Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [prep] [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't want to quarrel in front of Flora — it seemed humiliating over something so small — so I said , ‘ Well , it 's just that they seemed so happy and fond of each other . |
| 2 | Then he looked up and said , ‘ Celia , you do n't want to remain at Brentwoods for ever , do you , to have our child turn to some third party for its emotional and creature comforts , to get the odd pat on the head from a parent at six o'clock of an evening ? |
| 3 | Do females prefer to mate with males of longer tail-length ? |
| 4 | If you suffered an injury — like a slipped disc , a dislocated knee — or if you needed a hip replacement or maybe something even more serious , you 'd naturally want to go into hospital without a long delay . |
| 5 | I do not want to go into detail about how I get on with Michael . |
| 6 | ‘ I would n't want to go through life as a miracle-worker . ’ |
| 7 | Sometimes she does n't want to go to school at all . ’ |
| 8 | If he did n't want to go to court for a very minor offence , then you could caution him . |
| 9 | I 'm only here under duress because I did n't want to go to court over this nonsense . |
| 10 | ( Who 'd want to go to bed with roses anyway , what a mad idea ! ) ’ |
| 11 | ‘ You do n't want to go to bed with me ? ’ |
| 12 | But I do n't want to go to bed with you . |
| 13 | When I was younger they used to say if I ever did want to go to bed with somebody to ask to go on the Pill . |
| 14 | I do n't want to go to bed with you , I 'm speaking about the situation . |
| 15 | The trouble is , when I do n't want to go to bed with her ( and it does happen ) , I do n't want to go to bed with her . |
| 16 | The trouble is , when I do n't want to go to bed with her ( and it does happen ) , I do n't want to go to bed with her . |
| 17 | When do n't I want to go to bed with her ? |
| 18 | ‘ In the circumstances , how could you possibly want to go to bed with someone like me ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ I knew two sorts of women , ’ he said thickly , not looking at her , ‘ the women I loved but did n't want to go to bed with . |
| 20 | And then the women I did want to go to bed with , but could n't conduct a conversation with . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ You 're not in love with him and you do n't want to go to bed with him , but you do love him . |
| 22 | ‘ Lowell , do you want to go to bed with me ? ’ |
| 23 | Do you want to go to bed with Daddy ? |
| 24 | you do n't want to go to bed with knots in your hair |
| 25 | Well do you want to go to Nottingham to the disco at Rosy 's or not ? |
| 26 | There are no real features — a low relief gangway here , a slashed crack there , a stiffening of angle at two thirds height seize the imagination of the guide-writer more than that of the viewing climber , who will want to go from bottom to top by the smoothest and straightest way . |
| 27 | She might have resented his calm assumption that she would prefer to holiday in England at another time , but now it seemed nothing would affect her serenity . |
| 28 | I can see his point in a way ; he likes a full social life … and he does n't want to sit at home with a wife who is depressed and can only talk about babies . ’ |
| 29 | But with the confidence of youth she does not want to wait beyond Barcelona for her first Games medal . |
| 30 | It 's a handy program for anyone who needs to send a large variety of business letters and who does n't want to faff about thinking of the right thing to say . |