Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ I want to see you washed and almost dried by the time I come down . |
| 32 | Opposition to fox hunting continues to grow — a recent gallup poll showed eighty percent of people in England want to see it banned . |
| 33 | Our selection procedure still exists , but I want to see it changed to one which is more equitable . |
| 34 | PC World 's customer profile breaks down into those who know what they want but want to see it demonstrated and to be able to walk away with the product ; those who know a bit , but have never bought a computer before ; and corporate customers seeking the best value for money . |
| 35 | A technology has developed which enabled the growth of the speciality . ’ |
| 36 | Golfers had reported seeing what looked like a human form wrapped in a brown shroud falling through the sky . |
| 37 | He would wait , he would wait to see what happened to Kurz . |
| 38 | She felt as though she were suffocating in the heat , as though it were stopping her nostrils , sealing her mouth , and when she tried to breathe it forced itself down into her stomach and made her heave . |
| 39 | This of course was also a severe blow to the emerging Labour Party and again the politicians had to try to restore what had been understood to be the position by passing the Trade Union Act 1913 . |
| 40 | Rain felt distinctly uncharitable as she straightened the bed and tried to pretend they had never been there . |
| 41 | Attracted to the big ape she had n't been , but she 'd be an all-out liar if she tried to pretend she had n't enjoyed his kisses . |
| 42 | She tried to pretend she did n't know what he meant , but his bantering tone had been deceptive . |
| 43 | I 'd be a liar if I tried to pretend I knew the answer to that one . |
| 44 | Indeed , one has heard it said more that once that there are two things people wo n't talk about honestly — sex and money . |
| 45 | The records of that hospital seem to have been long since destroyed , but Vivien 's brother , Maurice Haigh-Wood , has explained what happened to her : a " reception order " was drawn up for her committal . |
| 46 | This chap with the leg or something who wants to see you said something about being or having been a patient , but not being here as one now , and as he 's loaded with flowers for you and I did n't know how Old Red would take it , I used the sterilizer . ’ |
| 47 | Perhaps you really wounded his pride when you turned him down so he wants to see you humiliated . ’ |
| 48 | And no one , not retailers , not customers — not even competitors — wants to see it snuffed out . |
| 49 | And you wo n't need reminding what happened here at very much the same time last night . ’ |
| 50 | They tried to see she did n't feel left out but Jean is very shy and sensitive . |
| 51 | They all die , except a 15-year-old who had behaved so badly that he was forbidden to taste what turned out to be deadly toadstools . |
| 52 | A HOLLYWOOD press agent has claimed he heard tapes of Marilyn Monroe being murdered . |
| 53 | Mr Foecke has claimed he scored passes in 13 out of 13 final exam papers . |
| 54 | A PIZZA restaurant-owner has claimed he lost business after police impounded his car . |
| 55 | I want to know what caused the amnesia . ’ |
| 56 | ‘ But you want to know what went on between us between Theo and me . ’ |
| 57 | I want to know what made her stay in the face of my behaviour , what made her help his sister when anyone else would have left her to look a fright on her wedding day … ’ |
| 58 | I want to know what killed him . ’ |
| 59 | Lemon juice I want to know what did you mean . |
| 60 | I would simply say that if you want to know what happened in America after Pop and Minimalism , you have to concentrate on art made in unconventional places and with unconventional materials : out of the studio art , land-art , body-art and video . |