Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pron] in [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I 'd see both these birds in the zoo , so I was fascinated to see them in the wild . |
| 2 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 3 | Yes , just on the sub-ward level , of course there 's really , there 's a lot more investigations to go into targeting the resources , just I mean to target them in a city by having these standard mortality ratios for wards , but they 're all below ward level , and target the specific areas . |
| 4 | He did not want to bring her in to talk to him , nor did he want to interview her in the presence of her devoted but sharp-eyed husband . |
| 5 | ( Recall Fodor 's example of blinking when a good friend goes to poke us in the eye . ) |
| 6 | That this person should harbour aggressive feelings towards you is unimaginable , but then suddenly , she goes to poke you in the eye — and you blink . |
| 7 | This is why , at the moment , I 'm being a bit cautious about remaining in my cavity I do n't want to find myself in the situation that I 'm held to sell . |
| 8 | At the age of sixteen , this writer had slept with an older , married friend of her Father ; she had arranged to meet him in a churchyard after dinner and they made love on a tombstone . |
| 9 | You want to see her in the morning when she bloody get up . |
| 10 | ‘ Whoever tried to kill us in the plane , whoever that was , has put us on the same side . ’ |
| 11 | He used to come to see me in the prison . |
| 12 | The elderly lady found a private moment in which to invite her hostess to come to see her in the room she occupied in her daughter 's house . |
| 13 | ‘ Captain Aranyos wants to see you in the south chapel of the Stefansdom at three o'clock , ’ she blurted before he had the opportunity to broach the subject . |
| 14 | and that if we want to borrow it in a couple weeks time |
| 15 | As he passed Garry he pretended to punch him in the arm . |
| 16 | When I want to find myself in the dream of the New Look , I have to reconstruct the picture , look down at my sandals and the hem of my dress , for in the dream itself I am only an eye , watching . |
| 17 | It was clear that she had not expected to find him in the room . |
| 18 | As a diversion , which would allow time for the passing of the trembling , I reached into my pocket , pulled out the tin of rubbers , and tried to open it in the dark . |
| 19 | Our men tried to shoot him in the water , but it was dark , there was no moon — and we lost him . |
| 20 | The student needs to immerse himself in the performance of a kata in order to release his emotions . |
| 21 | Dougal tried to immerse himself in The Journal of a Fallen Angel . |
| 22 | Sassenach Lilly Meaham is so terrified of bagpipes she has to lock herself in the loo every Hogmanay . |
| 23 | A SPURNED lover disguised himself to kidnap his ex-girlfriend then tried to stab her in the neck with a syringe , a court heard yesterday . |
| 24 | Specially designed to help everyone in the family cope with the problems of epilepsy , it costs £12.50 from BEA , . |
| 25 | He tried to look me in the eye , Say |
| 26 | the best thing you want to stick it in the room and put a heater . |
| 27 | He tried to discourage her in every way . |
| 28 | Gen Morillon , after talks in Belgrade , said : ‘ President Milosevic promised to help me in the implementation of every request I have made , that is the immediate ceasefire . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ And I want to use it in the plot for my new novel , ’ Melissa continued . |
| 30 | And now they 've changed their mind and want to put me in a caravan . |