Example sentences of "want [verb] [pers pn] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I did n't want to burden her by being awkward about it , make her feel bad about it , equally I have n't really thanked her . |
| 2 | ‘ I did n't want to burden you with this but you 'd soon have wondered why Mackie did n't come . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | " I do n't want to burden you with my problems . " |
| 5 | But there — I do n't want to burden you with my troubles . ’ |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | After spying him through the kitchen window with Mrs Files , so much himself , so much not Francis , I thought I did n't want to see him at all . |
| 8 | ‘ What the hell do you want to see him for ? ’ asked Brown . |
| 9 | The German and French leaders told the Prime Minister they did not want to see him in the run up to the Edinburgh summit , which begins on Friday . |
| 10 | 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 |
| 11 | ‘ Did you want to see me about something ? ’ said Wilcox impatiently . |
| 12 | D' you want to see me in prison ? ’ |
| 13 | She could not imagine who might want to see her at this time on a Saturday morning . |
| 14 | They 'll want to see her for sure . ’ |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | I knew my wife did n't want to see it at all . |
| 17 | Local councillor Eddie McEvilly said : ‘ I do n't really want to talk about conditions on the operation , because I do n't want to see it at all . ’ |
| 18 | It was so useful to have been on the road myself and to have experienced cold-calling , setting up new accounts , or merchandising accounts that did n't want to see you at that particular moment . |
| 19 | I 'll be looking at your statement later and I 'll probably want to see you in the next day or so . ’ |
| 20 | He did not want to bring her in to talk to him , nor did he want to interview her in the presence of her devoted but sharp-eyed husband . |
| 21 | No doubt they will want to interview you at some time . |
| 22 | ‘ What does he want to interview you for ? ! ’ |
| 23 | She says she did want him out of the house , but she did n't want to kill him as a court was going to evict him anyway . |
| 24 | She certainly would n't want to drive them to London . |
| 25 | As your children get older you will probably want to encourage them towards a more unselfish view of the world by pointing out that their rights have to be balanced against the rights of others — and that includes their parents . |
| 26 | Of course I wanted to help but did n't want to startle him by suddenly appearing . |
| 27 | Now do you want to provide them with any parking facilities off parking ? |
| 28 | ‘ Would n't want to meet him on a dark night , ’ breathed Arthur , trying to make light of the incident . |
| 29 | They do n't want to know you at any other time … but most of them are n't like that here . |
| 30 | ‘ I do not want to know you at all , Monsieur Lemarchand , ’ she stated firmly . |