Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Very few witnesses had been found who were prepared to come to court to repeat their statements in the flesh , but some did and their words were translated first into English and then into German , causing some confusion as to the precise meaning of what they had actually said . |
| 32 | If a witness is reluctant to come to court you need to consider whether their enforced presence will be counterproductive , but most witnesses will accept the situation in the end and give their evidence in good faith . |
| 33 | That case is not expected to come to court for a few months and Dairy Crest wanted to stop him trading in the meantime . |
| 34 | That challenge is likely to take months to come to court . |
| 35 | He 'd been staying at a bail hostel in Gloucester whilst waiting for the case to come to court . |
| 36 | The two men argued that 's it 's an abuse of the legal process for the case to come to court 24 years after they allegedly helped the soviet double agent escape from Wormwood Scrubs , but Mr Randall has mixed feelings about their victory . |
| 37 | According to the Lanercost Chronicle , the Bishops of Winchester and Hereford were sent to Renilworth to ask the king to come to parliament , but on 12 January they returned to Westminster and it was announced that the king refused to do so . |
| 38 | The mission to invite Edward to come to parliament was prompted by Melton 's protest against condemning the king unheard and unseen ; the sermons of Orleton , Stratford and finally of Reynolds were not the spontaneous initiatives of these prelates , but clearly part of an opportunist programme coordinated by Mortimer and his allies . |
| 39 | ‘ The man who can win the allegiance of the Teddy Boys ’ , remarked Mr Andrew Fountaine who was later to come to prominence within the leadership of the National Front , ‘ can rule this country . ’ |
| 40 | I think the regrettable thing about the parking in in the town is the way that some of the disabled slots at the surgery are taken by the cars of people who are perfectly able to walk from the car park , and I think the great problem we 're going to have is we 're going to rely on the public spiritedness of our fellow townspeople and there does seem to be a fair group of people who are extremely selfish when it comes to come to parking . |
| 41 | Want to come to Net yeah ? |
| 42 | All are happy to come to school . |
| 43 | How many children are reluctant to come to school ? |
| 44 | Grumbles gathered from parents at the school gate , from the child that does n't want to come to school or from teachers blowing off steam in the staff room will , if properly used , help in the forestalling of trouble and give indications about ways in which the school can be improved . |
| 45 | While the children each paid 25p to come to school in clothes of their own choice , the staff dressed up St. Trinians style in uniform . |
| 46 | Er clue , it helped me to come to school this morning . |
| 47 | You must speak to Ruth and impress upon her that she has to come to school . |
| 48 | The girls really do want to come to school . ’ |
| 49 | If we went into town , for instance , and they saw perhaps clothes that they liked , they would be sure to come to school next week wearing them . |
| 50 | Ooh I 'll lose my voice up there today we 've done some really good things though try and do see more my hall is very full if he bothered to come to school he 'd have seen them ! |
| 51 | To come to faith on the basis of experience alone is unwise , though not so foolish as to reject faith altogether because of lack of experience . |
| 52 | Suddenly he said , Would you like to come to bed ? |
| 53 | ‘ You think I ca n't get a woman to come to bed with me without offering her bribes ? |
| 54 | Ought to come to bed and turn it off . |
| 55 | But you 've all got your reasons to come to Abbey Life , and you 've all objectives , but objectives are personal , and should be personal . |
| 56 | In one case , which has still to come to trial , it is not clear which hat the salesman was wearing when he made his deals : his own or the life company 's . |
| 57 | At the time of going to press he is taking action but the action has yet to come to trial . |
| 58 | By now certain that Meehan and Griffiths were the murderers of Mrs Ross , the Crown Office in Edinburgh issued a statement that with Griffiths 's death and Meehan 's arrest , they were not looking for any other suspects in connection with the Ayr murder — thus , said Nicky , prejudging the very issue that was to come to trial . |
| 59 | Procedure in the High Court remains complex and cases take a considerable time to come to trial . |
| 60 | A plaintiff can sue within three years of the date of publication of the libel , and actions normally take two years to come to trial after the writ has been issued . |