Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't want to miss a second of it . |
| 2 | I did n't want to miss a trick . |
| 3 | He did not want to miss a word . |
| 4 | Andy 's form is exceptional and he has waited such a long time to make the jersey his own that he will not want to miss a game . ’ |
| 5 | But we would not want to miss an opportunity or to court a refusal , ’ he said . |
| 6 | But why anyone would want to carry a bike up a mountain on their shoulder for the pleasure of being able to bump about on it for tiny , short stretches of flat ridge was completely beyond me . |
| 7 | This removes some of the flexibility ( you need a mains socket ) , the portability ( the LAN adaptor itself may fit into your pocket , but you would n't want to carry a mains adaptor too ) , and the tidiness ( the power lead means yet another bit of wire at the back of your PC ) . |
| 8 | She had saved up for such a long time and did n't want to carry a load of coins around . |
| 9 | You can see why he did n't want to acknowledge a family connection with someone who was convicted of murder . |
| 10 | If he did want to mount an exhibition of his work — and she was starting to believe that that too had been a lie , just part of some overall strategy — then he 'd have to find someone else to organise it . |
| 11 | The middle-aged may want to preserve an order they are accustomed to , or perhaps their careers . |
| 12 | You may be using some particular part in the spreadsheet that you consider to be unusual , er you may want to include a page reference , so that er , you can understand it again |
| 13 | Even the smallest plot will have sufficient room for a small table and chairs , You may also want to include a barbecue . |
| 14 | When people employ a builder to repair their house , they will probably want to agree a price beforehand . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't want to lose a moment of the time I 'm allowed to visit you , ’ I said . |
| 16 | This does seem a reasonable argument , and I certainly would not want to lose a therapy which could be of real value to people . |
| 17 | They did not want to lose an oar in the wild water . |
| 18 | Do you want to lose an eye ? " |
| 19 | Does anybody want to see a teddy bear ? |
| 20 | ‘ And we did n't want to see a team of scriptwriters messing around with our characters . |
| 21 | People just did n't want to see a sports film . ’ |
| 22 | Sure you do n't want to see a dentist just to make sure it 's all right ? |
| 23 | No I do n't want to see a dentist . |
| 24 | Mr Field has agreed not to make any statement about his next course of action before his 11.30am meeting with Mr Kinnock , but he said that his supporters in Birkenhead had told him they did not want to see a fudge . |
| 25 | John did not want to see a doctor , but they overrode him this morning and had the quack in . |
| 26 | It 's very difficult indeed to pin people down , quite rightly so , I mean , you do n't immediately want to see a scapegoat or something like that . |
| 27 | ‘ Would you prefer to wait a moment , to collect your thoughts and prepare yourself spiritually ? ’ asked the ambience . |
| 28 | I must confess that I would prefer to see a pigtail with an earring rather than the traditional civil service bowler hat . |
| 29 | Dr Caroline Jackson , MEP , said that the European Parliament would prefer to see an environment agency as opposed to the ‘ network ’ suggested by the DoE . |
| 30 | Or is it all an illusion , a phantasm derived from mere figures , a figment of journalistic imagination , an evanescent creature of dream and the wishful thinking of those for whom history is proceeding too slowly , and who would prefer to see an era change during their lifetimes rather than to live within the dulling envelope of merely one ? |