Example sentences of "[pron] want [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | M. It makes me want to be sick . |
| 2 | Both of them want to be close and both need to repair their inner confusion about what they can allow themselves . |
| 3 | Alexander said that everyone wants to be right but no one stops to think whether their idea of right is in fact right . |
| 4 | Everyone wants to be healthy . |
| 5 | But it has only been half successful because everyone wants to be able to go everywhere . |
| 6 | Everyone wants to be able to design and create something with an individual touch , whether it 's an outfit to wear or soft furnishings for the home . |
| 7 | What is to be understood as happening is perhaps that , given that someone wants to be Christian , she as a feminist will look for what female representation there may be in the religion , whether or not this is fully satisfactory . |
| 8 | Right , and er , the third point I want to is that , you , what you 're actually getting consist of two elements . |
| 9 | I want to be one of them , and that 's not the same thing . |
| 10 | Playing the piano is something I love and I want to be brilliant at it . ’ |
| 11 | I want to be involved in the growth of something . |
| 12 | I want to be rich and handsome . |
| 13 | I want to be normal again . |
| 14 | I want to be normal . ’ |
| 15 | I want to be close . |
| 16 | I want to be nineteen for ever . |
| 17 | A letter said : ‘ If you want me to be powerless , helpless and totally dependent on you , I want to be that . |
| 18 | I want to be this , I want to be that . |
| 19 | ‘ It was n't because I saw some guy and said , ‘ Hey , he gets a lot of girls , ’ or I saw some guy and said , ‘ Man , I want to be that guy , ’ because there 's no-one on earth I want to be . |
| 20 | I want to be that guy up there . |
| 21 | I want to be honest . |
| 22 | ‘ I want to be honest ! ’ |
| 23 | I can sleep a little here , if necessary , but I want to be sure I 'm here when she wakes up . |
| 24 | I want to be sure that we retain all these characteristics of a decent and civilised society , while managing our economic fortunes competently so that we can pay for our individual and collective aspirations . |
| 25 | Now , bearing in mind the very short space of time between now and the close of the enquiry , I want to be sure that as far as objectors and the council are concerned , that this is a course of action which is both acceptable and practical as far as they are concerned . |
| 26 | ‘ I want to be sure that everything runs smoothly when this blasted delegation gets here tomorrow . |
| 27 | I 'm sure it 's nothing , but I want to be sure . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Perhaps not , and he may have had sentimental reasons for going to the little hut , but I want to be sure . |
| 29 | ‘ No , if there 's somebody behind me , I want to be sure that it 's One Of Theirs . ’ |
| 30 | I want to be sure you 'll take it , so I 'm going to handle the situation from now on . ’ |