Example sentences of "i want be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All I want is easy knobs to turn with |
| 2 | Meanwhile Atkinson laughed off any fears of a hostile reception at Hillsborough and said : ‘ The only extra protection I want is thermal underwear . |
| 3 | All I want is some friends , but as soon as I get some real good friends they go off and leave me . |
| 4 | All I want is some action , and I do n't mean the action of my facial muscles working overtime in order to produce streams of bullshit . |
| 5 | All I want is some cigarettes . ’ |
| 6 | All I want is some idea of why he tucks himself away down here in general practice running a one-man show — ’ |
| 7 | Oh I 'm thinking we came out here all I want is some |
| 8 | Yeah but the the one that I wanted was four hundred and eighty nine |
| 9 | The only thing I wanted was long hair . |
| 10 | The last thing I wanted was Great-uncle interfering ! |
| 11 | I began to see how they constructed a world view through the way they worked and what I wanted was irrelevant really . |
| 12 | The track I wanted was unmetalled , three miles behind me . |
| 13 | Looking back on the decision a few years later , he interpreted it in these terms : " What I wanted was some counterweight to my changeable and restless inclinations , a science that could be pursued with cool impartiality , with cold logic , with regular work , without its results touching me at all deeply . " |