Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pron] [v-ing] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And above all he does n't want to see it appearing in the Accounts . |
| 2 | Maurice probably did n't want to risk her objecting to the surrender of Tristram 's letters . |
| 3 | Sometimes , when he passed those gigantic hoardings advertising Hollywood films with vast drawings of pouting female lips , it was all he could do to stop himself wanking on the spot . |
| 4 | I did n't want to hear everybody running round the hair , room screaming , not having my hair combed , not ! |
| 5 | What would employees below think to hear us shouting at the top of our voices about what is and what is not the correct Chinaman ? ’ |
| 6 | He wished it were Perdita at the end of the rope , he 'd like to see her crashing to the ground over and over again . |
| 7 | ‘ If one of my lecturers had been murdered , I would n't like to hear someone gloating about the details . ’ |
| 8 | But last night Mrs Ralli denied 36-year-old Gilbey had actually booked the cottage and said she was baffled about why he should try to stop her speaking to the Press . |
| 9 | Would I be tough and wise-cracking at the end , or would they have to drag me screaming through the last door like a jelly-livered rat ? |
| 10 | Engine trouble on the first leg did n't manage to stop him coming in a creditable second . |
| 11 | Could we bear to see him weeping across the border there in West Yorkshire ? |
| 12 | Filling the pipe with sand will help to prevent it breaking in the wrong place . |