Example sentences of "[noun sg] want to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heredia wants to be poetic and hard ; the hardness appears to him as a virtue in the poetic . |
| 2 | The woman presiding over this baptism wants to be a vicar . |
| 3 | If the male wants to be potent in these activities , he must avoid the menstruating woman . |
| 4 | ‘ No racing driver wants to be second to anyone . |
| 5 | Prince wants to be everything to everyone . |
| 6 | Passive verbs are also useful when a writer wants to be deliberately vague : ‘ A mistake was made in the timing of the examination . ’ |
| 7 | Watching Auntie 's performance , the Plan comes in a flash , fully formed : since the Monster wants to be me , I will become the Monster . |
| 8 | Right , mummy wants to be purple . |
| 9 | I think the inside of the mouth wants to be a bit more contrast , do n't you ? |
| 10 | There 's a car wants to be in . |
| 11 | the car wants to be |
| 12 | It 's the show which almost every dog lover wants to be at . |
| 13 | When things go wrong , the citizen wants to be told fully , honestly and , preferably , there and then why it has gone wrong . |
| 14 | When she wanted not to reply to something , she would lift her ravishing upper lip over her opened teeth in a way that put him alarmingly in mind of a horse wanting to be bridled . |
| 15 | If you are a solicitor or an overseas lawyer wanting to be admitted to the English Bar ; if you are seeking some reduction of the normal pupillage requirements or certain other exemptions from the regulations ; if you are applying to become an employed pupil-master — you must apply to the Joint Regulations Committee ( JRC ) . |
| 16 | The industry wanted to be able to use the funds that it had generated to invest in youth training . |
| 17 | Dona wanted to be alone and was bored with social graces . |
| 18 | Israel , whose new ambassador in Washington had complained to the press on February 14th that America was giving Israel the ‘ runaround ’ on housing aid for Soviet immigrants ( the administration wanted to be sure that $400m in loan guarantees , now agreed , would not be used to settle immigrants in the West Bank ) . |
| 19 | Dot wanted to be back in their room at Mrs Parvis 's . |
| 20 | It was difficult to tell at that point how many people in the department wanted to be included , but it did seem likely that some would . |
| 21 | And of course wanting to be back on ops . ’ |
| 22 | No longer content to be just four pretty boys ( and Ian Dench ) with a bag full of toytown tunes , daft haircuts and even dafter trousers , EMF want to be taken seriously . |
| 23 | She says every little girl wants to be Alice . |
| 24 | This girl wants to be an astronaut . |
| 25 | ‘ I think the cat wants to be let out . ’ |
| 26 | It is their secret knowledge that the child wants to be able to share . |
| 27 | The first child wants to be the most important , and to keep everything for itself . |
| 28 | Tendring District Council wants to be responsive to the needs of residents and to work in partnership with them . |
| 29 | This boy wants to be a fighter pilot . |
| 30 | There was a time when almost every small child wanted to be a train driver when they grew up . |