Example sentences of "want be for [noun] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ All I want is for Scotland to keep winning . |
| 2 | All we want is for things to go back to normal . ’ |
| 3 | All you want is for things |
| 4 | Now that we do live much longer with better health care generally , what we want is for women to be able to live that last third of their lives in health and being able to enjoy themselves and contribute to the community , not feeling that they 're crippled by pain . |
| 5 | ‘ The only thing I really want is for Alonzo Kettless to carve me an East Suffolk Policeman 's helmet , ’ said Chief Superintendent Rom Rumsby on his retirement . |
| 6 | Essentially , what she wants is for Berowne to discover what is serious in life , and to stop fooling all the time . |
| 7 | I think that what she really wants is for words to be more like numbers . |
| 8 | The last thing she had wanted was for Luke to make a pass at her . |
| 9 | What Harry Truman wanted was for Douglas MacArthur to behave himself , he wanted Douglas MacArthur to stop giving impromptu press conferences , he wanted him to stop inventing strategy as he went without reference to the president , he simply wanted to restore the chain of command . |
| 10 | The last thing she wanted was for Tom to take her under his wing , to regard her in some sense as his find and his property , but that was what was happening . |
| 11 | Now all I wanted was for James to ask me out and I would 've when out with him you know . |