to be , and taking their lives and lack of belief seriously . |
| 21 | You want them to be independently funded ? ’ |
| 22 | So you want them to be called interim fieldwork reports . |
| 23 | So what I 'm suggesting you do is , decide roughly what your categories are going to be , and write at the top of the in pencil , or on the tabs themselves in pencil , as to what you , you want them to be . |
| 24 | The columns are always one square out , from what you want them to be . |
| 25 | Take people to objections , take them to where you want them to be and bear in mind you 're always looking for an objection |
| 26 | Sometimes I wear things that do n't conform because I want to say to people : I do n't want to be the way you want me to be . |
| 27 | A letter said : ‘ If you want me to be powerless , helpless and totally dependent on you , I want to be that . |
| 28 | You want me to be angry , which I ca n't be , and then to be soothing , which I can be . |
| 29 | So you want me to be constructive , eh , Les ? |
| 30 | I 'm bitterly sorry I behaved so stupidly towards you , but — I can promise I 'll never marry another man while you want me to be your wife , but — ’ |