Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [adv] wanted to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'd end up with 350 MPs who all wanted to be prime minister . |
| 2 | " Keep still if you can , poor old chap , " said Acorn , who obviously wanted to be overheard . |
| 3 | ‘ Yeah , ’ said somebody drunk who just wanted to be nasty , ‘ you tell her . |
| 4 | Such clues would add to the embarrassing riches of intelligence which had recently flooded in to Napoleon 's headquarters from Belgians who desperately wanted to be part of France again . |
| 5 | Because on this occasion the fame seemed such a foregone conclusion , there was less talk than usual about its progress , which was a disappointment to those on our side who desperately wanted to be able to display modesty about their achievements . |
| 6 | Charlesworth and Nathan ( 1982 ) tell a very poignant story about a young man who always wanted to be a lumberjack . |
| 7 | I 've another mate who always wanted to be an actor . |
| 8 | But most poignant of all was the deserted Ministry of Culture , Slovak Republic stand staffed by a collective of solemnly seated , moustached , chain-smoking , dark suited gentlemen who clearly wanted to be somewhere else . |
| 9 | When I heard Deane had begged the Sheffield board to let him come to Leeds , I was really pleased that we had someone who really wanted to be here . |