Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Sam said he had a surprise to show her ; and Sarah , obviously put up to it by him , claimed she would prefer to sit in the shade on the terrace and do a water colour of the garden at La Gracieuse . |
| 2 | Er I will have explained er er I certainly would 've explained on the phone that er part of the contract requires them to give us a list of prospective advertisers . |
| 3 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 4 | ‘ We do n't want to go for the sort of so called innovation that can alienate an audience , ’ he exclaims when we talk about the sometimes clichéd dynamics of their music . |
| 5 | See really all you need to do is pull it , you 've got two posts , how high do you want to go with the posts , about that high ? |
| 6 | Observers see the Royal couple no longer enjoy each other 's company and reports reveal Diana did not want to go on the trip . |
| 7 | So I asked Dad , it took me ages , and he said , " What do you want to go on the Pill for ? " |
| 8 | I do n't want to go on the challenge . |
| 9 | The dogs were fat and strong , and they did n't want to go on the ship . |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know why Judith did n't want to go on the boat . |
| 11 | ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’ |
| 12 | Ten more minutes or so went by until she was ready for the net , one scoop followed by some frantic throwing in of excess tail which did n't want to go into the net and she was ours . |
| 13 | ‘ What made you want to go into the theatre ? ’ |
| 14 | Cos I do n't want to go into the T S B ! |
| 15 | ‘ I did n't want to go into the Army at all , ’ he will tell you . |
| 16 | Yes , I do n't want to go into the Poll Tax argument on this |
| 17 | Well do you want to go into the fashion shop ? |
| 18 | Yes , as I said previously , I did n't particularly want to go into the detail , because obviously as a member of P A G , Mrs , you 'll get an opportunity to see that particular detail . |
| 19 | He did n't want to go into the fact that someone had died . |
| 20 | Remember Colin was put into that job er because he was displaced , he did n't want to go into the job . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't want to go into the castle . |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't want to go over the machine , ’ said Evelyn . |
| 23 | At first Lindy did not want to go over the wall . |
| 24 | I do n't really want to go over the grounds which you know you would seek to weigh different erm locations . |
| 25 | I did n't want to go through the arguments for and against . |
| 26 | As soon as the redundancies were announced , just over half of those who retired before the pension age decided that they did not want to go through the process of trying to find work . |
| 27 | I I I do n't want to go down the road to the same extent that they 've done , when they put us into debt by fifty er fifty billion o o o o o o o just on on on one day , but I 'm sure that there is a a strong case to look |
| 28 | Do you want to go to the Moon , too ? ’ |
| 29 | Well they do n't want to go to the sea , erm |
| 30 | Remarkably , when she was given ungrammatical sentences to repeat , she often produced a grammatically correct version : she repeated ‘ She write she mother a letter ’ as ‘ She wrote her mother a letter ’ , and ‘ Do you want to go movies ? ’ as ‘ Do you want to go to the movies ? ’ . |