Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [pron] [prep] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he asked to see her in his study , a few days after her return from Blaworth , she feared the worst . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'd 've given it to you ; I was n't holding out . |
| 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 | I do n't know how Dawn really feels about me , whether love or trust mean anything to her or not , but I do know that there is something special between us , and it feels like something more than just conditioning . |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | ‘ Did you want to see me about something ? ’ said Wilcox impatiently . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | ‘ She wo n't want to see someone like you . |
| 12 | ‘ That is my assessment of the case , Madame , as I intend to report it to my commandant . ’ |
| 13 | Fucking , fire 's this gun at him point blank and he goes and he stands there like this , and he , he stood there and he goes running round the corner sort of thing and then he goes he ca n't of missed from that fucking distance you know , and its that distance and er , in the , in the car , the mate goes , the mate sort of till he passed out , and he goes bring it to me , he goes , and its still alive , he goes , but matey in the front goes oh my he goes , I knew you 'd fuck up he goes and so they 're all blanks you |
| 14 | People living here must prefer keeping themselves to themselves . ’ |
| 15 | After work the same evening , my husband and I walked all over the golf course and were eventually rewarded by spotting the dog in the distance , although we failed to coax her towards us . |
| 16 | But he was clearly relieved when I agreed to accept it at his hands . |
| 17 | If your true friends know that you are a Christian , sooner or later they will want to know something about your faith . |
| 18 | ‘ You do n't want me to know anything about you , so why should you want to know anything about me ? ’ |
| 19 | They did n't want to know anything about me really , apart from ‘ where is it and how soon can we take it off ? ’ |
| 20 | He does n't want to know anything about you , and what he 's , and it 's got age , sex , erm , it 's acc , A C C , he 's after your accent , could you just put the county that you , you were from please , in that column for him . |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't want to know anything about your wife . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm not interested in plays or the theatre , and I do n't want to know anything about your work . ’ |
| 23 | Mum-of-three Nesta insisted : ‘ I have n't read it and I do n't want to know anything about it . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't want to know anything about it . |
| 25 | I did not want to worry him in his last moments , so I did not tell him that Linton was also dying . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ You want to see me about something ? ’ |
| 28 | Well , tonight you may leave early , but I want to see you with my guests every evening . |
| 29 | I want to see you on your knees begging for my love before our time is up , and that will be all the satisfaction I need . ’ |
| 30 | ‘ He tried to unload it on me , ’ said Gareth Holmroyd . |