Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a tiny lizard but not er not that you would want to hit with a sweeping brush . |
| 2 | In fact he had fully intended to wait for a suitable moonlit warm right , but the trying events of the day had put him so out of sorts that he could stand the waiting no longer . |
| 3 | They tend to fall within a broad category of exploitation , a genre characterised by a simplistic ethos of violent action . |
| 4 | ‘ Nor do I want to indulge in a post-mortem — although I suppose it 's an appropriate description , if the thing between us is now dead . ’ |
| 5 | Hydrogen 's the one we tend to treat as a a metal . |
| 6 | A fourth example of a causal belief has to do with someone 's being taught to drive by a prudential instructor , whose car has two brake pedals , each moving the same single connecting rod . |
| 7 | The group invited the local Elder of the Jehovah 's Witnesses , who was wary at first , but then agreed to attend as an ‘ observer ’ . |
| 8 | During her trials off the west coast of Scotland in 1989 , Upholder lost power when her propulsion control system failed to cope with a sudden switch from full ahead to full astern power , a problem which contributed seven months to the three-year delay in her becoming operational . |
| 9 | Most UK investors will want to invest with a sterling denominated cheque , rather than convert to dollars beforehand . |
| 10 | A recent objection came from a client who did not want to invest in a company that gave political donations . |
| 11 | Here I would suggest that if the beginner does not want to invest in a full set , he should settle for the 3 , 5 , 7 and 9-irons , sand wedge , plus a 3 and a 5-wood . |
| 12 | They also have broad noses and sideways facing nostrils , and tend to sit in a hunched position when at rest . |
| 13 | In fact , by the year 2000 the number of school leavers will not have returned to the 1970 level and is predicted to continue to fall to an all-time low in 1993/4(2) . |
| 14 | He was willing to go to confirm in an emergency at very short notice and this earned him some long-lasting gratitude . |
| 15 | But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound . |
| 16 | ‘ But I do n't want to go for a sail ! ’ |
| 17 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 18 | I do n't want to go for a ride ! |
| 19 | Although you may not want to go on a course , or can not afford to , it is a good idea to ask a friend or relative you feel comfortable with to play the part of the interviewer and let you have a dummy run . |
| 20 | I do not want to go on a dictionary-chasing exercise , laying down one word only to find that the marketing men have circumvented it by finding another word . |
| 21 | I do n't really want to go on a Saturday . |
| 22 | Neither would Souness want to go as a failure . |
| 23 | ‘ I would say to children , ‘ Do you want your father to come home or do you want to go to a funeral as an orphan ? ’ |
| 24 | He said , ‘ Do you want to go to a party ? ’ |
| 25 | Mrs Aggie , I do n't want to go to a school where I wo n't be able to get out and come home . |
| 26 | ‘ Do you want to go to a party tomorrow night ? ’ he asked . |
| 27 | I do n't want to go to a new school . |
| 28 | I wanted a drink , but I did n't want to go to a pub at that time of the evening , when the rush would be on , and the serious drinkers getting down to it . |
| 29 | She did n't want to go to a dentist ; even her own dentist scared her , and it could n't be much — her teeth were perfect . |
| 30 | Why do you want to go to a party today ? |