Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [art] [noun sg] " 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 | ‘ Nor do I want to indulge in a post-mortem — although I suppose it 's an appropriate description , if the thing between us is now dead . ’ |
| 3 | A recent objection came from a client who did not want to invest in a company that gave political donations . |
| 4 | A large number wish to continue working as long as they are fit and do not want to retire at the state pension age . |
| 5 | I do n't want to go for a ride ! |
| 6 | ‘ But I do n't want to go for a sail ! ’ |
| 7 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ 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 . |
| 9 | Although you may not want to go on a course , or can not afford to , it is a good idea to ask a friend or relative you feel comfortable with to play the part of the interviewer and let you have a dummy run . |
| 10 | Observers see the Royal couple no longer enjoy each other 's company and reports reveal Diana did not want to go on the trip . |
| 11 | So I asked Dad , it took me ages , and he said , " What do you want to go on the Pill for ? " |
| 12 | I do n't want to go on the challenge . |
| 13 | The dogs were fat and strong , and they did n't want to go on the ship . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know why Judith did n't want to go on the boat . |
| 15 | ‘ There is no definite plan … if you were going to , you would want to go at the top , and we are still growing . ’ |
| 16 | Neither would Souness want to go as a failure . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | ‘ What made you want to go into the theatre ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I did n't want to go into the Army at all , ’ he will tell you . |
| 20 | Yes , I do n't want to go into the Poll Tax argument on this |
| 21 | Well do you want to go into the fashion shop ? |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | He did n't want to go into the fact that someone had died . |
| 24 | Remember Colin was put into that job er because he was displaced , he did n't want to go into the job . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't want to go into the castle . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't want to go over the machine , ’ said Evelyn . |
| 27 | At first Lindy did not want to go over the wall . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | — I told the Warden that I did n't want to go to no hospital but he never listened . |