Example sentences of "want them [to-vb] [pers pn] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | I very much hope that they are engaged in the work and committed to it , but I do n't want them to believe it 's real ; and the word involvement to me implies an inability to stand apart from the role-playing . |
| 2 | It was n't that she felt left out — ‘ in fairness , they had said to me that I could go out with them anytime , but it 's a really grotty place , and I also did n't want them to feel I was a hanger-on ’ — it was just that she had nowhere else to go . |
| 3 | We do not want them to know we are coming . ’ |
| 4 | She did n't want them to know she was out here . |
| 5 | The fear was in not being able to keep up , in looking stupid ; it kept him going , he did n't want them to know he was scared of falling too . |
| 6 | I want them to think we 're good enough to beat anyone , but we must keep our feet on the ground . |
| 7 | I want them to think I 'm going somewhere else . ’ |
| 8 | You know , so personally for my area of work I just wanted them to think they were getting someone respectable . |