Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [noun sg] [prep] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forecasts about the course of democracy tend to swing from optimism to despair with alarming speed . |
| 2 | I did n't want to quarrel in front of Flora — it seemed humiliating over something so small — so I said , ‘ Well , it 's just that they seemed so happy and fond of each other . |
| 3 | ( Who 'd want to go to bed with roses anyway , what a mad idea ! ) ’ |
| 4 | you do n't want to go to bed with knots in your hair |
| 5 | Do you want to go to bed with Daddy ? |
| 6 | There are no real features — a low relief gangway here , a slashed crack there , a stiffening of angle at two thirds height seize the imagination of the guide-writer more than that of the viewing climber , who will want to go from bottom to top by the smoothest and straightest way . |
| 7 | Ballet simply does not figure in black or working-class lives ; such children tend to go into dance through rock music , reggae , discos — and that means modern dance . |
| 8 | Although he talked about how ‘ we , as communists , essentially intend to work in harmony with nature ’ , he made it clear that this meant ‘ understanding and controlling the laws of nature … to place them at man 's service ’ . |
| 9 | Churchill , while being ‘ too much a man ’ to kick the PM on the ground , had agreed to send a letter to Downing Street demanding to know by midday on Sunday the exact position he could expect to hold in the government . |
| 10 | Like most radio services , paging is limited by the regulatory authorities ' allocation of frequencies , which tend to differ from country to country . |
| 11 | The kids did n't want to know about life outside Battle Creek . |
| 12 | You say erm you want to go into sort of C colon my D I R |
| 13 | In a game of increasing thunder , he 's a welcome fork of lightning , sometimes appearing to thrive in spite of team-mates rather than because of them . |
| 14 | Is it really ? on the top there D d cos I suppose Amber has to go to school on Saturdays , does n't she ? |
| 15 | The game , to be unveiled at the London Toy Fair in January , is expected to go on sale in May . |
| 16 | BARNSLEY trainer Steve Norton ca n't wait to go off talent-hunting to America again in a fortnight 's time . |
| 17 | If it be a duty imposed by law upon a party regularly subpoenaed to attend from time to time to give his evidence then a promise to give him any remuneration for loss of time incurred in such attendance is a promise without consideration . |
| 18 | Cedric Humphreys , 65 , wants to retire as clerk to St Osyth Parish Council to devote more time to his interests in amateur dramatics and music . |
| 19 | Consisting of eighty-five lots of modern Chinese paintings , it was expected to realize in excess of $2million ( NT$50million ) . |
| 20 | This is the chance against happening to hit upon haemoglobin by luck . |
| 21 | On that basis , the male is programmed to go from nightclub to nightclub and bed to bed , scattering his seed about the place to produce as many new disco-dancing Lotharios as possible . |
| 22 | Appearing to agree in part with Mr de Klerk 's assessment of the meeting , the churchmen said they saw their role as ‘ facilitators to get negotiation going ’ . |
| 23 | Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 . |
| 24 | Since job D has to wait for completion of B , and only B , before it can start , the early start for D is 7 . |
| 25 | Who , wants to go through life by themself. , does n't mean to say that all the kind of life is one big storm , not at all ! |
| 26 | ‘ Who wants to go to university for heaven 's sake ! |
| 27 | And who wants to go to school in Hammersmith when you can live in the East End ? |
| 28 | Apart from possible dust and fungal spores from hay and straw , he also has to cope with ammonia from urine , carbon dioxide from his lungs , water vapour and so on . |
| 29 | One of the most prominent clumps which Tony Wedd found to fall into alignment with others was Gill 's Lap , high on Ashdown Forest . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you and Leo want to come to dinner on Tuesday ? |