Example sentences of "[vb past] always want [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd always wanted to be famous . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | I 'd always wanted to be famous . |
| 4 | ‘ He said he 'd always wanted to be a dad ’ |
| 5 | He 'd always wanted to be a blacksmith and he learned by doing the job . |
| 6 | On the other hand , McQueen , seven years Dustin 's senior , envied the other 's reputation as a fine actor , something he had always wanted for himself . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | Lesley 's elder brother Dave , 34 , said last night : ‘ She had always wanted to be in uniform and had been in the Wrens . |
| 9 | ‘ But she had always wanted to be in uniform , so eventually became a policewoman . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | ‘ One day , ’ says Andrew , ‘ he said he had always wanted to be a father . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She was transformed from the young trollop I remembered to the middle-aged reader of Trollope she had always wanted to be . |
| 16 | She had always wanted to be a boy . |
| 17 | Then your mother went on about how I had always wanted to be buried at sea . ’ |
| 18 | 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 . |