Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] a " in BNC.

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1 He did not want to miss a word .
2 I do n't want to miss a second of it .
3 I did n't want to miss a trick .
4 Andy 's form is exceptional and he has waited such a long time to make the jersey his own that he will not want to miss a game . ’
5 The controls are slow and unresponsive — let's face it , with the amount of platform beat-'em-ups around you 'd have thought the programmers would 've given a bit more care and attention to this aspect , not to mention the graphics , presentation … the game in general really .
6 But why anyone would want to carry a bike up a mountain on their shoulder for the pleasure of being able to bump about on it for tiny , short stretches of flat ridge was completely beyond me .
7 She had saved up for such a long time and did n't want to carry a load of coins around .
8 This removes some of the flexibility ( you need a mains socket ) , the portability ( the LAN adaptor itself may fit into your pocket , but you would n't want to carry a mains adaptor too ) , and the tidiness ( the power lead means yet another bit of wire at the back of your PC ) .
9 You can see why he did n't want to acknowledge a family connection with someone who was convicted of murder .
10 This can make editing a time consuming and confusing exercise when working with a large piece of music .
11 You may be using some particular part in the spreadsheet that you consider to be unusual , er you may want to include a page reference , so that er , you can understand it again
12 Even the smallest plot will have sufficient room for a small table and chairs , You may also want to include a barbecue .
13 When people employ a builder to repair their house , they will probably want to agree a price beforehand .
14 One possibility was that Dr Brunt might want to conduct a ‘ swallow test ’ — a test of her swallowing function — by X-ray .
15 ‘ I am ambitious , and without any disrespect to the Vauxhall Conference , I do n't want to remain a non-League manager for ever . ’
16 This does seem a reasonable argument , and I certainly would not want to lose a therapy which could be of real value to people .
17 He did n't want to lose a regular customer .
18 ‘ I do n't want to lose a moment of the time I 'm allowed to visit you , ’ I said .
19 Probably just did n't want to lose a profitable business .
20 Several prime ministers made it clear that they would want to see a radical extension of the Community powers and resources to help poorer regions and social groups as they moved to monetary union .
21 Mr Field has agreed not to make any statement about his next course of action before his 11.30am meeting with Mr Kinnock , but he said that his supporters in Birkenhead had told him they did not want to see a fudge .
22 ‘ And we did n't want to see a team of scriptwriters messing around with our characters .
23 First , they must want to see a larger number of small farms ( at present they do n't ) and this means discouraging land management by large institutions .
24 It 's very difficult indeed to pin people down , quite rightly so , I mean , you do n't immediately want to see a scapegoat or something like that .
25 People do not want to see a black face under a bearskin .
26 In fact , his comments seemingly invite the charge , for he describes the lack of black guardsmen in terms of feelings rather than in terms of the discourse of external factuality : ‘ People do not want to see a black face under a bearskin . ’
27 It should be noted that he remarks that ‘ people ’ do not want to see a black face , not that he personally objects to such a sight .
28 However , although the Labour Party may want to see a stronger House of Commons , there is no wish to revive parliamentary government .
29 John did not want to see a doctor , but they overrode him this morning and had the quack in .
30 We do not want to see a massive amount of custodial sentencing , although we are glad that provision is made for it ; what we do want is a reduction in the number of people who participate in such a horrendous cult and in the equally horrendous statistics relating to youngsters who take cars , go to court and then take more cars .
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