Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But Eve Pearce is magnificently anguished and smothering as Henny ( this is the kind of mother whose ‘ I do n't want to burden you with my problems ’ sounds as convincing as ‘ I am not a crook ’ did when it come from the lips of Richard Nixon ) , and Debora Weston flutters and fences vivaciously as the girlish killer and literary know-all . |
| 2 | " I do n't want to burden you with my problems . " |
| 3 | But there — I do n't want to burden you with my troubles . ’ |
| 4 | She knew me as Matt and I did n't want to alert you to who I was until I 'd found out what was going on . |
| 5 | and I 'm certainly wearing paint tonight , quite a bit of it because its very hot under here and you would n't want to see me without it , but that 's me saying that , I mean why do I ? , why do I ? , why are we all wearing make-up ? , do we actually think we look better ? , are we trying to disguise something ? , yes |
| 6 | ‘ Did you want to see me about something ? ’ said Wilcox impatiently . |
| 7 | But after he had left them Rain wondered whether Shildon might not want to see her about his MacQuillan inquiry , a matter other events had put out of her mind . |
| 8 | I did not want to worry him in his last moments , so I did not tell him that Linton was also dying . |
| 9 | I 've pulled him out of it I pulled him out of it for the simple reason , he is the only one which is , I did n't want to segregate him on his own . |
| 10 | This can be particularly useful , because although your dog may well master these quite readily in the privacy of your garden , it will also need to perform them with your encouragement in the totally different environment of the training hall , in the company of other dogs . |
| 11 | You 'd really need to see them to I mean I could n't explain it to you really . |
| 12 | The specification was also very comprehensive , and the 1987 version added the significant message that heads and coordinators should select from and adapt the list rather than seek to implement it in its entirety . |
| 13 | The media can not operate without input and you will need to provide them with something of interest to impart . |
| 14 | Any proper examination of those models would need to set them in their philosophical and social contexts . |
| 15 | The charity is still in force today , but is used for grants for students and apprentices for books and any equipment they may need to help them in their careers . |
| 16 | ‘ Next time you are in distress I will know to leave you to it . |
| 17 | I bought your Christmas present today and I ca n't wait to give it to you . |
| 18 | But he did n't need to give it to anyone else — no one else was flawed in the way Denis was , no one else 's loyalty gave grounds for doubt and therefore for the most unsavoury of tests . |
| 19 | You will not need to have me on your conscience . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ I 'll need to take them with me . ’ |
| 21 | Obviously he would promise to make it worth your while . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't wait to show it to you . |
| 23 | Given very wide regional and local variations in deposition , questions must be raised about the effectiveness of such a small network ; local authorities will need to supplement it with their own networks . |
| 24 | The problems were , was that the schools , since they were doing this , they assumed that all schools did this , therefore they did n't need to talk about it , they did n't need to tell them about it . |
| 25 | It was all Wilson could do to thank her for her concern . |
| 26 | Since I am certain that my dear cousin Araminta will neglect to inform you of it , allow me to introduce myself . |
| 27 | The really depressing thing about the Middle East is not that outsiders have treated it badly , which is the tedious Arab refrain , but that there is so little outsiders can do to save it from its future troubles . |
| 28 | What would he not give to have her by his side , supplanting with her company all the resentment he felt now at the friendship of others ? |
| 29 | I 'll never get married again , so do n't hang around waiting for it , and do n't expect to have me at your beck and call , because that is n't how I am . |
| 30 | She has said nothing of this to me , and as her father I really ought to know , I think , what she , and you , propose to do , even if in the modern fashion you do not choose to ask me for my blessing . ’ |