Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] in the [noun] " 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 | 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 . |
| 4 | Why would he need to do it in the dark ? |
| 5 | Right , well we 'll just need to stuff it in the bag then . |
| 6 | " Why did you expect to find it in the laundry-basket ? " |
| 7 | Mind you , I do n't suppose you would really want to stick them in the top of the Christmas pudding either . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 'd like to punch him in the face for his insolence . |
| 10 | ‘ Well now , Inspector , would you like to put us in the picture ? ’ |
| 11 | Teacher : Jane , would you like to put it in the water to see if it will float ? |
| 12 | perhaps waiting for all the kids to school first perhaps ca n't see to do it in the dark |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 |
| 15 | As the weather became colder , I did n't want to leave him in the pond . |
| 16 | I do n't want to leave it in the car . |
| 17 | Do want to put her in the bed now then ? |
| 18 | I said to him on what grounds did you want to put her in the unit . |
| 19 | Why did everyone want to put her in the wrong when she had done nothing to deserve it ? |
| 20 | They did n't , the Apple did n't like it , they did n't want to put it in the font . |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't want to disturb you in the middle of a meeting . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Perhaps Friday was still a wild man and would try to kill me in the night . |
| 24 | I asked the governor whether I could have a visit in the probation department so that Karen did n't have to see me in the gym with everyone else and I could talk to her a bit more intimately . |
| 25 | She 'd have to catch him in the morning — But catch him she would , she vowed silently . |
| 26 | I might have to modify it in the light of circumstances . |
| 27 | Old people in particular often ensure each night before they go to bed that their house is tidy and their last instructions are by their bed in case they should die in the night and someone will have to find them in the morning . |
| 28 | ‘ They will try to shoot us in the light from the door . ’ |
| 29 | and then it wo n't be sticky , I ca n't roll it out to make those shapes at the moment cos it 's too sticky , yes we 're gon na have to stick it in the fridge and when it comes out it will be just ready then . |
| 30 | My hon. Friend makes a fair point , but he would wish to put it in the context of the fact that security policy works alongside political , economic and social policy . |