Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [v-ing] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I do n't want to miss getting that room . |
| 2 | ‘ Although we have no mandate to talk for Scottish fishermen we are quite convinced that they too would want to continue exporting large amounts of herring to your country . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ You do n't want to go wasting that on a taxi . |
| 4 | Owen could think of lots of people he would prefer to see handling this particular case . |
| 5 | Benny noted her movement and thought to intervene , but by then it was too late , and she did n't want to risk causing any noticeable disturbance . |
| 6 | For a man who found it difficult to write for more than three hours a day it was one way of passing time but , more importantly , as he explained in an address in 1951 , it was necessary for him to hold a job which other people considered useful ; he had so little confidence in his own work that he did not want to risk wasting all of his time upon it . |
| 7 | ‘ You did n't want to risk meeting one of the servants in the hall as you returned to your room , yes ? ’ |
| 8 | Reindeer in the snow , walking in winter wonderlands , the old magic works for me every time and I ca n't wait to begin knitting those special presents for extra-special people . |
| 9 | Instead we should provide them with the means of taking charge of their own lives ; then — if and when they are ready — help them to understand their payoffs and hidden agendas , so that they can choose to stop playing this destructive game . |
| 10 | Many of his best-paying clients were American corporations in Europe , the sort to whom he would prefer to avoid making laborious explanations . |
| 11 | I do n't want to duplicate effort in keyboarding the same bibliographic data twice , and I 'd like to avoid using two separate systems for data input . |
| 12 | ‘ Mother , I do n't like to keep dragging this up , but did Elaine ever tell you I was a surviving twin ? ’ |
| 13 | Helen , I know , would like to keep cooking massive meals for us , but , well — what do you think ? ’ |
| 14 | Now of course the difficulty you ca n't i it 's a personal thing and you do n't like standing watching all this operation going on for too long . |
| 15 | To create this structure and make it work meant harnessing all C&P 's human talent — and the response was there . |
| 16 | In his first letter from there he makes a significant little admission to Theo , and encloses a sketch : ‘ I should like to begin making hasty sketches of some of the many things I meet … but as it would probably keep me from my real work it is better not to start . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ We would hope to avoid cutting any single major service . |
| 18 | So really it would be I suspect the answer to your question you do n't want to keep saying any questions but perhaps what 's the answer . |
| 19 | You would n't want to start watching one of those awful old adventure films you like so much if you knew exactly what was going to happen , would you ? |
| 20 | Do you want to start using that ? |
| 21 | Add them when you 're multiplying , times them when you raise them to a power , so we do n't want to start changing this to one over and things , because we 'll lose that easy way of doing things . |
| 22 | And she did not want to start feeling that way again . |
| 23 | Ordinary-quality facing bricks will be ideal for most outdoor walling , but you may want to consider using special-quality bricks in particularly exposed areas . |
| 24 | Finally , you will get slightly improved sound insulation as well — although for best results you need an air gap bigger than the 20mm maximum usually found in sealed units , and you may want to consider having secondary acoustic double glazing as well . |
| 25 | So you see , in schools like that we would never go uniformed and we would have to discontinue visiting those schools as we would be jeopardizing the children and teachers . |
| 26 | He had been a reluctant ally and may well have resented playing second fiddle to his younger brother . |
| 27 | At the moment it is only available commercially , so until the happy day when we can all buy it , I suppose I 'll have to continue meeting resident weevils in my bathroom . |
| 28 | In such circumstances , the new Kinnock approach — as long as he can show that it is not irredeemably inflationary — might appear quite attractive to people who would not otherwise have considered voting Labour . |
| 29 | With all this in the headlines daily there was no hope of preventing gossip ; Aunt Rose would not normally have considered imparting any personal information to a servant , but she was concerned to protect the children from the truth until they were judged ready . |
| 30 | He would have enjoyed seeing more of this blue and green misty world with the lingering scents of ancient magic everywhere and he would have liked to see some of its people and found out how they lived and what they did and if they were happy . |