Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Oh yes , do you want to go in your tent ? |
| 32 | Does Mondo Desire sound like the kinda movie you 'd want to see with your Saturday night date ? ’ |
| 33 | Would the Minister like to clarify that now , or would he prefer to wait for his PPS ? |
| 34 | The few reservations I have expressed about the encyclopedia are not intended to detract from its excellence . |
| 35 | Since then my ( now ex- ) girlfriend was really good mates with the two of them cos she was in their year ( Yes I know I 'm a paedophile ) so that was how I got to go to their 18th birthday parties and Al 's leaving do . |
| 36 | I 'd prefer to go to my room . ’ |
| 37 | He will prefer to go to his own courts in State A , assuming they have jurisdiction . |
| 38 | As the girls changed for the dance , giggling , excited , she had moments when she thought that she could not do it , that she would prefer to go in her skirt and jersey . |
| 39 | How I hate to sit on his knee . |
| 40 | Females tend to remain in their natal units , which thereby increase gradually in size . |
| 41 | Officially , the force was supposed to go in by invitation only ; avoid looking like the heavy mob ; and not humiliate authorities which felt they were hounded because they were struggling to cope on their own . |
| 42 | transition , erm clearly , er it would be a nonsense if we were making people redundant here ing if er either London or Coventry were struggling to cope with their |
| 43 | Network SouthEast , struggling to cope with its massive upsurge in business , proceeded with complete refurbishment of serviceable 1960s stock and started massive investment in new trains , notably its Networker . |
| 44 | But the Commission would nevertheless urge that greater place be given to silence in our services , so that all present can be still before God in silent reflection and prayer . |
| 45 | The man swung round , fear flashing in his eyes . |
| 46 | Further away , others that survived the explosion became asphyxiated by its fumes . |
| 47 | It had been Campion Price , her father , who , disappointed that his firstborn had not been the male he 'd intended naming after his own father , had insisted she bore the feminine version of that name — Georgina . |
| 48 | They tend to see with their ears and accept things that they are told are acceptable , ’ he says . |
| 49 | For while your granny may have been content to envelope herself in a cloud of ‘ Tweed ’ each and every morning of her life — never daring to deviate from her ‘ trademark ’ perfume for so much as tea with the vicar — most of us , today , possess a positive wardrobe of perfumes to play with . |
| 50 | I realised that I had n't visited her for some weeks and agreed to go to her house after school . |
| 51 | However , Nellie 's nagging won the day and he agreed to go in his new Austin car and look for Dr Nolan . |
| 52 | Australia 's toxic waste became an international problem in September , when 18 tons from Western Australia were shunted around Europe until France agreed to arrange for their disposal [ see ED 63 ] . |
| 53 | Do n't want to sit on her potty . |
| 54 | Do you want to sit in your place ? |
| 55 | It ai n't gon na tell us they 're only gon na sa , someone gon na lose this because a bloke got sacked from his job for having a Betty Boop tattoo . |
| 56 | Many teachers had difficulty accommodating what they thought others expected to see in their classrooms , partly because they were frequently unclear about what was expected , and partly because of practical and personal difficulties . |
| 57 | ‘ Get on with it , Will , ’ she said , ‘ I 'll be down in a minute , got to see to my mam . ’ |
| 58 | Gradually one bin became filled to its brim with heads and feet , another with slippery , gaily coloured entrails . |
| 59 | All this was strategy he had developed to detract from their discrepancy in height . |
| 60 | An arbitration commission of eminent constitutional lawyers from France , Italy and Germany was appointed ; they were subsequently joined by others from Belgium and Spain when Yugoslavia failed to agree on its own two appointees . |