Example sentences of "wants to [be] [adj] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ She wants to be perfect for Don , ’ said the friend . |
| 2 | somebody wants wants to be late for some reason . |
| 3 | Eva wants to be sure of the facts . |
| 4 | Who wants to be involved with a boring organisation ? |
| 5 | Well , I think at first they were both afraid to become music specialists , but she knows so much now — good contemporary pop music , not just my music — that she wants to be involved with it and she refuses to be professionally involved unless she has expert knowledge . |
| 6 | If the male wants to be potent in these activities , he must avoid the menstruating woman . |
| 7 | Personal computer makers are likely to face continued pressure to keep prices low for the foreseeable future , former Compaq Computer Corp chief Rod Canion told Reuter in an interview : ‘ Anybody that wants to be successful in the computer business better be prepared to be very aggressive and have a lot of aggressive competition — in that environment , you can predict pricing pressure is not going to ease up ; ’ Canion , now chairman of the Houston-based consulting firm Insource Management Group , says that in his time at Compaq , customers were willing to pay a little more to ensure they got quality and performance but that as the market changed , they believed they could get quality , performance and low price , and now , ‘ that will never change . ’ |
| 8 | Well it 's bound to me , he must get fed up , but eh , he do n't really want a job like , full time , he wants to be able to he gets fed up of it being full time after a while . |
| 9 | I also want to establish the degree to which he wants to be true to the facts , such as they are . |
| 10 | ‘ She just wants to be alone with her boys to try to forget the separation traumas . |
| 11 | They range variously from Fokine 's Pierrot in Le Carnaval who only wants ‘ one kiss ’ and his puppet Petrushka who wants to be free to Ashton 's Alain mentioned above and MacMillan 's Bratfisch in Mayerling . |
| 12 | Tendring District Council wants to be responsive to the needs of residents and to work in partnership with them . |
| 13 | He 's a star here , but wants to be top of the bill at the Westminster palace of varieties . |
| 14 | She does n't want any up , she wants to be happy with , I mean Jane out of all them I mean normally I mean she 's , she would do anything for you . |
| 15 | He wants to be ready with something his own people have prepared , as soon as the alarm goes up from the Secretary of the Cabinet . |