Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They had to wait while the Substitute put on his new galoshes , murmuring with a cigar between his teeth : ‘ Do n't want to miss anything this time … ’ |
| 2 | Jock then tried to hit Denis , who was still swinging at Michael , who did n't want to hit his big brother , and stumbled back into Sean , who jumped to one side and collided with Pat Kelly , knocking his next drink out of his hand ! |
| 3 | It can be made more complicated by trying to value the choices that managers could make to affect their future cash flows , such as closing a factory , and the choices that are contingent on other choices . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course schools will want to continue their good practice of regular reports to parents and responding to any concerns parents might have . |
| 5 | I had decided that all my stuff was irretrievably lost ; that I did not want to continue my projected journey but would strike out and do something different — go to Ecuador perhaps and if possible from there into Brazil . |
| 6 | ‘ And when he asked you to marry him , you accepted , because you did not want to lose your new-found security . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ You probably do n't want to see me this morning , but I 've a good reason for being here . |
| 8 | ‘ But I do n't want to see my hard work wasted . |
| 9 | Was that because Theo did n't want to risk his precious name in the Paris art world ? |
| 10 | If they were Doreen 's jodhpurs she had no wish to wear them , so she said , ‘ I 'd prefer to wear my own trousers . ’ |
| 11 | YWAM do not want to discontinue their current policy of encouraging in every way current initiatives for church planting and feeding people in to help such work . |
| 12 | She did so want to wear her new shoes . |
| 13 | Why on earth would Parkin want to kill his own mistress ? |
| 14 | ‘ Do you want to kill your loving family ? ’ |
| 15 | I would not like to be kept alive by a machine , like a vegetable , day in day out , she had once decided , I would prefer to accept my appointed day . |
| 16 | Again , few long-standing customers will surely want to compromise their future bargaining position by revealing to the court the true weight which they gave to the various considerations before them prior to the placing of interim contracts with the employer . |
| 17 | Why birds should want to increase their active sleep is a mystery . |
| 18 | She can help me choose my trousseau , and Harry , I 'll want to meet your foster family and the old cook who was so kind to you . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't want to know your terrible secrets . |
| 20 | The servants did not want to offend their young master , and Mrs Reed could see no fault in her dear boy . |
| 21 | However , I do not want to offend my local church organist by asking her to step down . |
| 22 | I did not feel sympathetic towards Catherine , and certainly did not want to frighten my poor master by telling him she was ill . |
| 23 | I want , I 'm just saying to you what I want to do I actually want to consolidate my own qualifications |
| 24 | The testator allows for the fact that his daughter will want to benefit her own children if she has any , and therefore restricts his limitation until such time as they are born . |
| 25 | Forever Onward through contraceptive devices and old sticks , carrying the good words to new and freshly rotting society , signalling the path of Entertaining Effervescence and weaving artistic patterns of dirty foam while endeavouring to avoid and repel all hellish floating things that do seek to sink its buoyant ideals . |
| 26 | I suppose you do n't need to like us old people , ’ and entered into detailed descriptions of the state of their bladders and allied organs , and operations ; and then the jokes and the guffaws and laughter and the pokings and teasing turned to sexual matters , and Philippa felt ashamed for them , these shrivelled old dames , with dazzling movable white teeth , among them some whom surgery permitted to continue without wombs , without breasts , so gloating on the idea of dicks and holes and hairy entrances and moist lips , and cheeks and cracks , and their skinny stiff twisted hands , the thought of them pawing and patting revolted her , but of course they wanted to touch her , her shining hair , her firm face , her lovely arms . |
| 27 | After all the speculation surrounding his appointment , he ca n't wait to see his new side in action . |
| 28 | After all the speculation surrounding his appointment , he ca n't wait to see his new side in action . |
| 29 | Individual teachers , or in some cases groups of teachers in cooperation , will need to plan their own school units . |
| 30 | And they have to be safe for the performers , so that the nest-owners can survive to continue their parental duties . |