Example sentences of "i [adv] [verb] to [be] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I only want to be with Nat , Aldo , Jimmy and Ben . |
| 2 | ‘ When I 'm with Tommy I just try to be like him , ’ Iain had told the police . |
| 3 | Actually , I 'd been waiting for somebody else but I just happened to be on hand and I could n't just stand there and watch her struggle with all those boxes , suitcases , typewriters , bicycles , stereo systems and so on . |
| 4 | ‘ I just happened to be with Nick Simpkin . |
| 5 | ‘ I just happened to be in the corridor . |
| 6 | ‘ I just happened to be in the right place at the right time . ’ |
| 7 | I just wanted to be with you . ’ |
| 8 | Certainly I have had it said to me by grieving , often very elderly , people : ‘ There 's nothing left for me now , I just want to be with my husband . |
| 9 | Venables added : ‘ I just want to be in charge of a successful football club challenging for the league . |
| 10 | ‘ I first made the Cup team in 1981 and I desperately want to be in next year 's . ’ |
| 11 | I always wanted to be in show business and here I am — part of show business . ’ |
| 12 | I 'm wearing a denim waistcoat , cheesecloth shirt and baggy denim jeans , and I 'm smiling fit to burst , as I always seem to be in photographs . |
| 13 | With the swimming cap and goggles on , I could hardly recognize myself , certainly not from a distance , and I also intended to be under water for most of the time . |
| 14 | Now if I was a cadre and I received that I think I would be thinking right erm if I really want to be at the forefront of this that 's the policy that I want to promote erm and if the peasants in my area are not demanding this and not achieving this well we , I , I ca n't be seen not to be going it , I 've got ta go with this . |
| 15 | ‘ But I came late into the first-class game , I 'm 28 now and I really want to be in the big time before I end my career . ’ |
| 16 | I never chose to be in this position . ’ |
| 17 | I 've been very poor , I 've cleaned toilets for Mecca , I 've slept on Euston station , and I never want to be like that again . |
| 18 | I too desired to be at home , and was glad when we were able to close our own dear front door behind us , and be gathered in to the silence of our little parlour . |