Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't stay to see it happen , just went as far up the fields as I could go . |
| 2 | She did n't want to see him leave . |
| 3 | People have me in a little pocket of their minds in that role [ Ben Braddock ] and they do n't want to see me get out of it . |
| 4 | I do n't want to see it end in tragedy . ’ |
| 5 | And frankly I think it and I hope to God that John I d I know he does n't want to see it happen to him , I hope to God it does n't . |
| 6 | ‘ Nana , do n't want to see it 'gain , ’ yelled Celia through her tears . |
| 7 | They 've got to see you sign the will or at least acknowledge it and in practice see you sign they do n't need to know what 's in the will they just want to see you sign but they 've got to be there it 's no good up the road as one witness did for not for me to her husband who was working in his shop witnessed the signature afterwards . |
| 8 | ‘ I suppose I just do n't want to see you hurt . ’ |
| 9 | You 've been good to me , Peter , I would n't want to see you hurt by having me around . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't want to see you hurt , ’ he said softly . |
| 11 | She knew how badly one sister had treated you ; she quite obviously did n't want to see you become associated with the other … ’ |
| 12 | We are now buying ourselves white sticks that we do n't really need to help us cross the road . |
| 13 | You could , if you wish , try Java Fern , which is rather too woody for the tastes of many species — but if you want a good covering you will need to let it establish for a few months — or else you can cheat and use Java Fern-covered rocks/bogwood from another tank . |
| 14 | What seems to be of more use to people are specific things they can do to help them achieve these states . |
| 15 | And , and a lot of single people as I mentioned , they , they , they do n't come anywhere on , on a housing list to have housing provided for them — what can you do to help them find places ? |
| 16 | If only there was something she could do to help him cope . |
| 17 | Is there anything I can do to help him overcome it ? |
| 18 | ‘ I mean , is there anything you can do to help us rescue Gurder ? ’ |
| 19 | He said they were good to him whenever they saw him but often he did n't choose to let them see him . |
| 20 | This would certainly have been within the power of an omnipotent being , but if he had started it off in such an incomprehensible way , why did he choose to let it evolve according to laws that we could understand ? |
| 21 | She had been neglected and he ached because of it , but it would n't do to let her know that . |
| 22 | It would n't do to let him see her relief and gratitude . |
| 23 | Well there 's plenty of things you can do to make them drop back . |
| 24 | She knew there was nothing she could do to make him go away ; and she smelt him , and the acrid want in him . |
| 25 | And there 's nothing I can do to make him say otherwise . ’ |
| 26 | But there is nothing you can do to make it grow longer than it is programmed to do by your body chemistry . |
| 27 | And apart from the garden that you said that you made it lovely while you were there , what other things did you do to make it look like a home ? |
| 28 | What can we do to make it look like we care about the unemployed ? |
| 29 | What can we do to make it look like we actually care about training ? |
| 30 | What can we do to make it look like we care about the unemployed ? |