Example sentences of "i [verb] to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My Lords , that concludes my analysis of what I perceive to be the important British cases but before seeking to draw conclusions therefrom I must refer to certain Commonwealth and American cases . |
| 2 | I would not want to return you to your female progenitor in what , from my briefings on human culture , I perceive to be an indecorous condition . ’ |
| 3 | When we landed at Bombay ( for the story has a happy ending ) I asked to be shown the piece of tarmac pasteurised for the Pope to kiss on his recent visit , so I could bless it too ( poojahs is the Hindi word ) and give thanks for deliverance . |
| 4 | I asked to be provided with a car and an interpreter/guide . |
| 5 | But being me I could n't stand that very long , may be two or three months , and I asked to be moved . |
| 6 | When I was alone with the General I asked to be transferred . |
| 7 | ‘ Am I goin' to be by meself ? ’ asked Dolly in disgust . |
| 8 | ‘ What would I want to be in a stupid team for ? ’ |
| 9 | What I mean by setting goals is asking yourself ‘ What sort of person do I want to be ? ’ |
| 10 | Note that I said ‘ do I want to be ’ rather than ‘ would I like to be ’ as the latter allows for the possibility of failure . |
| 11 | ‘ Now why in the name of all Ireland would I want to be fighting ? ’ |
| 12 | Why did I want to be a policeman . |
| 13 | Do I want to be a dead hero or a living idiot ? |
| 14 | Nor do I want to be ruled by the code of Napoleon , against which our ancestors fought in the Napoleonic wars . ’ |
| 15 | Did I want to be brought down ? |
| 16 | Right , but what you 've got the opportunity of doing now during being a life assurance sales person , with self-employed status if you like , with the benefits of being in a company like ours , is really thinking where do I want to be in five years ' time . |
| 17 | Where do I want to be ? |
| 18 | ‘ My dear fellow , it is but seldom that one has the pleasure of meeting a friend from the old days in Petersburg , but I chanced to be in Vienna recently , and have heard much about you from mutual acquaintances . |
| 19 | Not that I mean to be cynical , but I do teach in an inner-city school ( where only Advanced Level pupils have textbooks — and they share — and where practical work involves half-a-dozen to a bunsen ) . |
| 20 | The other thing I mean to be healthy it 's more important to dry things and keep them dry for a while than to boil them . |
| 21 | I mean to be that man . ’ |
| 22 | Oh , yes , I mean to be there . |
| 23 | But when it suits them they choose not to be seen and seen you know sort of divide and rule tactics of seen as different entities really and I mean to be how dare and one one comment was how dare these men gang up against us . |
| 24 | Yeah I , I mean to be honest on that I was more conscious of the fact that we 'd only got fifteen |
| 25 | Can I ask you about er the medium range surface to air missile because er , you wo n't be surprised to learn , that er the committee 's received a number of submissions on this matter er which suggest that er er t to proceed with Eurofighter two thousand without the medium range surface to air missile er I mean to be put rather bluntly to us , that it makes little sense to proceed with the aircraft without a replacement for blood hound . |
| 26 | I mean to be frank I hear this charge from all over the country . |
| 27 | Well t I mean to be honest erm tt I wanted to try some different things er cos I 've seen these guys today |
| 28 | but I mean , but like I said , I said , I mean , I went , I went to the like I changed then , I mean to be quite honest I did n't like it , I did n't like it |
| 29 | yeah I mean to be honest it 's just a case of one of you , it does go that way , I knew I was right the first time , of one of you just remembering |
| 30 | But I mean to be fair we used to we , warehouse thousands of tons of potatoes in Leicestershire , you see what I mean ? |