Example sentences of "wish become a [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The regional training manager at Leamington , Keith Sanderson , made no apologies for a ‘ somewhat lengthy application procedure for anyone wishing to become a guide dog mobility instructor .
2 You may wish to become a founder friend by paying £250 once every five years .
3 And why would you wish to become a maid once more when you have risen higher ?
4 So a married man who wishes to become a satyāgrahi requires the consent of his wife since her rights have to be taken into consideration in this matter .
5 ‘ Who wishes to become a refugee ? ’
6 ‘ Who wishes to become a refugee ? ’ he repeated .
7 I wish to become a member of the Clothes Show Priority Club
8 Almost as soon as he learnt to write , he handed his parents a note which read : ‘ I wish to become a painter . ’
9 Mr. T. has also said in an affidavit that ‘ there has never been anything whatsoever in [ Miss T. 's ] actions which led me to believe that she wished to become a Jehovah 's Witness . ’
10 Their theme was simplicity itself : the precentor wished to become a monk ; the bishop wished to retain him in the service of the cathedral .
11 At first it made him somewhat sad , because he dearly wished to become a train robber .
12 While he wished to become a cosmonaut , the question marks would never be investigated from a positive standpoint .
13 He also had to make the more crucial choice of whether he wished to become a muderris or a kadi : at this stage of his career he would , of course , become a kasabat kadi .
14 When he was told of a young man who wished to become a poet , Eliot replied , " He 's getting ready for a sad life " , and Ronald Duncan said that during this period he looked " miserable and unwell " and " began to affect many signs of premature old age " .
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