Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [pers pn] to " in BNC.

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1 ‘ That is my assessment of the case , Madame , as I intend to report it to my commandant . ’
2 Want to nail him to the fence you should think he 's not
3 She says we do n't want to destroy children 's innocence on the other hand we want to alert them to the dangers .
4 There are of course some positive signs around but also a danger that I want to alert you to : a growth in what I will call ‘ designer caring ’ .
5 When you want to pass it to somebody else in the press ?
6 I want to help them to enlightened self-expression , and to develop their imaginations — to rid themselves of repressions through self-expression .
7 Then I would tell myself such ideas were unreasonable : why would an American half-poet want to betray me to any government agency ?
8 For example , although they may initially over-extend a word like dog to a variety of different four-legged mammals , they cease to apply it to any part of the domain newly taken over with the acquisition of a new word .
9 Although I 've talked about some of them before there is such a feeling in fashion for double jacquard that I want to suggest them to you again .
10 ‘ I 've done some nursing and I want to put it to good use , ’ she added .
11 Having found this macro we want to assign it to an icon but this entails designing an appropriate one .
12 If you want to leave it to the last minute you can also bring your items to the Community Centre on the morning .
13 They want to bend me to their will like a factory machine , so they can scrap me when I wear out .
14 I want to give it to Angela to put away now so I know my money 's put a way .
15 Yeah well you want to keep them to , in one place not
16 But some want to keep it to themselves .
17 My youngest child is being bullied at school and I want to send her to St Saviour 's .
18 They say who they want to send it to , add a few notes , send it off and are dropped straight back into the spreadsheet . ’
19 We want to invite you to our home .
20 Now they want to invite us to a football match at the next sales conference at Brighton in January .
21 I want to kiss you like a butterfly on mescaline , all over in a flurry of delirium , I want to bite you to the bones , to be so close to you there materialises a planet called us .
22 They will usually be happy to climb aboard your finger for the short trip outside and will walk on to whatever leaf , stem or flower you want to transfer them to .
23 ‘ You want to take me to Plenty ? ’
24 ‘ Are you sure you want to take me to — ? ’
25 I just want to return it to its owner . ’
26 On the other hand , we may know the subject but not want to reveal it to our listener , e.g. :
27 " You want to hand it to him ? "
28 We want to show it to you as we know it .
29 The doctor looked carefully at her fingernails and neck , then said abruptly , ‘ I want to admit you to the Royal .
30 ‘ We want to make it to the restaurant some time this century ! ’ she heard him informing her .
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