Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It sounded like a question , but he had never intended to wait for her answer . |
| 2 | The team played better but failed to profit from their many spells of domination . |
| 3 | The team played better but failed to profit from their many spells of domination . |
| 4 | Such animals may appear magical to us because we tend to cling to our own heavily filtered reality . |
| 5 | But once you 've experienced the peace of mind that this insurance gives you , we 're confident you 'll want to continue with your valuable protection . |
| 6 | At the moment computer manufacturers and disc drive makers who do not want to invest in their own design are uncertain about whose bandwagon to jump on . |
| 7 | Third party test facilities are another option for manufacturers which do not want to invest in their own facilities . |
| 8 | And since the rich tend to sit in their own gardens , public parks help redistribute enjoyment towards the poor . |
| 9 | If the patient failed to attend for their clinic/colonoscopy then a repeat appointment was made . |
| 10 | In practice , this may mean that old people are exposed to risk in their own homes and that there will be , on occasion , tragic consequences . |
| 11 | Eurotunnel , the company financing and overseeing the construction of the rail tunnel between France and the UK [ see p. 35469 ] , announced on May 28 , 1990 , that it had secured additional finance from the European Investment Bank , which had agreed to an increase in the project 's borrowing commitment from £1,000 million to £1,300 million , and that the majority of the 210 international banks supporting the tunnel project had agreed to allow the project to continue to borrow on its prevailing £5,000 million funding capacity . |
| 12 | He said she could come with him if she did n't want to go on her own and she did n't know how to say no . |
| 13 | You do n't want to go on your chair ? |
| 14 | Do you want to go on your potty ? |
| 15 | Or do you want to go on your own so you do n't have to get a sitter ? |
| 16 | And so she said oh I want to see that , d' ya mind if I come with you cos I do n't want to go on me own , so and then we arrived , mum arrived first and , I said you do n't mind Naomi coming do you ? |
| 17 | If you needed a non-urgent operation say a hip replacement or something , and you did n't want to go into your own savings er you know then you 've obviously given away part of your assets . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't want to go into my reasons right now . ’ |
| 19 | But Preston did n't want to go into his domestic problems . |
| 20 | She obviously does not want to go above her starting weight if she can help it . |
| 21 | She did not want to go to her parents through fear of her father and because she might run into her baby 's father . |
| 22 | ‘ I had been rowing with my dad since I was little , so I did n't want to go to his new family with my brother . |
| 23 | " The burial regulations and provision of mourning " , notes Stephen Jones , " make it plain that many a coasting man did not want to go to his maker like his deep-sea brother , sliding down a plank in a canvas sack with the last stitch through his nose " . |
| 24 | Juliet — ’ he came closer and looked intently into her eyes ‘ — do you really want to go to his party ? ’ |
| 25 | Er , do you want to go under my bed ? |
| 26 | Oh yes , do you want to go in your tent ? |
| 27 | Does Mondo Desire sound like the kinda movie you 'd want to see with your Saturday night date ? ’ |
| 28 | Would the Minister like to clarify that now , or would he prefer to wait for his PPS ? |
| 29 | The few reservations I have expressed about the encyclopedia are not intended to detract from its excellence . |
| 30 | 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 . |