Example sentences of "[prep] wanting to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the same time there is a conflict between wanting to be on the nest and away from the nest . |
| 2 | I agree with eating disorder 's therapist Marilyn Lawrence that ‘ when compulsive exercisers talk about how good their regime makes them feel , they are actually talking about wanting to be a good person . |
| 3 | She had talked to him twice already about wanting to be sent away to school and he had looked at her sadly , saying , ‘ But you 're too young , Katherine . |
| 4 | I know you both think I 'm an egotistical shit , going on about wanting to be famous . |
| 5 | And what 's so terrible about wanting to be left alone ? |
| 6 | Second : give people a reason for wanting to be successful . |
| 7 | One also needs to give people a reason for wanting to be successful . |
| 8 | It is important to identify your personal reasons for wanting to be slimmer and feel healthier . |
| 9 | He was known for wanting to be photographed from every conceivable angle and vigorously applauded when making his inflammatory speeches , and I was looking forward to seeing in the flesh this extraordinary man of whom my parents had brought me up to disapprove . |
| 10 | I went off him a lot when he made out he was really eager to get to Blackburn and ‘ only really wanted to play for one club ’ , but you ca n't really blame him for wanting to be filthy rich . |
| 11 | And it seems everyone has a reason for wanting to be a witch . |
| 12 | ‘ Let's face it , every man has the dilemma of wanting to be with someone and yet wanting to be on his own . |
| 13 | He gave the impression of wanting to be open and frank — perhaps even defiantly honest , Dexter considered . |
| 14 | Commenting on Labour 's public expenditure plans , The Economist said : ’ It has tried to respond to its familiar dilemma — of wanting to be a high-spending party without being a high-taxing one — by splitting itself in two . |
| 15 | Well the , the , the , the , the sort of , the sort of background as I have seen it he never struck me as being particularly clever or bright it 's just that he always seemed to be very well taught and academically successful and exams never seemed an undue problem , and so he went off to Wolverhampton Poly which he selected for , you know , all the usual reasons , reasonable place , reasonable course , a reasonable this a reasonable that , tt erm to do computer science which of course all the kids want to do now erm twentieth centu no it is n't it 's a sort of nineteen eighties version of wanting to be an engine driver is n't it ? |
| 16 | Its power had nothing to do with sexual attraction , and a great deal to do with wanting to be liked . |
| 17 | Both Kubla and the Abyssinian maid are human creations so in a sense they are God — but Coleridge 's hubris in wanting to be God himself is doomed to failure . |
| 18 | What I have tried to do here is to suggest , without wanting to be closely associated with Hick 's pseudo-ecumenical approach , that among many of the world 's religions there may be a common understanding of the divine nature . |
| 19 | I refused to believe that he chanced to have the same name as the previous tenants of the cottage — unless he himself was the previous tenant , and had for some reason returned to Moila without wanting to be known ? |
| 20 | He admits to wanting to be a showman , you know ? |
| 21 | Those people who do transgress social and sexual boundaries in loving fat women may punish their fat lover with ambivalence ( for example , by wanting to be with them privately but not in public ) . |
| 22 | To what extent was your decision influenced by wanting to be that somebody , to make your mark in a field others had ignored ? |