Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] [prep] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was a tiny lizard but not er not that you would want to hit with a sweeping brush . |
| 2 | Most had nothing at all to say about it and those that did comment relied to a large extent on a discourse and terminology borrowed from the ‘ agenda setting nexus ’ of mainstream criticism . |
| 3 | ‘ Nor do I want to indulge in a post-mortem — although I suppose it 's an appropriate description , if the thing between us is now dead . ’ |
| 4 | Most UK investors will want to invest with a sterling denominated cheque , rather than convert to dollars beforehand . |
| 5 | A recent objection came from a client who did not want to invest in a company that gave political donations . |
| 6 | Here I would suggest that if the beginner does not want to invest in a full set , he should settle for the 3 , 5 , 7 and 9-irons , sand wedge , plus a 3 and a 5-wood . |
| 7 | But it was actually hearing Duane Allman that made me want to go for a powerful kind of electric sound . |
| 8 | ‘ But I do n't want to go for a sail ! ’ |
| 9 | ‘ How could anyone not want to go for a sail on a day like this ? ’ |
| 10 | I do n't want to go for a ride ! |
| 11 | Although you may not want to go on a course , or can not afford to , it is a good idea to ask a friend or relative you feel comfortable with to play the part of the interviewer and let you have a dummy run . |
| 12 | I do not want to go on a dictionary-chasing exercise , laying down one word only to find that the marketing men have circumvented it by finding another word . |
| 13 | I do n't really want to go on a Saturday . |
| 14 | Neither would Souness want to go as a failure . |
| 15 | ‘ I would say to children , ‘ Do you want your father to come home or do you want to go to a funeral as an orphan ? ’ |
| 16 | He said , ‘ Do you want to go to a party ? ’ |
| 17 | Mrs Aggie , I do n't want to go to a school where I wo n't be able to get out and come home . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you want to go to a party tomorrow night ? ’ he asked . |
| 19 | I do n't want to go to a new school . |
| 20 | I wanted a drink , but I did n't want to go to a pub at that time of the evening , when the rush would be on , and the serious drinkers getting down to it . |
| 21 | She did n't want to go to a dentist ; even her own dentist scared her , and it could n't be much — her teeth were perfect . |
| 22 | Why do you want to go to a party today ? |
| 23 | ‘ No disrespect to the rest — but I would n't want to go to a smaller club , however ambitious . |
| 24 | An Enfield clerical family took in a great-grandmother in her nineties for her last two years : ‘ she did n't want to go in a home and she wrote to my mother and asked if she could possibly look after her . |
| 25 | I do n't want to sound like a computer . |
| 26 | and you know how they say to you at times oh thanks ever so much , I 've never heard anybody that would cover a thing in quite so much detail , I mean you do n't want to sound like a machine that 's pumping out information |
| 27 | Trent had never heard of the President being a drinker , secret or otherwise , and it was the sort of habit that could n't stay hidden in a country of Belpan 's size . |
| 28 | Alright er Stephen do you want to sit on a stool son T V ? |
| 29 | But he did n't want to sit in a pub , listening to the jollity and in-jokes of office workers . |
| 30 | Do you want to search for a pupil ? |