Example sentences of "never want to [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I 'd never want to be as big a girl as Benny Hogan . |
| 2 | When he turned to look at her , the firelight cast shadows across his body , so that she saw his arms not as arms , but as wings … and they will enfold me so strongly and so sweetly that I shall never want to be free … |
| 3 | ‘ Do you never want to be one of the players , Izzie ? ’ said Gabriel . |
| 4 | Most players would probably benefit from the occasional rest , but regulars in the team never want to be left out . |
| 5 | The parent may either emulate this approach or completely refute it and feel that they never want to be like their parents . |
| 6 | I 've been very poor , I 've cleaned toilets for Mecca , I 've slept on Euston station , and I never want to be like that again . |
| 7 | If the truth were known , Sir Henry had never wanted to be a country gentleman , which must have seemed very small beer after such a distinguished and varied military career . |
| 8 | ‘ I 've never wanted to be a jobbing presenter , ’ reveals Muriel , 32 , who lives in Edinburgh . |
| 9 | As a child , Ace had never wanted to be a nurse . |
| 10 | " Have you never wanted to be married ? " |
| 11 | But we love Thomas desperately and we 've never wanted to be without him . |
| 12 | But I 've never wanted to be a spy . |
| 13 | Probably he was not sorry and never wanted to be recalled to secular politics again . |
| 14 | ‘ You 've never wanted to be behind a microphone , though , have you ? |
| 15 | And I 've never wanted to be . |
| 16 | It is headed by the big man 's white man , the Belgian scholar Raymond , who has lost favour with his patron and is sinking into ceremonies of highly-placed sagacity , Salim has an affair with the white man 's white woman , his stylish wife Yvette : radical chic persuades him that he ‘ never wanted to be ordinary again' . |
| 17 | We never wanted to be the first one when she had a new stick of make-up as she did n't take the cellophane wrapper off . |
| 18 | She says she never wanted to be a movie star : ‘ For me , it was always the stage . ’ |
| 19 | Andy : ‘ We never wanted to be the U2 it 's OK to like — like Nirvana are the Guns N ’ Roses it 's OK to like . |
| 20 | Matter of fact Dad , he agreed with the management for er er er You see the management never wanted anybody on the minimum wage , never wanted to be on the min , so he agreed with 'em f for a special price for our coal we got out . |
| 21 | ‘ I never wanted to be the British equivalent of David Soul , ’ says Den . |
| 22 | I never wanted to be anything else but a nurse . |
| 23 | ‘ I never wanted to be the British equivalent of David Soul , ’ says Den . |
| 24 | Once off the island of Majorca she never wanted to be involved with it again . |
| 25 | But Mr Essex , who plays piano and double bass , said : ‘ I never wanted to be a performing musician . ’ |