Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a tiny lizard but not er not that you would want to hit with a sweeping brush . |
| 2 | The leader is in good health and , in Maginnis 's opinion , should stay to see through the current phase — at least until the Government agrees to a select committee for Northern Ireland , whether or not there is any devolution . |
| 3 | Here I would suggest that if the beginner does not want to invest in a full set , he should settle for the 3 , 5 , 7 and 9-irons , sand wedge , plus a 3 and a 5-wood . |
| 4 | Post-production editing is a boon if you are uncertain as to what you will want to include in the final version of the video . |
| 5 | But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound . |
| 6 | If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’ |
| 7 | I do not want to go on a dictionary-chasing exercise , laying down one word only to find that the marketing men have circumvented it by finding another word . |
| 8 | I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax . |
| 9 | The adventurers will probably want to go through the usual routine of tipping the earth out of the coffin , smashing it , and suchlike , but then they have the pressing problem of getting out of this room . |
| 10 | I do n't want to go to a new school . |
| 11 | ‘ No disrespect to the rest — but I would n't want to go to a smaller club , however ambitious . |
| 12 | Now she did n't want to go to an expensive restaurant in the West End . |
| 13 | But he did n't want to go to the bloody thing , not after what they 'd done to the poor old man . |
| 14 | ‘ Do you want to go to the giving-out-food woman and say there 's three small hungry people down here ? ’ |
| 15 | We do n't want to go in the other room and watch the nasties do we ? |
| 16 | " Jenny , I do n't want to sound like an old auntie , but you are not being very sensible about Matthew . " |
| 17 | Not all practices will want to contract for an expanded range of services and local circumstances will also affect contracting decisions . |
| 18 | In fact , unreasonable behaviour is often used as a means of getting a quickie divorce where husband and wife both want one but do n't want to wait for the two-year separation period ; and because the age of chivalry is still not dead , men are often willing to let their wives petition for divorce when the fault is fifty-fifty , or even when the women are more to blame . |
| 19 | And most people were desperate to get stuff in them days , you know they did n't want to wait till the following week so they tried to get it paid as best they could |
| 20 | In approaching family work in this way a social worker may want to arrange for a multidisciplinary assessment , calling on advice from the health care team . |
| 21 | she wo n't , she 's , she 's just on the , oh I do n't want to work in a boring office we 've , we 've tried to say not , you do n't have to work , it 's an in , it 's an in to what you want |
| 22 | After two years in the London office of Heidrick and Struggles , Kidd felt that he would prefer to work for a British firm and employ the systems he had designed . |
| 23 | You might also prefer to work to a looser tension for this type of all over cable pattern . |
| 24 | Do you do you want to comment on the lowest figure ? |
| 25 | I do n't really want to comment on the last issue really , I think we 've probably said enough on that , er the the issue of the effect on West Yorkshire . |
| 26 | Frankly , neither looked like the kind of man that a woman would want to meet in a dark street … or even darker car park . |
| 27 | Do you want to know about a spectacular firework display ? |
| 28 | I do n't want to jump into the first movie that 's offered to me . |
| 29 | I mean , who in their right mind would want to jump from a great height with elastic tied round their ankles ? |
| 30 | ‘ Do you want to come to a Finnish film festival at the ICA tomorrow ? ’ asks Pamela . |