Example sentences of "[pron] want [to-vb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why should I want to make you feel bad ? ’ he retorted . |
| 2 | I want to let you know about a study we have initiated on the usual basis of ( almost ) nil funds — hence we ca n't offer you a lucrative contract ! |
| 3 | ‘ I want to see him take the ball from them , and the strikers , so that he can look to score goals like he did in Wednesday 's game with Turkey . ’ |
| 4 | I want to see them move . |
| 5 | Over the coming years , I want to see us widen and extend our membership and our networking incorporation with other charities even further . |
| 6 | And I said oh I 've got a present for you so I want to see you give it to you . |
| 7 | ‘ I want to see you do it . |
| 8 | I want to see you feed them . " |
| 9 | next Monday I want to see you have a happy Christmas . |
| 10 | ‘ I want to see it drop into the Pacific . ’ |
| 11 | I want to hear them discuss how they will bring an end to all forms of intensive animal farming , ban bloodsports , end testing on animals , stop animals being used in circuses , ban imports of fur products and end this disgraceful trade . |
| 12 | ‘ I want to hear you swear , ’ Woolley demanded . |
| 13 | I want to hear you plead for my touch , for my possession . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I want to hear you say it , cara … ’ |
| 15 | ‘ I want to hear you say it , Jessamy . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I want to hear you say it . |
| 17 | It 's partly because I 'm so lonely , it 's partly deliberate ( I want to make him relax , both for his own good and so that one day he may make a mistake ) , so it 's part weakness , and part cunning , and part charity . |
| 18 | I make sure , then prepare to leave , but I want to make it appear that I entered and left the church like a ghost . |
| 19 | I want to help you do that . |
| 20 | ‘ I want to help you escape from this terrible place , ’ said the lamb . |
| 21 | Sparc90 on the other hand is a Sun-sanctioned exercise but probably depends on someone wanting to make it happen . |
| 22 | Oh I wanted to let him go . |
| 23 | I wanted to let you know of this initiative because I thought it might be possible to : |
| 24 | I was pretty certain what it was , but I wanted to hear her say it . |
| 25 | ‘ , Oh , Maura , you do n't know how much I wanted to hear you say that . |
| 26 | ‘ I wanted to hear you say that . |
| 27 | I wanted to make you suffer the way I was suffering . |
| 28 | That 's why I was n't going to hand this out right at the beginning , because I wanted to make you work at it a bit more , er , then you can , when you 've got those two versions written underneath . |
| 29 | ‘ I did it because I wanted to make you look the way you do now . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Do you want to let me catch it for you ? in he continued patronisingly . |