Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 It sounded like a question , but he had never intended to wait for her answer .
2 I hate to agree with you here but yes , I think the leagues gone now .
3 The team played better but failed to profit from their many spells of domination .
4 The team played better but failed to profit from their many spells of domination .
5 Once we have found an explanation that seems to make sense we tend to cling to it religiously .
6 Such animals may appear magical to us because we tend to cling to our own heavily filtered reality .
7 Any road , erm when I went back to see her she said of the ones who came and asked to go on it , we 've accepted you , but no more .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 Third party test facilities are another option for manufacturers which do not want to invest in their own facilities .
11 I do n't want to invest in anything where every day I have to worry whether my managers are going to leave me . ’
12 And since the rich tend to sit in their own gardens , public parks help redistribute enjoyment towards the poor .
13 If the patient failed to attend for their clinic/colonoscopy then a repeat appointment was made .
14 There are encouraging signs that our experiments in communication are starting to yield some useful results and we intend to continue with them in the future .
15 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 .
16 Perhaps that was why she did n't want to lunch with him alone , away from their usual theatre crowd .
17 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 .
18 He stopped eating to grin at me .
19 I 'm tired and I do n't want to cope with you , otherwise you both go to bed this minute .
20 Finally it was time to tackle the design of the hotel 's talking-point — the vast fresh-water swimming-pool Stephen planned to construct to cater for guests who , having come thousands of miles to see the Caribbean , decided they did n't actually want to swim in it .
21 In his reply to Coenwulf , the pope refused to countenance the removal of the archbishop of Canterbury to London , but the impact of this papal prohibition was offset by the papal recognition of Eadberht 's earlier ordination and consequent ineligibility for the kingship and permission was given to proceed against him as a pretender to royal power .
22 Do you want to go for it yes let's try it .
23 ‘ Do you want to go with me again ?
24 ‘ I do n't want to go with them . ’
25 She did n't want to go with him because she had too much to do , what with the wedding .
26 ‘ I do n't want to go with you !
27 ‘ I do n't want to go with you !
28 Do we want to go with it ? ’
29 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 .
30 You do n't want to go on your chair ?
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