Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [prep] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A lot of them want to just talk , to feel secure that they 've seen a policeman . |
| 2 | but I mean to even think of it , you know , is not very nice ! |
| 3 | 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 ! ’ |
| 4 | 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 ! |
| 5 | ‘ I hate to even ask , but Dr Marlowe , can you see one more ? |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | I want to just have a look at this . |
| 12 | I know I know I know but I want to just keep going round the lot . |
| 13 | 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 . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | 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 ! |
| 16 | Erm , that 's all I want to actually say in view of the . |
| 17 | I , I mean I want to actually put in some you know some real kind of , you know , rather |
| 18 | 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 ) . |
| 19 | I hope to gradually increase the number of pages over the next few issues , if funds allow . |
| 20 | I begin to really hate men and do n't want to get close to them in case I get hurt again . |
| 21 | I seem to vaguely remember you gave me some directions last time . |
| 22 | ‘ I try to just get the feelings across that I know he probably felt . |
| 23 | Well done , excellent , erm , as you can see , in some ways quite a complex er , issue , and it 's one of those things really , I think to fully understand this , you got to sit down with a pencil and paper and work it through yourself . |
| 24 | But er to their credit er they got the contractors in and they commenced by putting up new pillars and new roofing structures and it took them about twelve months I think to actually build a new machine shop . |
| 25 | ( I prefer to gently lever them off from the underside with a small screwdriver ) . |
| 26 | I wish to eventually add invertebrates to this tank . |
| 27 | ‘ After all , to do the job properly I need to thoroughly understand what 's involved . ’ |
| 28 | At this stage I have to briefly pause and praise the majority of our aquatic goods manufacturers who are getting a staggering amount of praise mail at present . |
| 29 | And I have to practically get permission from the Palace before I can go to the bloody bog in the morning because Her Maj is petrified I 'll put my foot in it again and encourage the republicans . |
| 30 | And this causes me difficulties in that I have to either imagine what it was or come back again to see whatever the er item in question is . |