Example sentences of "want [prep] be [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The last place you want to be is in church . |
| 2 | The all-American claim that You Can Be Anything You Want To Be is an obvious fraud , but while Jimmy Connors is on court , you can believe it . |
| 3 | The only place I really want to be is my own flat . ’ |
| 4 | There 's a In in the weekend review with the Daily Mail today , Bonny Langford is sitting there saying all I want to be is a women , and not thought of as a little girl . |
| 5 | I know I am being stupid and the last thing I want to be is a possessive mother . |
| 6 | And I want to be be |
| 7 | Oh , that 's what he wants to be is n't it ? |
| 8 | The last place he wanted to be was in the car . |
| 9 | Quite early , I made up my mind that all I wanted to be was a top flight boxer , to follow Jack Johnson in my own way and become the first black British heavyweight champion . |
| 10 | ‘ I never went to any formal acting school — in fact , I 've probably just been very , very lucky getting all the parts I have — though for as long as I can remember all I ever wanted to be was an actress , and to be in the Theatre . ’ |
| 11 | Where he wanted to be was right there , but unobserved . |
| 12 | Paul next door left school , you know , he cou all he wanted to be was a mechanic , it 's , it 's all he 's ever been , he 's really good . |