Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] [verb] by " 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 | You 've been good to me , Peter , I would n't want to see you hurt by having me around . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | When do you have to have them done by ? |
| 9 | ‘ Pray do not attempt to move me to pity by a tale of innocence and woe , Warren . |
| 10 | But when you were My Princess I could not bear to imagine you stained by me . |