Example sentences of "always wanted to be " in BNC.

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1 Had you always wanted to be an actor ?
2 Broaddus — owner of Prodesco , a textile company in Pennsylvania , and an American with extensive business interests outside catering — was a friend and former hotel client of Brown , and had always wanted to be involved in the hospitality industry .
3 I 'd always wanted to be famous .
4 Lesley 's elder brother Dave , 34 , said last night : ‘ She had always wanted to be in uniform and had been in the Wrens .
5 ‘ But she had always wanted to be in uniform , so eventually became a policewoman .
6 I had bought her for a song , then spent a fortune restoring her and , when my term of service expired and I could afford to become the gypsy-sailor I had always wanted to be , I left the Marines and made Masquerade my new home .
7 ‘ I 've always wanted to be mysterious and a little bit sinister and have girls swoon when they see me . ’
8 I 'd always wanted to be a comedian at school , I 've always been obsessive about comedy , and if I 'd been rubbish it would have been a bit problematic . ’
9 From the age of seven I had always wanted to be a missionary and I well remember my mother returning from a missionary meeting in the village to hear me say that was what I hoped one day to be .
10 I 'd always wanted to be famous .
11 Had you always wanted to be a hairdresser ?
12 ‘ He said he 'd always wanted to be a dad ’
13 ‘ One day , ’ says Andrew , ‘ he said he had always wanted to be a father .
14 He 's just a bit cleverer than the rest , but willing to take advice with it , and is happy being the writer he always wanted to be .
15 Others said that Horsley saw in Hayling the image of what he had always wanted to be — idealistic , full of derring-do , glamorous , and free from the tedious baggage of conventional business life .
16 You will be what you 've always wanted to be .
17 Before I went to Miss Havisham 's and met Estella , I had always wanted to be apprenticed to Joe , and I had always been happy at home , in spite of my sister 's scolding .
18 She was transformed from the young trollop I remembered to the middle-aged reader of Trollope she had always wanted to be .
19 Always wanted to be a celebrity , ’ said Jimmy .
20 She had always wanted to be a boy .
21 ‘ And that 's where you always wanted to be , was n't it ? ’ she said with a slow shake of her head .
22 'I 've always wanted to be called Francesca . ’
23 Keith has always wanted to be an athlete .
24 Then your mother went on about how I had always wanted to be buried at sea . ’
25 I 've always wanted to be like him .
26 I 'VE ALWAYS WANTED TO BE THE SORT OF WOMAN WHO DROVE MEN WILD .
27 I 've always wanted to be involved in things that tried to somehow create a women 's network .
28 I 've always wanted to be a frilly bloomer !
29 The master of titters , Frankie had always wanted to be noticed , that 's why during shows for the troops during World War Two he changed the a in his surname to an e .
30 He 'd always wanted to be a blacksmith and he learned by doing the job .
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