Example sentences of "wanted to [be] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Philip knew that she was irritated by his being there , that she wanted to be on her own . |
| 2 | Whoever it was might just break in and , if they did , she wanted to be on her feet to face them . |
| 3 | She just wanted to be on her own so that the lava of tears could flow unchecked , melt it all away . |
| 4 | Er if they wanted to be on their roller skates or even on their bikes , then they were sort of going around the walkways . |
| 5 | If I was in a bad mood or something and I wanted to be on my own it would be , ‘ Ah , have you had an argument with the girlfriend ? |
| 6 | ‘ I wanted to be on my own . ’ |
| 7 | At the end , he wanted to be on his own , so he 'd encourage her to go out on her own and go loony with me . |
| 8 | ‘ He is my Uncle ; we 've shared the same house for twenty years and I wanted to be with him . |
| 9 | ‘ I wanted to be with him while he was touring . |
| 10 | He genuinely wanted to be with them . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ You said … you said you wanted to be with me … to live with me … |
| 13 | He wanted to be with her so much that he could hardly breathe . |
| 14 | Not long married , he would race home from the office and inform Lady Fletcher that as the world was about to end , he wanted to be with her . |
| 15 | She clung to him , and his mouth found hers , and she tasted as fresh and as new as the morning , and desire had exploded within him , and he thought that after all he had been wrong : once would never be sufficient , he wanted her for always , he wanted to be with her , to share everything with her . |
| 16 | But even as she began to shake her head , she heard her own voice accepting the invitation , felt a ridiculous little spurt of pleasure that he even wanted to be with her . |
| 17 | She did n't want to be with him , any more than he wanted to be with her . |
| 18 | My eyes filled up with water , I did n't want to stay there I wanted to be with my mum . |
| 19 | ‘ Miranda wanted to be with you today , but Dr Craig-Dunlop wants you to settle in quickly , with no excitement . |
| 20 | I just wanted to be with you . ’ |
| 21 | He was a bore with his stupid family questions — especially when I wanted to be with you . |
| 22 | ‘ I wanted to be with you but , for love of you , had to go . |
| 23 | But , now and then , she wanted to be at his side when his mind was still and there was nothing there but the sweetness within the forbidding exterior ; and the love . |
| 24 | Because you see said Freud , they wanted to be like him . |
| 25 | ‘ More than anything he wanted to be like you . ’ |
| 26 | ( When you were young , do you remember whether you wanted to be like your mother ? ) |
| 27 | " When we were boys , we wanted to be like our fathers . |
| 28 | He could n't be part of their brotherhood but he wanted to be among them . |
| 29 | So this last time she wanted to be in her office , correct and professional at the right time . |
| 30 | ‘ Yet he still wanted to be in it , ’ Peter says . |