Example sentences of "[vb base] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ That is my assessment of the case , Madame , as I intend to report it to my commandant . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You want to see me about something ? ’ |
| 3 | Well , tonight you may leave early , but I want to see you with my guests every evening . |
| 4 | 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 . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ 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 . |
| 6 | I do n't know your name , but I want to thank you for your kindness to me on the night I left Weatherbury . |
| 7 | We have chosen your shorts , I now propose to instruct you in their origin and past life . |
| 8 | When you want to pass it to somebody else in the press ? |
| 9 | Selling forward means selling the foreign currency today for delivery at the time you expect to receive it from your customer . |
| 10 | And I want to hear it from you . |
| 11 | She was still trying to cope with what she was beginning to realise was her over-reaction , though she could n't have said quite why she should feel so alarmed , when he told her coolly , ‘ You misunderstand me , Miss Everett , ’ and was on his feet too as , looking arrogantly down at her , he stated bluntly , ‘ Should I ever be so lucky as you suggest , then , be sure of it , I 'd throw away my rabbit 's foot , ’ and having forthrightly left her under no illusion but that should he ever get saddled with her then he would consider his luck had run out , he went on toughly , ‘ I already know the answer , but , for the record , I want to hear it from you — are you just playing around with Travis for the pure hell of it — or , ’ his voice had taken on a grim edge , ‘ are you in love with him ? ’ |
| 12 | Turning back to the landlord , Giles Aplin said , ‘ I already know the name of the man who gave you this watch — but I want to hear it from your lips — and I want the truth . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Many British and American tourists feel that they have connections with some part of Scottish history and they want to experience it for themselves . ’ |
| 14 | nice way of saying if you want to help her with her maths sheets please do . |
| 15 | if you want to discuss it with me . |
| 16 | Although I 've talked about some of them before there is such a feeling in fashion for double jacquard that I want to suggest them to you again . |
| 17 | Her nose is all cold and wet and I want to wipe it for her , but I do n't . |
| 18 | Another scale of wholesale charges for unused equipment is also useful for people who like a particular product so much that they genuinely want to buy it for themselves , albeit at a preferential rate . |
| 19 | If you want to challenge him about anything you had better have your facts right . |
| 20 | The cost of weapons often means they are in potentially short supply , all the more so because once commanders find that a weapon works , they want to use it for everything . |
| 21 | I want to put it on me |
| 22 | They 've been through a lot and want to put it behind them . |
| 23 | I do n't want to put it in me deposit you see , I want to put it in my next year 's commitment |
| 24 | Just in case they want to put you on something else . ’ |
| 25 | You want to leave me on my own tonight and go to a disco and let some spotty lout put his arms about you ? ’ |
| 26 | Or if you want to leave them with me and then I 'll , I 've got to have a walk up to post office in a bit . |
| 27 | I do n't drink much of my beer , partly due to a disapproving glance from Willie , and partly because I want to leave it under my chair for Jerry to have later . |
| 28 | We want to do it for him . ’ |
| 29 | That 's why they want to reassure them of their treatment at the Police station . |
| 30 | They want to bend me to their will like a factory machine , so they can scrap me when I wear out . |