Example sentences of "when [pers pn] wanted to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Only when I wanted to be . ’ |
| 2 | He was a bore with his stupid family questions — especially when I wanted to be with you . |
| 3 | And also , if she came in when I had the triplets it meant that erm you know , she was sitting talking to me when I wanted to be playing with them and taking them out and getting on with doing things with them . |
| 4 | ‘ You look as you did when you wanted to be a priest , ’ said Ellen , irritated . |
| 5 | But how could she leave when she wanted to be near Naylor ? |
| 6 | ‘ I expect you do quite a bit of travelling in your work ? ’ he probed , when she wanted to be the one asking the questions . |
| 7 | Even when they wanted to be helpful , badly trained Soviet doctors and under-equipped scientists were a hindrance . |
| 8 | Thinking that in years of spray-painting , of darting about near the police and taunting them with their nearness , they had been caught only when they wanted to be . |
| 9 | But Branson could be obstinate when he wanted to be . |
| 10 | Duke Michael could have friends to stay with him in the new castle , but he could go into the old castle when he wanted to be alone . |
| 11 | Wycliffe was not usually so curt with the press , but he was at a stage in the case when he wanted to be left alone to mull over what he knew and to decide what more he needed to know . |
| 12 | He could be so overpowering when he wanted to be . |
| 13 | That was how he liked life — chatting with people at work , going home to see mother ( and , of necessity , father , but he tried to avoid that when possible now ) and confining social contact to those he really wanted to be with , when he wanted to be with them . |
| 14 | She knew now how attractive Miguel could be when he wanted to be , and she knew he could manipulate her feelings . |