Example sentences of "[vb base] [pers pn] [prep] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They want them to be called Zimbabwe Ridgbacks . |
| 2 | So you want them to be called interim fieldwork reports . |
| 3 | Well we we we 'd want the controls on the left and we want them to be split . |
| 4 | Magistrates and others who have called for more secure places want them to be used to contain the activities of young offenders who are not currently kept in prison accommodation , like so-called joyriders and repetitive burglars . |
| 5 | What the sponsor wants we try to see he gets , and that 's why a great deal of my time is spent being seen where they want me to be seen , like tonight 's cocktail party . |
| 6 | Understanding , or at least in part , she murmured , ‘ And so , because you 've been hurt , are angry , think I 'm somehow privileged , you want me to be hurt … ’ |
| 7 | My masters expect me to be hunting for news . ’ |
| 8 | I mean , I write things in a certain way , so I expect them to be played in a certain way . |
| 9 | They say that parents who pay for their children 's education expect them to be given homework . |
| 10 | Analysts that have seen the things at beta test sites in the US expect them to be announced next year for delivery in 1994 — but analysts are almost always too optimistic in forecasting IBM announcement dates . |
| 11 | Expect them to be hammered and they hold the eventual World Cup winners to a point : expect them to see off a side which had not won in the Championship for three years and they submit weakly . |
| 12 | If somebody takes a Covermaster plan out at twenty five , we expect them to be paying it for a long time , if he takes it out at fifty five , we expect him to pay less . |
| 13 | ‘ I expect you to be gone by the time I get back . ’ |
| 14 | And by the time I get back to the house I expect you to be gone . ’ |
| 15 | Or he occasionally buys a er a shirt with a a fine stripe in it , but he says the continentals expect you to be wearing a white shirt . |
| 16 | The screw would shout ‘ Doses ’ and expect you to be waiting by the front door . |
| 17 | But by the time I tell you her story I want you to be prepared : that 's to say , I want you to have had enough of books , and parrots , and lost letters , and bears , and the opinions of Dr Enid Starkie , and even the opinions of Dr Geoffrey Braithwaite . |
| 18 | ‘ I want you to be saved , that 's all , darling . |
| 19 | So you can actually say I need help , and he can actually say I 'll give you this help , I want you to be doing this while you 're doing this , I 'm doing that , and we 'll do that on a regular monthly basis . |
| 20 | And I do that say that because I want you to be feel my commitment to what what we 're trying to do here . |
| 21 | I look upon him as the authentic voice of the Labour party , and I want him to be heard . |
| 22 | I just want him to be locked away |
| 23 | But his parents want him to be taught with normal children . |
| 24 | As for ( b ) , by supporting Iraq in the Gulf war Mr Arafat made himself so unpopular that most Arab governments no longer want him to be involved . |
| 25 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 26 | Yorkshire Health Authority is seeking legal clarification on the treatment of a victim of the Hillsborough disaster who has been in a coma for three years , he will never recover and his parents want him to be allowed to die . |
| 27 | ‘ We want him to be returning to a club which is guaranteed European football next season and , who knows , should we win the semi-final he might be able to lead out the team for the final . ’ |
| 28 | Do n't put your daughter on the stage , Mrs Worthington , send her to be trained as a computer programmer . |
| 29 | So , too , the Chancellor tries the whole case himself ; he does not — as must be done in Common Law cases — send it to be tried by a jury . |
| 30 | One of the most important conclusions of the Glacier studies was that there is a distinctive leadership role in groups , and that members ( in their roles as participants ) expect it to be filled properly . |