Example sentences of "want [prep] [be] like " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to be like a medieval inquisitor . |
| 2 | ‘ She was a simple commodity with a squeaky-clean public image and there was n't still is n't — a kid who did n't want to be like her or a parent who would discourage their children from admiring her . ’ |
| 3 | At the same time I did n't want to be like them . |
| 4 | Some people of forty are dead already , fixed like waxworks ; I did n't want to be like that . |
| 5 | I 'm just like my mum , when it comes down to it , That 's why I quite admired Auntie Muriel , in a guarded sort of way I 'd think , I really should try to be like her , she was so content , nothing ever fazed her , I did n't want to be a farmer , understand , but I did n't want to be like mum either , tied to a feckless man , trying to keep him and me , having to hustle all the time to stop from sinking I fancied myself on a corporate asteroid , settling down with someone who would cherish me and buy me everything I wanted Carmen and her crew had the same ideas , even if they acted like they were going to be bad girls for ever , |
| 6 | Boys will usually want to be like their fathers when they grow up , girls to be like their mothers . |
| 7 | He does n't really want to be like that — he 'd rather like to be a baseball star or a Sumo wrestler . |
| 8 | " I do n't want to be like other women and cheat you . |
| 9 | But our sons now do not want to be like us . " |
| 10 | I do n't want to be like a film star , but I do want a better quality of life and I 've got that with H R T ! |
| 11 | ‘ I 've never worked with either my sister or my dad — I would n't want to be like certain families in this business , ’ she says , just a touch scornfully . |
| 12 | ‘ I would like to , I think — but I 'm afraid I might be like that — I think I would want to be like that . |
| 13 | ‘ Why on earth would he want to be like me ? ’ |
| 14 | we do n't want to be like these ones that erm got to know and it , and er that have done away , it says erm that 's where the gnashing and at the tooth will be thrown outside |
| 15 | She 'd want to be like him . |