Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pron] in the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Do we need to put anything in the front of our , our quality manual , in the scope of registration , which 'll make it clear that the day to day of our accounts department are . |
| 5 | You go to prison for something you 've done wrong , that 's your punishment , but they do n't need to humiliate you in the way they do . |
| 6 | Why would he need to do it in the dark ? |
| 7 | Right , well we 'll just need to stuff it in the bag then . |
| 8 | " Why did you expect to find it in the laundry-basket ? " |
| 9 | Do n't you think that maybe it was just a teeny-weeny bit curious or stupid or disgusting that Morrissey should choose to wrap himself in the flag ? |
| 10 | Mind you , I do n't suppose you would really want to stick them in the top of the Christmas pudding either . |
| 11 | I should like to thank everyone in the Division for all the hard work which has gone into making 1990 a year of significant progress . |
| 12 | If the three volumes had a thematic heart ( in fact their whole method defies centralisation ) one might like to see it in the dialogue of Legolas and Gimli , walking through Minas Tirith at III , 149 , and looking at the masonry . |
| 13 | I 'd like to punch him in the face for his insolence . |
| 14 | I 'll fry you a few courgettes to go with it , and I 'll boil the potatoes now , so all you have to do is remember to put everything in the fridge once it 's cool enough … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I 'm interested in art and maybe I 'd like to do something in the art world . |
| 16 | ‘ Well now , Inspector , would you like to put us in the picture ? ’ |
| 17 | Teacher : Jane , would you like to put it in the water to see if it will float ? |
| 18 | perhaps waiting for all the kids to school first perhaps ca n't see to do it in the dark |
| 19 | There is however now some evidence that Select Committees would like to interest themselves in the Committee system and may be seeking to erode the present convention . |
| 20 | I would like to present them in the absence of both the Chairman and the Vice Chairman of planning so is it your wish that I sign both sets as a true and correct record ? |
| 21 | hello , hi Matt , alright I did an absolute steamer , excellent , did it really well , it only took me an hour and ten minutes it took me an hour and ten minutes I have n't no I knew , I knew vaguely , knew vaguely enough I mean I have , perfect question came up just describe er the youths portrayed in the er book and there was only two , there was the main character who I got most of the stuff from , from what Katie told me and the rest was the other bloke was called Carston Corsalius and basically all we knew about him was he fancied this other one , the main character , and erm was a journalist , that was it ah put it in nine times , no , I , I do n't know what it means eh , er Matt did n't come in , er a bit of a shame could n't no yeah , what did you really want ? or was that it ? yeah yeah , fixed , flexible and managed yes fixed , flex , fixed , flexible and managed oh right yeah , yeah , yeah , yeah , do n't they and er advantages and disadvantages of indirect tax was , untax and direct was the other one , you know it indirect taxes yes yeah I ca n't remember , I really ca n't remember , like a colour yeah , you wan na know both of those , I 'd , I , I could n't remember all of demand pull , I put down the wage , price , wage spiral or the waged price spiral , that 's a stinker that is , that 's a beauty , I put that down , its ' a beaut , that 's my best diagram and I did three diagram' in four essays I hate doing diagram' yeah he 's here now , we 're about to go for a quick drink like , he says he 's been revising all day so erm , and I shall , I shall brief him , just as you would expect , I shall tell him all he needs I do n't , I do n't want to leave him in the lurch okay see you in French yeah , bye , bye , bye |
| 22 | As the weather became colder , I did n't want to leave him in the pond . |
| 23 | I do n't want to leave it in the car . |
| 24 | Do want to put her in the bed now then ? |
| 25 | I said to him on what grounds did you want to put her in the unit . |
| 26 | Why did everyone want to put her in the wrong when she had done nothing to deserve it ? |
| 27 | They did n't , the Apple did n't like it , they did n't want to put it in the font . |
| 28 | ‘ I did n't want to disturb you in the middle of a meeting . ’ |
| 29 | You may wish to leave your monthly transfer at the same amount ; or you may want to amend it in the light of an increase in the cost of living or changes in your expenditure plans . |
| 30 | Perhaps Friday was still a wild man and would try to kill me in the night . |