Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | but this time it was a genuine tragedy so he paid me all deposit I put in , he paid me all back , you know , I don I did n't want I do n't want to go caravanning by myself |
| 2 | You do n't want to go practising on me ! " |
| 3 | ‘ And you do n't want to go worrying about crossing them open fields , ’ she went on , conversationally . |
| 4 | Unfortunately , the jacket has a major drawback should you want to go climbing in it . |
| 5 | Do you want to go shopping with me ? |
| 6 | And the reason I ask that obviously I do n't want to go knocking on doors where somebody 's already tried |
| 7 | We long ago ceased to enjoy hanging as a public spectacle . |
| 8 | ‘ Because I 'd prefer to continue buying from your company — Mr Burns . |
| 9 | Others will find it far too fiddly and will prefer to continue working on larger , more striking pictures . |
| 10 | He did n't want to sit gossiping in the kitchen with that old slob of a cousin . |
| 11 | I could have gone to my own office in Whitehall , but I was due to see Sir Edmund Pusey in the evening , and I did n't want to risk running into him before I 'd managed to clear my own mind a bit . |
| 12 | The women not only carried all the possessions they did n't want to risk losing in large baskets on their heads but also had to control their children and often had to sling them over their backs as they were too weak to walk themselves . |
| 13 | Chevron 's swift counter-attack came a day after Pennzoil announced it had spent $2.1 billion to build up a nine per cent share stake in Chevron and said it planned to continue investing in the oil giant as a passive shareholder . |
| 14 | Invited to preach to the Commons in March 1651 , at the suggestion of Major-General Thomas Harrison [ q.v. ] , he used the occasion to champion lay preaching by soldiers , when inspired by the spirit , and to damn the professional clergy and human learning . |
| 15 | When the Quoc Dan Dang was formed two years ago we joined secretly and agreed to continue spying on Devraux . |
| 16 | Why did she think to try looking underneath one of the metallic blocks ? |
| 17 | I might 've considered coming into the business if dear Daddy had n't already got Big Brother as a co-director , ready to take over from him , and if he did n't make it so plain that he only tolerates me because I 'm your husband . |
| 18 | They say it 's intended to encourage drinking in hot weather , just as the Government is launching a new campaign against summer drink driving . |
| 19 | Releasing on Nov. 15 its budget figures for 1991 , the government stated that it planned to increase spending by 22 per cent to the equivalent of US$499,000,000 and would face a fiscal deficit of $150,000,000 , only $91,000,000 of which could be expected to be covered by future loans . |
| 20 | erm I think that the amount is justified , erm I do n't think it would be justified to increase spending on twinning by any large amount . |
| 21 | The aim is to have about three suits per series — I certainly do n't want to come prancing on every week in something different , but neither do I want people to groan when they see me in the same old suit . |
| 22 | His advice was that for the committee to continue trading knowing in advance that we would be running at a loss would leave members open to a charge of wrongful trading . |
| 23 | Studies undertaken to observe browsing in the shelf consultation show that the user handles a limited number of items in the process and ultimately selects but a few . |
| 24 | That is absolutely appalling and it is a direct result of central government policy in reducing the level of grant which has come to support housing in Oxford City . |
| 25 | Only band I want to see playing in the world . |
| 26 | It is no good choosing , say , a Cherokee 140 if you want to get into solo aerobatics , or a Pitts if you want to go touring with the wife and family . |
| 27 | ‘ If people want to go swimming in early evening or early morning we would advise them to go to a swimming pool , ’ a spokesman said . |
| 28 | Ebenezer , who spent 25 years in the navy , said : ‘ We 're not the kind of people who want to go racing round the world . |
| 29 | You want a Sierra estate mate if you want to go knocking about the Lake District with the dogs . |
| 30 | I want to go camping with some of my friends |