Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] to [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | On the evening of March 26 there will be a celebratory dinner at the Campana Restaurant in Marylebone High Street for everyone involved to really let their hair down . |
| 2 | A lot of them want to just talk , to feel secure that they 've seen a policeman . |
| 3 | Now what I want you to do I want to just have a look at it now and I want you to play with it over the holiday on your own . |
| 4 | but I mean to even think of it , you know , is not very nice ! |
| 5 | Well , you 've had all you 're getting , my sweet little stepsister , and that 's the reason I 'm here today — to assure you that I intend to finally put an end to your grubby manoeuvres to extract money from my family ! ’ |
| 6 | In order not to dull your pleasure I intend to only speak for a few minutes in case we all get snowed in/melt away in the heat ! |
| 7 | You know , it 's like I 'm suddenly there , just sort of plonked down in a place and I got to really struggle to remember how I got there . |
| 8 | ‘ I hate to even ask , but Dr Marlowe , can you see one more ? |
| 9 | And I 'm out a lot , I tend to just slurp down a cup of Slimma-soup , stick a wee dollop of quiche in the microwave or something while I 'm waiting for my Carmens to heat up . |
| 10 | You know , when you go straight there , and sometimes you get it , it 's not constructive , you know , but if I 'm getting jumped on , I tend to perhaps jump , jump down on the people below me . |
| 11 | Yes and I want to just visit a friend either end of July beginning of August and then in September it 's our five day study tour to Worcester , you know . |
| 12 | I want to just go and have a look in them you see if you 've well anyway Well erm , I might get to a certain extent . |
| 13 | I want to just scotch the myth that has been put forward by Councillor about the poll tax cos did this at P and R and I will reiterate what the leader said then and I and and quite clearly and soundly , that the Labour Party , both nationally and locally , and this Labour Group do not condone a policy of non-payment either as a principle or as a tactic . |
| 14 | I want to just have a look at this . |
| 15 | I know I know I know but I want to just keep going round the lot . |
| 16 | Two things I want to just touch on er fairly briefly er because of the time factor but I do want to touch on before you get into continuing with your er development for your third presentation . |
| 17 | Before going on to analyse the kinds of blocking technique one might nevertheless use , I want to briefly explain what I mean by the terms ‘ open ’ and ‘ closed ’ sides when referring to a stance . |
| 18 | Now there have been some allegations flying around that there are people in the parliamentary Labour Party who want to get rid of that link and I want to categorically say that there is no serious figure in the Labour Party who shares that opinion there 's no one in the G M B group who takes that view there 's no one in the Shadow Cabinet and what is more , I know from my own personal experience , and my dealings with him over thirty years , that there is no greater supporter of the trades union link than John Smith himself ! |
| 19 | Erm , that 's all I want to actually say in view of the . |
| 20 | I , I mean I want to actually put in some you know some real kind of , you know , rather |
| 21 | Joos 's " infinitive " is in fact made up of two words — to plus the bare infinitive — as can be seen from the possibility of inserting an adverb between them ( I want to really scare him ) and of finding to all by itself , something which is strictly impossible with inflections ( I do n't want to ) . |
| 22 | I hope to gradually increase the number of pages over the next few issues , if funds allow . |
| 23 | I begin to really hate men and do n't want to get close to them in case I get hurt again . |
| 24 | I seem to vaguely remember you gave me some directions last time . |
| 25 | I began ‘ Great Expectations ’ with a very negative view towards it but as I read on I began to really enjoy it . |
| 26 | Chair , in respect of what erm , it 's obviously it 's er , good for the Authority that Mr is er , obviously , but what will happen to his post , right away , and what , will there be someone employed to actually fill in , I know there will probably be some moving up er , ? |
| 27 | After recently having an exchange engine professionally fitted to my 1980 Range Rover , I decided to completely renew the suspension using heavy duty front and rear springs ‘ G ’ on front ‘ Y ’ on rear and four new shock absorbers . |
| 28 | I knew that I would probably lose the case if I did , and lose everything , but for my own personal esteem I needed to actually make that stand . ’ |
| 29 | I was , in Robert Pirsig 's immortal phrase , caught in a gumption trap , expending more and more energy in a blind alley of endeavour from which I needed to quietly reverse in temporary resignation . |
| 30 | that 's the perfect time and I had this sort of doubt in my mind erm then I was fortunate I learnt a co a very good scripted presentation for getting referred leads and once I started to actually ask , cos that 's all it comes down to , erm then I was getting three , four , in the end I was being quite clever and saying look if you just restrict them to three then I 'll give them the same good service I reckon I 've given you this service |