Example sentences of "i [verb] [pron] [to-vb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ? |
| 32 | You do n't wan na be ill cos when I was admitted to the san I nearly died , I tried everything to get out the san and she just would n't |
| 33 | I asked erm Ian yesterday to try and give me the dates so I , I 'm , I expect him to come back to me today with some idea on that . |
| 34 | I expect her to say more , to preach or pose a second question , but she does n't . |
| 35 | I expect it to taste mildly fishy or , perhaps , mildly gamey . |
| 36 | So again I exhort you to isolate yet another category of what you generalise as the deterioration of law and order . |
| 37 | that 's right , that 's right and now that he 's shaken off the Scottish Office I invited him to come along to it as well so we may find |
| 38 | I helped him to sit down , and sat with him . |
| 39 | You were staying at the Imperial when I phoned you to set up the interview last week . |
| 40 | ‘ I want him to live forever but I know I 'm making the right decision even if he dies . |
| 41 | ‘ Do n't worry , if I want him to shut up I 'll give him a dig and he 'll soon get the message ! |
| 42 | I want him to suffer more , back on the prison-ship . |
| 43 | I want him to know how futile it is for him to try and escape my influence … " |
| 44 | He 's in a pot bunker and it 's going to be difficult to get out , but I want him to get out beyond Jacklin 's drive so he 's second to play . |
| 45 | And it may also demand analysis of the constructions that a word may appear in , for instance , that a verb like want can be followed by the term for what is wanted , as in I want that block ; or by a clause , as in I want him to come here . |
| 46 | I want them to go on because they can see it 's the only thing to do . |
| 47 | ‘ I have a young side with seven of the lads under 22 and I want them to go out and play good football . |
| 48 | If we 're having a training session and they feel something 's not going right , I want them to say so , to get it sorted out and get on to the next thing . |
| 49 | I want them to leave here , knowing that this prison is well run and that its inmates are being adequately dealt with . |
| 50 | I want them to live together in some ordinary kind of house so that I can come and say , how can you expect me to live here ! |
| 51 | I want them to stop there . |
| 52 | I want them to hear more about the world — Europe , South East Asia , the developing world . |
| 53 | But I want them to fight back all the time . |
| 54 | Or all the ones that need sold , you know , got nice photographs of all the sold boards , and what I want her to do now is go and literally go and traipse the streets |
| 55 | ‘ No , Tom , I want her to come up with me ! |
| 56 | ‘ I want ye to turn over . ’ |
| 57 | ‘ I want ye to go upstairs to yer daughter , ’ he said in a low , hard voice , ‘ and ask her to answer one question . |
| 58 | that was David that was with me , er , now the next thing is I want something to cook quickly er , er let me have a pound of sausages |
| 59 | ‘ I always have to prepare for the day 's lessons , If I want everything to go smoothly , ’ she explains . |
| 60 | ‘ I want us to continue where we left off , Kate . |