Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he asked to see her in his study , a few days after her return from Blaworth , she feared the worst . |
| 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 | But after he had left them Rain wondered whether Shildon might not want to see her about his MacQuillan inquiry , a matter other events had put out of her mind . |
| 6 | ‘ That is my assessment of the case , Madame , as I intend to report it to my commandant . ’ |
| 7 | But he was clearly relieved when I agreed to accept it at his hands . |
| 8 | I did not want to worry him in his last moments , so I did not tell him that Linton was also dying . |
| 9 | I 've pulled him out of it I pulled him out of it for the simple reason , he is the only one which is , I did n't want to segregate him on his own . |
| 10 | Well , tonight you may leave early , but I want to see you with my guests every evening . |
| 11 | I want to see you on your knees begging for my love before our time is up , and that will be all the satisfaction I need . ’ |
| 12 | Such rituals and procedures are designed to restore them to their proper place within the people of God and within the inner circle of his blessing . |
| 13 | This can be particularly useful , because although your dog may well master these quite readily in the privacy of your garden , it will also need to perform them with your encouragement in the totally different environment of the training hall , in the company of other dogs . |
| 14 | The ideas might even have come from elsewhere-their tutors , or books , or perhaps a tape/slide presentation — but the student has to embrace them as his or her own if he or she is claiming them to be true . |
| 15 | He has to wear it at his mother 's wedding . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I want to thank him for his patience , foresight , and ability to interpret my ideas , incorporate his own with them , and achieve what you see here tonight . |
| 17 | I do n't know your name , but I want to thank you for your kindness to me on the night I left Weatherbury . |
| 18 | WIELDING a meat chopper , a man slashed and injured two government workers and a policeman yesterday as they tried to evict him from his home in Kowloon Walled City , which the Hong Kong government says is a slum and should be demolished . |
| 19 | She went to sleep , and woke to growl , ‘ Me least , ’ and he put a bath towel round her and tried to carry her into his bed-sitting room , but he was too frail to do it and she had to wake up again to walk by herself . |
| 20 | ‘ I 've come to see you about your son , Aspirant . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Actually , I have come to see you on his behalf , ’ said Mary pompously . |
| 22 | The specification was also very comprehensive , and the 1987 version added the significant message that heads and coordinators should select from and adapt the list rather than seek to implement it in its entirety . |
| 23 | We have chosen your shorts , I now propose to instruct you in their origin and past life . |
| 24 | Major Tzann wants to see you in his office , right away . ’ |
| 25 | She caught sight of the children and , in a sudden paroxysm of words , tried to admonish them in her own language interspersed with Arabic , while announcing breakfast to me in English . |
| 26 | He wants to restore it to its original castellated glory to provide a home for wife Annie and two sons and realise a 15-year dream . |
| 27 | From time to time we have copies of WWF News and other member communications returned to us because people have moved house and forgotten to inform us of their new address . |
| 28 | Second , to better understand such ideas as ‘ press freedom ’ , one needs to relate them to their original context . |
| 29 | I tried to shake it from my mind as I shook the water from my hair , but I knew what that face felt like from the inside . |
| 30 | It was pointless to try to catch them on their own ground as their friends were too numerous and their alibis too readily available . |