Example sentences of "want [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those with a little cash to spend , who want to be modern and sophisticated , as advertisements suggest , buy imported whiskey and brandy . |
| 2 | ‘ You want to be modern , but the people do n't like it . ’ |
| 3 | We 've talked about this so often : you know I want to be supportive , but I also have to do my job properly . |
| 4 | I want to be honest . |
| 5 | ‘ I want to be honest ! ’ |
| 6 | Rather , it is an unconscious , gentle process whereby people who want to be loving attempt to be so by telling little white lies , by withholding some of the truth about themselves and their feelings in order to avoid conflict . |
| 7 | Whether you want to be ultra-feminine and coy with a tiny dinky bag , or to use a chic leather box to give out vibes of power and control , or perhaps just want to splash out on serious quality in a crazy colour the handbag is the lifestyle message of the season . |
| 8 | Like new things , Act like barometers of social want to be trendy . |
| 9 | Areas can be painted in or you can edit the Attribute screen on a pixel by pixel basis — in magnified mode if you really want to be accurate . |
| 10 | I want to be helpful , although I shall not stand as a referee between the two Front Bench teams . |
| 11 | In both classroom and staffroom they want to be authentic and energetic : to be able to display their enthusiasm and true beliefs without being disparaged . |
| 12 | Live and let live I say , but unless I want to be certain of constantly bumping into parties of rambling Rotarians , I think I will keep off these organised highways . |
| 13 | As i want to be certain of something , I need to know the prime time to apply , to be sure of getting something I suppose . |
| 14 | The commission and other member states want to be certain Italian farmers will respect the new quotas after overproducing for years . |
| 15 | Er and then to contrast this you 've got like the feminist view er well it 's a just reconstruct a lot of these ideas instead of saying that women 's talk was diffident they said it was more considerate , and so the idea that quite often A lot of the features that are in this conversation are n't because women want to be deferential to the men they 're talking to , it 's that they actually want to show some consideration to the turn-taking or the conversational style that 's going on . |
| 16 | You want to be famous , but then you 're not happy when you are famous . |
| 17 | So Melissa you want to be famous |
| 18 | So Melissa you want to be famous |
| 19 | I want to be rich and handsome . |
| 20 | It is whether we want to be rich or poor — rich in Europe or poor outside it . |
| 21 | Certainly white children in substitute white families , or their biological families , do not deny that they are white , nor want to be black . |
| 22 | Even though it 's about Irishmen who want to be black . ’ |
| 23 | Now EMF are fed up and want to be serious , spiritual rock stars and mates with Bono — and still on a diet of dangerous drugs and sex . |
| 24 | I want to be normal again . |
| 25 | I want to be normal . ’ |
| 26 | If you want to be close to the centre there 's a campsite within the grounds . |
| 27 | The village is the place to stay if you enjoy a relaxed , informal atmosphere and want to be close to all the activities . |
| 28 | Both of them want to be close and both need to repair their inner confusion about what they can allow themselves . |
| 29 | I want to be close . |
| 30 | Within five years we want to be close to 15 per cent . ’ |