Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She did n't want to see him leave . |
| 2 | If only there was something she could do to help him cope . |
| 3 | Is there anything I can do to help him overcome it ? |
| 4 | It would n't do to let him see her relief and gratitude . |
| 5 | She knew there was nothing she could do to make him go away ; and she smelt him , and the acrid want in him . |
| 6 | And there 's nothing I can do to make him say otherwise . ’ |
| 7 | She did n't want to hear what he would say , did n't want to compound this foolishness with more folly , did n't want to hear him gloat at her easy capitulation . |
| 8 | She did n't want to hear him say it ; it would only drive the pain she felt deeper into the heart . |
| 9 | As for centre backs I 've no idea — ideally I 'd like to see him give half wit and Weatherall a good go along with Tinkler , Forrester and Sharp as I really ca n't see us winning the league after Saturdays shite performance . |
| 10 | And I 'd like to see him get all the way back here because … just because . ’ |
| 11 | I 'd like to see him have a few failures and see how he handles that . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I 'd like to see him try . ’ |
| 13 | Deane and Rodders up front again I du n no I 'd like to see him try for a goal poacher or someone like Ferds . |
| 14 | " Do let me , I like to hear him suck . |
| 15 | On this evidence I 'd like to hear him conduct some genuine Delius . |
| 16 | And when he passed me I did not like to look at his face because it was dark like the shadows of the hill , and when he reached the door he laughed and I did not like to hear him laugh , and when he reached the yard he stopped because Beuno was there and he said to him , ‘ She 'll be all right now . |
| 17 | When he went to look at Anna before going to school her eyes were once more as blue as the sky , and she curled her fingers round his as if she did n't want to let him go . |
| 18 | The audience did n't want to let him go and he returned to sing a little jazz , leaving the stage to rapturous applause . |
| 19 | I 'll half-expect to see him walk into our dressing room for the team talk . ’ |
| 20 | We would hate to see him invite his mother to a similar jaunt , even for the best of motives . |
| 21 | Your ultimate aim is to help the patient back towards normal life , if possible , so you should try to help him keep in touch with friends and acquaintances . |
| 22 | I think we 're just gon na have to let him moan I would n't mind , but until last weekend , he never give a dickie bird about going to sleep I think it was that came in and set him off she should 've just left him on to it instead of trying to do it herself |
| 23 | Of course , we 'll have to let him go in the morning . ’ |
| 24 | I certainly do n't have to let him take advantage of it or let him bludgeon me into a marriage that would be power-based and intolerable . |
| 25 | When a horse is shy of any object , and reluctant to approach it , the rider must try to make him feel that there is nothing terrible in it , especially to a horse of spirit ; but if he can not succeed , the rider must himself touch that which appears so alarming , and lead the horse up gently to it . |
| 26 | ‘ I 'd probably try to make him laugh — that generally helps to defuse an awkward situation . ’ |
| 27 | Clever western diplomacy could try to make him appear less heroic , by keeping the linkage vague , but then — unless he has belatedly realised the hopelessness of his position — he would see no benefit in it . |
| 28 | is n't , so erm we 'll have to make him come wo n't we ? |
| 29 | ‘ Then you 'll have to make him see sense if I ca n't , Alice . |
| 30 | If he felt that his work lay here , it was not for her to question his decision , but she sometimes wished that something might happen to make him change his mind . |