Example sentences of "he want [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But would he want to be contactable by his office or clients en route ? |
| 2 | He wants to be all you could ever need . |
| 3 | In the same way , you need to know if he wants to be Prime Minister — would you be happy being a high-flier 's wife , with all the pressures that can bring ? |
| 4 | I do n't think he is all that forceful really , despite the aura of brooding presence he can show when he wants to be impressive . |
| 5 | People buy in three different modes , visual and audible or a connective touchy , feel mode , if he wants to be touchy feeling you give it to him . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you think he wants to be Brown Owl 's sweetheart ? ’ |
| 7 | Lupus feared his anger and advised others not to provoke it ( " I consider it dangerous to obstruct the king 's orders " ) ; felt hurt when Charles very obviously " does n't care about the things that matter to me " ; appreciated Charles 's personally " asking me at Bourges not long ago what I felt about Predestination " ; and was well aware that Charles " has a face that he puts on when he wants to be charming " . |
| 8 | Ann thinks he wants to be top dog in Pinner . |
| 9 | He wants to be alone . |
| 10 | Note how stylistically important they are : the background of informal approximation makes the speaker 's point really stand out , when he wants to be precise , as in all 92 , and 22 games . |
| 11 | I also want to establish the degree to which he wants to be true to the facts , such as they are . |
| 12 | He wants to be ready with something his own people have prepared , as soon as the alarm goes up from the Secretary of the Cabinet . |
| 13 | He wants to be able to use her independence of mind — ‘ attitude ’ as they say — to advantage . |
| 14 | Well it 's bound to me , he must get fed up , but eh , he do n't really want a job like , full time , he wants to be able to he gets fed up of it being full time after a while . |
| 15 | He wanted to be married and have a family and he said this way I 'd have to marry him . ’ |
| 16 | Because he he want he wanted to be married at nine o'clock in the morning for a start off . |
| 17 | Robert had a headache and stayed behind : he wanted to be well enough for the Opera that evening . |
| 18 | He wanted to be chief engineer of Aston Martin . |
| 19 | He did n't want to be Florence Nightingale and the legless lieutenant , he wanted to be Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid . |
| 20 | He wondered , morbidly introspective in the cold light of dawn , whether his decision to see the next murder case through from the call to the scene of crime to the trial had really arisen from a desire to learn or merely from a craven wish to impress or , worse , to propitiate , his staff , to show them that he valued their skills , that he wanted to be one of the team . |
| 21 | He was a hundred per cent sure , but he wanted to be two hundred per cent . |
| 22 | He wanted to be two hundred miles away , where he had come from — even in that bleak house in that wasted corner of the sleet-driven estate . |
| 23 | He said he wanted to be pleased at this news , but had been unable to confirm whether it was true or not , since Susan had not requested assistance in the boy 's upbringing , nor did she intend to call on him for support . |
| 24 | This morning she had sensed he wanted to be friendly . |
| 25 | Oh Major I bet he wanted to be right from being a kid , wanted to be prime minister . |
| 26 | After 27 years at BTR 's electrical wholesaling subsidiary Newey & Eyre , 46-year-old Alan knew he had a worthwhile asset in his preserved pension and he wanted to be sure he got the best value . |
| 27 | The night before his death I spent more than an hour with him and we spoke quietly of the future ; he wanted to be sure that Ray and I would look after Margaret , our step-mother , whom we had come to admire greatly for her devotion to Father . |
| 28 | He wanted to be sure he could return to London if he did n't like his new job . |
| 29 | ‘ I suppose he wanted to be sure , ’ Major Harvey suggested . |
| 30 | Mary had long ago disappeared but he knew — and was comforted in knowing — that she was not far off : he knew he would have the time to approach her : and on this occasion , he wanted to be sure to get her . |