Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] you [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I did n't want to burden you with this but you 'd soon have wondered why Mackie did n't come . ’ |
| 2 | But Eve Pearce is magnificently anguished and smothering as Henny ( this is the kind of mother whose ‘ I do n't want to burden you with my problems ’ sounds as convincing as ‘ I am not a crook ’ did when it come from the lips of Richard Nixon ) , and Debora Weston flutters and fences vivaciously as the girlish killer and literary know-all . |
| 3 | " I do n't want to burden you with my problems . " |
| 4 | But there — I do n't want to burden you with my troubles . ’ |
| 5 | She knew me as Matt and I did n't want to alert you to who I was until I 'd found out what was going on . |
| 6 | It was so useful to have been on the road myself and to have experienced cold-calling , setting up new accounts , or merchandising accounts that did n't want to see you at that particular moment . |
| 7 | I 'll be looking at your statement later and I 'll probably want to see you in the next day or so . ’ |
| 8 | No doubt they will want to interview you at some time . |
| 9 | ‘ What does he want to interview you for ? ! ’ |
| 10 | They do n't want to know you at any other time … but most of them are n't like that here . |
| 11 | ‘ I do not want to know you at all , Monsieur Lemarchand , ’ she stated firmly . |
| 12 | He he said you 're one person I can talk to , you listen to me and I can talk to you and er he did n't want to worry you at that time but for him , he did n't think he was suitable . |
| 13 | Okay er Phil I 'll need to see you about erm organizing the unit party . |
| 14 | There are several people who will probably need to help you with various parts of the work from the very beginning to completion ; Environmental Health Officers , Builders , Architects or Surveyors , Building Control Officers and Occupational Therapists . |
| 15 | You go to prison for something you 've done wrong , that 's your punishment , but they do n't need to humiliate you in the way they do . |
| 16 | ‘ Next time you are in distress I will know to leave you to it . |
| 17 | Now somehow I want you to break out of that and to , as I say , shout it from the rooftops , because in the end , the public applause from that will protect you from those who might seek to neuter you in that role . |
| 18 | I refer to your letter of 30 October 1992 but will need to direct you to the District Council Planning Department for much of the information that you seek . |
| 19 | Yes sir , I I would n't seek to dissuade you from that sir . |
| 20 | I can not promise to make you into a world authority on ingredients , but I do hope to share my passion for good food with you , and to inspire you to try a different type of tea or a new way of serving pasta . |
| 21 | I would n't want to tip you over the brink . ’ |
| 22 | I will expect to see you at around 10.30am . |
| 23 | I did n't expect to see you on the moor at this time of night . |
| 24 | I wo n't expect to see you until tomorrow morning . ’ |
| 25 | To what extent do they appear to preclude you from making use of the skills and knowledge that you have acquired and competing with the people for whom you used to work . |
| 26 | Since I am certain that my dear cousin Araminta will neglect to inform you of it , allow me to introduce myself . |
| 27 | What can I do to get you off the phone ? ’ |
| 28 | I did n't want to embarrass you in front of your grandson — ’ |
| 29 | You may be surprised to find that she does n't want to shackle you with a ball and chain . |
| 30 | I would like to thank you for helping my case by removing the names of my coauthors — Jim Bull and Robert Paxton — from the article ‘ Why some insects look pretty nasty ’ ( 6 January , p 26 ) . |