Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [pron] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once upon a time , thought Lydia , when I was in love with him , he would 've socked me for that . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd 've given it to you ; I was n't holding out . |
| 3 | So I did n't want to burden her by being awkward about it , make her feel bad about it , equally I have n't really thanked her . |
| 4 | ‘ I did n't want to burden you with this but you 'd soon have wondered why Mackie did n't come . ’ |
| 5 | But Eve Pearce is magnificently anguished and smothering as Henny ( this is the kind of mother whose ‘ I do n't want to burden you with my problems ’ sounds as convincing as ‘ I am not a crook ’ did when it come from the lips of Richard Nixon ) , and Debora Weston flutters and fences vivaciously as the girlish killer and literary know-all . |
| 6 | " I do n't want to burden you with my problems . " |
| 7 | But there — I do n't want to burden you with my troubles . ’ |
| 8 | She knew me as Matt and I did n't want to alert you to who I was until I 'd found out what was going on . |
| 9 | cos I did n't fancy eating it like that and er she goes , I told her give us a piece of some of that wrapping you know |
| 10 | Do you want to post something through here ? |
| 11 | After spying him through the kitchen window with Mrs Files , so much himself , so much not Francis , I thought I did n't want to see him at all . |
| 12 | ‘ What the hell do you want to see him for ? ’ asked Brown . |
| 13 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 14 | and I 'm certainly wearing paint tonight , quite a bit of it because its very hot under here and you would n't want to see me without it , but that 's me saying that , I mean why do I ? , why do I ? , why are we all wearing make-up ? , do we actually think we look better ? , are we trying to disguise something ? , yes |
| 15 | ‘ Did you want to see me about something ? ’ said Wilcox impatiently . |
| 16 | D' you want to see me in prison ? ’ |
| 17 | She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning . |
| 18 | They 'll want to see her for sure . ’ |
| 19 | But after he had left them Rain wondered whether Shildon might not want to see her about his MacQuillan inquiry , a matter other events had put out of her mind . |
| 20 | ‘ She wo n't want to see someone like you . |
| 21 | I knew my wife did n't want to see it at all . |
| 22 | Local councillor Eddie McEvilly said : ‘ I do n't really want to talk about conditions on the operation , because I do n't want to see it at all . ’ |
| 23 | It was so useful to have been on the road myself and to have experienced cold-calling , setting up new accounts , or merchandising accounts that did n't want to see you at that particular moment . |
| 24 | I 'll be looking at your statement later and I 'll probably want to see you in the next day or so . ’ |
| 25 | The Czech government does not want to see lots of companies go under because of a new bankruptcy law . |
| 26 | And since he obviously had n't recognised me , I did n't want to connect myself with the house , until I 'd found out what his game was . ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Thank you — I 'd prefer to see them in full sunlight , ’ Lucy said hastily , in case Silas imagined she was anxious to experience a moonlight stroll with him . |
| 28 | He did not want to bring her in to talk to him , nor did he want to interview her in the presence of her devoted but sharp-eyed husband . |
| 29 | No doubt they will want to interview you at some time . |
| 30 | ‘ What does he want to interview you for ? ! ’ |