Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [art] [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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Counsel thought so little of it that he did not seek to sustain it before the House of Lords . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | You may need to adjust it at the centre on long pieces since the ends tend to pull rather tightly to start with . |
| 7 | I would need to do more than just win this game , I would need to annihilate her like the cockerel ; more , I would need to break her completely . |
| 8 | 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 ? |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | You 'll need to reassure her about the reliability of your products and the good service your shop offers . |
| 11 | Why would he need to do it in the dark ? |
| 12 | The green at the 14th is so severely sloped that he knew he would need to leave her below the flag , and did so ‘ by about two light-years ’ . |
| 13 | They ca n't wait to mix it with the opposition ! |
| 14 | you certainly do need to keep them for a while . |
| 15 | TWO DAYS LATER , Simon Miles could n't wait to get me behind a wheel . |
| 16 | He drove grimly and skilfully and he drove very fast as if he could not wait to get her on the plane to England and out of his sight . |
| 17 | I refer to your letter of 30 October 1992 but will need to direct you to the District Council Planning Department for much of the information that you seek . |
| 18 | I think from the County Council 's point of view , the safeguard is there is no proposal to make those available for other spending within the committee and therefore , if hopefully we do not need to access them during the year , they are still available for Council in future years to , to meet other spending requirements . |
| 19 | Clearly something strange was happening to the Edwardian Conservative party : but does one need to label it as a flirtation with ‘ proto-Fascism ’ ? |
| 20 | 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 . |
| 21 | IN 1900 Tiller had an idea for a routine which excited him so much he could hardly wait to show it to the public . |
| 22 | Right , well we 'll just need to stuff it in the bag then . |
| 23 | I would n't want to tip you over the brink . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | You do n't fucking expect to see them on the side of a bar though do you ? |
| 26 | She now hopes that the world will no longer expect to see her on the arm of her husband , hugging or kissing him in public , behaving like a loving wife . |
| 27 | I did n't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night . |
| 28 | What she would give to punch him on the nose , and flatten once and for all his insulting , devilish assumptions . |
| 29 | " Why did you expect to find it in the laundry-basket ? " |
| 30 | What can I do to get you off the phone ? ’ |