Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I hate to burden you with this . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't want to burden you with this but you 'd soon have wondered why Mackie did n't come . ’ |
| 3 | I hate to see it like that . ’ |
| 4 | After spying him through the kitchen window with Mrs Files , so much himself , so much not Francis , I thought I did n't want to see him at all . |
| 5 | She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning . |
| 6 | I knew my wife did n't want to see it at all . |
| 7 | Local councillor Eddie McEvilly said : ‘ I do n't really want to talk about conditions on the operation , because I do n't want to see it at all . ’ |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | No doubt they will want to interview you at some time . |
| 10 | We pledge to continue to support them in that . |
| 11 | ‘ I 've sweated blood to get him to agree to see me at all . |
| 12 | to continue to provide them with that service . |
| 13 | Now do you want to provide them with any parking facilities off parking ? |
| 14 | ‘ I do not want to know you at all , Monsieur Lemarchand , ’ she stated firmly . |
| 15 | They do n't want to know you at any other time … but most of them are n't like that here . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | And I hardly got to know him at all . |
| 18 | ‘ I want to thank you for all you did for Mam . |
| 19 | You do n't yet give us money , although I hope may , one day you will be persuaded to do so , but you have given us time , and particularly in the person of your colleague Sandra who is here , and her time to us has been enormously valuable and I want to thank you for that . |
| 20 | ‘ I want to thank you for this opportunity and tell you I will do my very best for you . ’ |
| 21 | Say you 've got a report about a small red car , and you want to compare it with all the other small red cars that have been reported in the area . |
| 22 | I 've come to see you under another guise . |
| 23 | They will take approximately a week to reach this stage , so that while any traces remaining in a carpet could give rise to problems , a solid floor can be easily disinfected to kill them before this stage is reached . |
| 24 | He laughed mirthlessly , despairing of her understanding , ‘ You ca n't expect those who are evicted to see it like that . ’ |
| 25 | While this is not universally true — there are exceptions on record — it is true often enough that sociolinguists expect to find it in each new situation they study . |
| 26 | In a letter to his mother he explained that ‘ seeing God had so often heard his most humble petitions , and had delivered him out of many most eminent dangers of soul and body , and had brought his family out of most desperate calamities , he should now seek to serve Him in such a calling ’ . |
| 27 | Surely no one would need to consult him at this hour ? |
| 28 | It is not recommended to exercise her in this condition , because of the unwelcomed attention she will receive , and the risk of her becoming pregnant . |
| 29 | Chapters 2 and 3 are designed to help you on both counts . |
| 30 | So you want to avoid it at all costs in release three of four . |