Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] [pers pn] in [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | D' you want to see me in prison ? ’ |
| 2 | You may not need to do it in Scotland as well to the in England . |
| 3 | So avoid taking a vacation soon after you have acquired a puppy , especially if it means that you will need to place it in kennels . |
| 4 | Those candidates exercise their freedoms and I defend those freedoms — If the freedoms which Conservative Members say they want to uphold were so widespread , they would not only define freedom in terms of the power to own shares in a company but would seek to defend it in terms of being able to get a job in that company , in a country with getting on for 2.5 million unemployed . |
| 5 | I did n't want to embarrass you in front of your grandson — ’ |
| 6 | Mr Pyle would like to see him in Riyadh without delay . |
| 7 | Just because he 'd said he would like to see her in red . |
| 8 | But she 's still pretty young — I 'd like to see her in clothes that were a bit more her age . |
| 9 | ‘ I 'd like to see you in red , Folly . |
| 10 | You must have a pre-arranged signal and I 'd like to see it in action . ’ |
| 11 | The crowd was surging out of the hall , we were carried along with it and I was worried about the baby in all this pushing and shoving , but did n't like to mention it in case William should feel he had to take care of me . |
| 12 | Obviously I will send this to both of you and if David is back in England at an appropriate time he might like to join me in discussions with the programmer . |
| 13 | They did n't use to cut it in slices they used to break you a piece off a a big loaf . |
| 14 | He did not want to do it in front of the crowd . |
| 15 | Tom will want to check for proteinuria and test your reflexes , but even if those things are normal he and Dr Greene may want to pop you in hospital for a while . ’ |
| 16 | I do n't want to put you in danger . ’ |
| 17 | If sentences , such as those in ( 32 ) , are not ungrammatical , it is still very unlikely that anyone will ever want to use them in practice : ( 32 ) Burke murdered many citizens dead the fire burned many priceless tomes burnt However , there are plenty of others where the state is less immediately predictable , and of course examples have already been given in ( 1 ) , ( 10 ) , ( 13 ) and so on . |
| 18 | I do n't want to keep them in containers . |
| 19 | The parties should attempt to agree them in advance . |
| 20 | we 'll have to , we 'll have to work it in shifts |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm sure you 'll wish to bear it in mind , for future reference . ’ |
| 22 | Yet Eve had phoned Benny twice in the last week to say that life in the Dublin convent was intolerable and she would have to meet her in Dublin because otherwise she would go mad . |
| 23 | Given his form , and the contribution he makes , I would have to pick him in front of Rocastle at the moment . |
| 24 | ‘ I 'll try to reach him in Coleraine . |
| 25 | The half-day course on the Census introduces the problems but does not attempt to discuss them in depth . |
| 26 | You may have to do it in longhand . |
| 27 | Well I , I think to t we could try and make an assessment of the case load , special needs post sixteen case load in ter and we 'd have to do it in terms of the work we actually do . |
| 28 | To which U Saw replied , ‘ You are right , and you will probably have to put me in prison . |
| 29 | However , if anyone else comes along I will have to put them in bed with you . ’ |
| 30 | mm , that 's gon na be his problem , he 'll have to put 'em in kennels , no I would n't mind one , but not both |