Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She says she did want him out of the house , but she did n't want to kill him as a court was going to evict him anyway . |
| 2 | The reader should resist the temptation to think of the law as a closed set of rules and principles , and should strive to see it as a setting in which the business of politics and government is carried on . |
| 3 | If she lives on her own and poor health has robbed her of a normal social life , it is to be expected that her loneliness may have created such a build-up of unexpressed thoughts , feelings and opinions that she may need to talk herself to a standstill before she is ready to converse with you , and interest herself in anything you have to say . |
| 4 | If it did not exist , would anyone trouble to invent it at a time when , from the Atlantic to the Urals , socialism in all its manifestations is losing the argument to liberal capitalism ? |
| 5 | you certainly do need to keep them for a while . |
| 6 | TWO DAYS LATER , Simon Miles could n't wait to get me behind a wheel . |
| 7 | Clearly something strange was happening to the Edwardian Conservative party : but does one need to label it as a flirtation with ‘ proto-Fascism ’ ? |
| 8 | I can not promise to make you into a world authority on ingredients , but I do hope to share my passion for good food with you , and to inspire you to try a different type of tea or a new way of serving pasta . |
| 9 | But I know me own daughter well enough to know that she does n't want to lock herself inside a convent for the rest of her life . |
| 10 | ‘ We would expect to see him in a couple of warm-up fights , certainly someone in the top 10 , before he fights Mike Tyson again , if that is to happen , ’ said Morris . |
| 11 | This is your day and we will endeavour to organise it in a way that reflects your needs and requirements . |
| 12 | Everyone 'll want to favour us with a well-wishing . |
| 13 | Toilet seats are propped up against the wall , in the unlikely event that someone might want to buy them in a country where hygiene is pathological . |
| 14 | You may be surprised to find that she does n't want to shackle you with a ball and chain . |
| 15 | You may like to compare it with a list of your own . |
| 16 | He also said that he found his responsibilities ‘ a very great strain ’ , because his aunt was such a difficult , domineering person , and he would like to see her in a Home — partly because she needed more care and more company . |
| 17 | Yes I 'd like to see it for a day or two but not for a fortnight |
| 18 | Where would you most like to find yourself on a Sunday morning ? |
| 19 | THESE questions , about men who have played an innings of 300 or more , are moderately easy , and the reader might like to tackle them without a reference book , at least to begin with . |
| 20 | He then sees displayed in a shop window , a fur coat priced at £500 , and decides he would like to buy it as a present for his wife . |
| 21 | Or it could be that they would be appropriate for the reception area in one of the factories , or we might give one to a distributor and say , here you are , this you know , put this in if you 've got the right sort of area and would like to use it for a bit , stick it in there . |
| 22 | When he thought about that voice he felt he would like to murder her with a knife himself . |
| 23 | So you wo you would like to have it in a format similar to the the very final |
| 24 | I am not sure whether , as a hostage , you should be allowed near to these people who — although you claim them as relatives — have no cause that I can see to regard you as a friend . |
| 25 | However , should the press continue to cover the story , the government will increasingly begin to regard it as a runner . ’ |
| 26 | He knows that many of those now present will be eager to go with him on this adventure , but first of all he would like to present them with a challenge . |
| 27 | Mrs Cummings ' daughter-in-law was similar to , though less antagonistic than , Mrs Kitchener 's daughter , in that she said she found looking after her mother-in-law a strain , that it was time-consuming , and putting a strain on her marriage ; she and her mother-in-law had never got on very well , and she ‘ would like to get her into a Home , ’ . |
| 28 | I 'd like to take it for a spin . |
| 29 | ‘ Would you like to join us on a walk ? ’ they asked . |
| 30 | ‘ How would you like to join us for a while ? |