Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 But Sam said he had a surprise to show her ; and Sarah , obviously put up to it by him , claimed she would prefer to sit in the shade on the terrace and do a water colour of the garden at La Gracieuse .
2 The leader is in good health and , in Maginnis 's opinion , should stay to see through the current phase — at least until the Government agrees to a select committee for Northern Ireland , whether or not there is any devolution .
3 Er I will have explained er er I certainly would 've explained on the phone that er part of the contract requires them to give us a list of prospective advertisers .
4 Post-production editing is a boon if you are uncertain as to what you will want to include in the final version of the video .
5 A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age .
6 ‘ We do n't want to go for the sort of so called innovation that can alienate an audience , ’ he exclaims when we talk about the sometimes clichéd dynamics of their music .
7 If the child does n't want to go for the first test or even the second test , it is their right . ’
8 See really all you need to do is pull it , you 've got two posts , how high do you want to go with the posts , about that high ?
9 Observers see the Royal couple no longer enjoy each other 's company and reports reveal Diana did not want to go on the trip .
10 ‘ I do n't know why Judith did n't want to go on the boat .
11 The dogs were fat and strong , and they did n't want to go on the ship .
12 So I asked Dad , it took me ages , and he said , " What do you want to go on the Pill for ? "
13 I do n't want to go on the challenge .
14 ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’
15 ‘ I did n't want to go into the Army at all , ’ he will tell you .
16 He did n't want to go into the fact that someone had died .
17 I did not want to go into the dark house , where I would spend the evening quietly with old Mrs Fairfax .
18 ‘ I do n't want to go into the castle .
19 ‘ What made you want to go into the theatre ? ’
20 Remember Colin was put into that job er because he was displaced , he did n't want to go into the job .
21 If you got it you could go in to the higher , if you did n't want to go into the higher you leave at er thirteen , you went into the supplementary .
22 Ten more minutes or so went by until she was ready for the net , one scoop followed by some frantic throwing in of excess tail which did n't want to go into the net and she was ours .
23 Yes , as I said previously , I did n't particularly want to go into the detail , because obviously as a member of P A G , Mrs , you 'll get an opportunity to see that particular detail .
24 Cos I do n't want to go into the T S B !
25 Well do you want to go into the fashion shop ?
26 Yes , I do n't want to go into the Poll Tax argument on this
27 ‘ I do n't want to go over the machine , ’ said Evelyn .
28 I do n't really want to go over the grounds which you know you would seek to weigh different erm locations .
29 At first Lindy did not want to go over the wall .
30 As soon as the redundancies were announced , just over half of those who retired before the pension age decided that they did not want to go through the process of trying to find work .
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