Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pron] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ I did n't want to burden you with this but you 'd soon have wondered why Mackie did n't come . ’
2 After spying him through the kitchen window with Mrs Files , so much himself , so much not Francis , I thought I did n't want to see him at all .
3 She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning .
4 I knew my wife did n't want to see it at all .
5 Local councillor Eddie McEvilly said : ‘ I do n't really want to talk about conditions on the operation , because I do n't want to see it at all . ’
6 It was so useful to have been on the road myself and to have experienced cold-calling , setting up new accounts , or merchandising accounts that did n't want to see you at that particular moment .
7 No doubt they will want to interview you at some time .
8 They would n't have allowed them , you know , did n't want to kill themselves like that .
9 That anyone should want to kill anyone on this tender lovely evening was a concept beyond the understanding of all of them .
10 Now do you want to provide them with any parking facilities off parking ?
11 ‘ We do n't want to provide anything of that sort just yet .
12 We do n't want to find ourselves with any comic exposure unless all the parameters have been examined in-depth . ’
13 I do n't even drink he 's the sort of guy who 'd want to know anything about this .
14 ‘ I do not want to know you at all , Monsieur Lemarchand , ’ she stated firmly .
15 They do n't want to know you at any other time … but most of them are n't like that here .
16 He he said you 're one person I can talk to , you listen to me and I can talk to you and er he did n't want to worry you at that time but for him , he did n't think he was suitable .
17 Fifty two year old Agnes Smith does n't need to lose anything like that amount , but as part of our search for a healthy lifestyle she 's agreed to try this form of group therapy .
18 You may then decide that either you do not need to interview anyone at all because no job exists or that you need to interview someone for a quite different role , perhaps involving taking on various responsibilities of other employees which together form a more rational and cohesive whole .
19 Again , he tackles , in The Conquest of Happiness , the roots of human unhappiness , and sees them in an excessive introversion , in an excessive concern with the mechanisms of one 's own mind , and proposes various ways in which people can seek to extract themselves from this introverted obsession with their own mechanisms .
20 In a letter to his mother he explained that ‘ seeing God had so often heard his most humble petitions , and had delivered him out of many most eminent dangers of soul and body , and had brought his family out of most desperate calamities , he should now seek to serve Him in such a calling ’ .
21 Surely no one would need to consult him at this hour ?
22 So we need to get some if we 're going to work on ordnance survey ones we 'll need to sort something on that .
23 You will need to steel yourself for this possible increase ( initially ) in the behaviour you want to eliminate ; but do n't lose heart — stick to your guns .
24 He was surprised that the doctor should seek to draw him into such boldness with one who was of the other sex , and the daughter of a friend .
25 Basically , can people see it , because I do n't need to use it to any great extent ,
26 We 'll need to do something about that .
27 Now we 're planning to do a , we do n't wan na do another budget , re-budget forecast until June July , we , cos it , we do n't need to do one for this bu any budget year starting July , we 're gon na work on the calendar year .
28 Right so I do n't need to do anything for that ?
29 You do n't need to practise them at all you know which one 's which .
30 Every time something newsworthy happens in your organisation you will need to consider which of these many outlets are likely to be interested in the information .
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