Example sentences of "want to be [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Everyone wants to be somebody here and , once they are , they usually want to be somebody else . |
| 2 | Quite a few people want to be her friend . |
| 3 | And they have held their own popular vote , not in an assembly , as that would have been too dangerous , but going round the community asking their opinion , so now they have " elected " a very courageous woman whom they want to be their Mayoress when the FDR-FMLN take power . |
| 4 | All simple & partly lovely women attract me , & not merely attract me , but I want to be something to them . |
| 5 | I want to be something here I want to be something in law |
| 6 | I want to be something here I want to be something in law |
| 7 | ‘ You want to be everybody 's master ! ’ |
| 8 | I want to be me , Ruth Appleby . |
| 9 | If you guys really want to be anything more than a footnote in the annals of British history get this — ‘ Egalitarianism is for Losers ’ . |
| 10 | Similarly , many medical technologists neither expect nor want to be anything but medical technologists . |
| 11 | She once said , ‘ I do n't want to be his f-ing mistress , I want to be his wife . ’ |
| 12 | I shall say I feel differently towards him , that I want to be his friend and lameduck him in London . |
| 13 | If you want to be anyone or get anywhere , you 've got to go for it here . ’ |
| 14 | I want to be yours more than anything else in the world , and it 's not too late . |
| 15 | ‘ I want to be who I am . ’ |
| 16 | As Walzer has said , ‘ however useful we may be or want to be our usefulness is not organised or given expression within the political community . |
| 17 | ‘ You still want to be my chief fuel technician ? ’ he teased , but she gave a mock pout . |
| 18 | I want to be your lover . |
| 19 | Then he revealed his secret desire : ‘ I want to be your sister . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Jane , I want to be your friend . |
| 21 | As I I love being a candidate , I love talking to voters , I like being active and doing things and that 's the reason basically that I want to be your Euro candidate , I 'm ready to be a candidate again . |
| 22 | I want to be your wife . ’ |
| 23 | Dear Lord we , we want to be of use to you , we want to be of service to you , we want to be salt and light in our communities , we want to be your labourers , working together with you . |
| 24 | Everyone wants to be somebody here and , once they are , they usually want to be somebody else . |
| 25 | Prince wants to be everything to everyone . |
| 26 | He wants to be me . ’ |
| 27 | Watching Auntie 's performance , the Plan comes in a flash , fully formed : since the Monster wants to be me , I will become the Monster . |
| 28 | You ca n't erm well if it 's a big bit it wants to be something baby does n't it ? |
| 29 | No wonder nobody wants to be one . |
| 30 | It really wants to be one without the roads marked . |