Example sentences of "want her to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is very good at her studies and we want her to be a teacher . |
| 2 | I want her to be independent . |
| 3 | I want her to be somebody . ’ |
| 4 | At first he wants nothing more than a quick lay with a pretty maid , then wants her to be his mistress , then is able to admit to himself that he loves her , but the idea of marriage across the social barrier is impossible for him . |
| 5 | If she has lost her partner to another woman , it will be assumed that she must be more beautiful , more clever , more sexy : in fact she wants her to be . |
| 6 | Timing is of the essence , which is why so many youthful romances go awry ; she is just getting somewhere with her career but he has already arrived and wants her to be there for him , or vice versa . |
| 7 | He wants her to be the top model in the world . |
| 8 | But one of them wants my daughter to die , and one wants her to be free . ’ |
| 9 | Salah did not need to persuade himself ; and his Egyptian teacher was also anxious that his daughter should continue — — but he did not want her to be the only one . |
| 10 | Similarly Mr. Pope , who was looking after his wife , said he did not want her to be anywhere else but at home : |
| 11 | Was it possible Paula was still alive — and did she even want her to be ? |
| 12 | I do n't want her to be alone . ’ |
| 13 | I also told her that there was no guarantee that she would come up with the answer the first time she was regressed , as this would be a new experience for her and her ever-protective subconscious would not want her to be upset in any way . |
| 14 | Not that I was trying to hide where she came from , but I did n't want her to be singled out . |
| 15 | She realised they 'd want her to be a double agent , so they 'd have a mole inside American Intelligence . |
| 16 | Remember , she thinks you 're the King and we do n't want her to be angry with him , do we ? ’ |
| 17 | I did n't want her to be evacuated without me , but I 'd never have left the old ladies . ’ |
| 18 | True , Bernard did want her to be a housewife and mother but at the same time this was Laura 's interpretation of what he wanted and she believed deeply that it was wrong to challenge a husband 's authority . |
| 19 | ‘ No — I do n't want her to be dragged into this mess , ’ Laura had told him firmly . |
| 20 | Oh yeah I do n't want her to be better off er for when I die |
| 21 | So And o , also when it 's the day before I , I 'm working I 'm very conscience that I do n't want her to be upset in the morning , same with Christopher I do n't want any upsets in the morning . |
| 22 | She was a year old and her mother had wanted her to be fostered while she got herself sorted out . |
| 23 | Dewi had wanted her to be independent , to fend for herself when he was no longer there to take care of her , but he could not have known that his death would have come so suddenly , striking him down in the prime of his manhood . |
| 24 | He had never wanted her to be given in marriage to Dom João , and had seen that gentleman 's non-arrival as a good way of calling off the match should Sara wish it . |
| 25 | For Papa , too , had wanted her to be a proper young lady after she had reached eighteen , and , for the first time , remorse struck her , for what had happened once that magic date had been reached , and for what had happened after that , culminating in … |
| 26 | With another sigh , and feeling extremely awkward because she 'd obviously been foisted on them when they had n't wanted her to be foisted , she decided not to unpack , just take out the things she would need for the night . |
| 27 | He had wanted her to be able to keep her illusions . |
| 28 | He had not wanted her to be here any more than she 'd wanted to come . |
| 29 | He wanted her to be interested . |
| 30 | She 's very slim with curves in all the right places , but Dennis wanted her to be even thinner . |