Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Impressionable teenagers use the Arts Centre all the time and I do n't want to see them confronted by this sort of filth . |
| 2 | There 's something about them that makes me want to see them glazed with passion — ’ |
| 3 | I do n't want to see it end in tragedy . ’ |
| 4 | And frankly I think it and I hope to God that John I d I know he does n't want to see it happen to him , I hope to God it does n't . |
| 5 | And above all he does n't want to see it appearing in the Accounts . |
| 6 | You 've been good to me , Peter , I would n't want to see you hurt by having me around . ’ |
| 7 | Kindly do n't presume to issue me orders in my own house . ’ |
| 8 | How dear Maisie , or Natalia , and certainly Emma , would laugh to see him enslaved by an ankle after their more generous gifts of person yet enslaved he was . |
| 9 | Maurice probably did n't want to risk her objecting to the surrender of Tristram 's letters . |
| 10 | Most of your technical tutors will be seeing everything you do , and deriving what they need to know from it ; they do n't want to find you confused by criticism from senior students which might not be helpful to you at this point . |
| 11 | You would n't want to meet her coming towards you down a dark alley . |
| 12 | You may also need to help her to transfer to the list of your own general practitioner , if she and he are both agreeable to this ; and of course she must be assured that you , or some other member of the family will be with her on the actual day of the move or , if she wishes , take the responsibility of it off her shoulders completely . |
| 13 | You could , if you wish , try Java Fern , which is rather too woody for the tastes of many species — but if you want a good covering you will need to let it establish for a few months — or else you can cheat and use Java Fern-covered rocks/bogwood from another tank . |
| 14 | Certainly my personal reaction when hearing of the unexpected death of someone I know has always been , ‘ I must wait to have it confirmed in some sort of irrevocable way because I 'm sure I must have got it wrong ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ You write the specifications for her repairs , and I 'll guarantee to have them done at the best boatyard in America . ’ |
| 16 | Responsibility for Tibbles was a free-floating affair , mainly consisting of whoever did n't want to feed her saying to whoever they thought should be feeding her , ‘ She 's your cat ! ’ |
| 17 | But we have noted ( 4.1 ) that creative users of language often overstep these limits to produce original meanings and effects ; and that the limits of the code are uncertain , even in grammar , where we might expect to find them determined by clear cut rules . |
| 18 | Will he expect to find us massed against him at Melrose ? ’ |
| 19 | It seems unlikely that the dance was copied into the score at the wrong point : if it had been , one would expect to find it headed by some warning that it belonged several pages later — otherwise severe complications would result in orchestral parts copied from the score . |
| 20 | And apart from the garden that you said that you made it lovely while you were there , what other things did you do to make it look like a home ? |
| 21 | She did n't want to hear what he would say , did n't want to compound this foolishness with more folly , did n't want to hear him gloat at her easy capitulation . |
| 22 | What would employees below think to hear us shouting at the top of our voices about what is and what is not the correct Chinaman ? ’ |
| 23 | One of your problems in this case is Fred , the chef : no doubt you would like to see him replaced by someone else who is equally skilled but a lot easier to work with . |
| 24 | We did what we could but , ideally , I 'd like to see him moved to a proper unit , specialising in orthopaedics . |
| 25 | Deane and Rodders up front again I du n no I 'd like to see him try for a goal poacher or someone like Ferds . |
| 26 | We 'd like to see them remain as houses . |
| 27 | I 'd like to see them get in there and try it . |
| 28 | He wished it were Perdita at the end of the rope , he 'd like to see her crashing to the ground over and over again . |
| 29 | Because you 'd like to see me suffer for what you believe I did to Ryan ! |
| 30 | On the question of the public conveniences erm I feel there 's been a lot of discussion about this , this kind of issue and I feel that what we 've got now is a good agreement erm , we 've got still providing a good level of service with attendance at the central I do n't like referring to conveniences , at the time that they are most needed and I think that now I would n't like to see us go without that if we do n't really need to . |