Example sentences of "[verb] [subord] [pron] [verb] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Buying direct from the charity , or a charity-run shop , is the best way to make sure the money goes where you want it to . |
| 2 | It 's if it goes where you want it to that 's hard . |
| 3 | And it depends on what they want if they want it to three decimal places with this |
| 4 | There is no need to worry if someone asks you to ‘ pull down the elephant 's trunk ’ — why ? |
| 5 | He lives because you wish him to . |
| 6 | But for some strange reason , and I do n't know whether they direct it to Christian the last shot of the film , almost unnoticeable because the credits were going up she went back into church and it was a communion service and all you saw was her receiving the bread and passing the plate and the plate was to the young black lad on the farm and you thought , he 's come back ! |
| 7 | I do n't know whether I owe one to Madge or not , probably I do . |
| 8 | You do n't really know whether he wants you to or not do you ? |
| 9 | Defries winced as she pulled herself to her feet . |
| 10 | What happens if you issue one to , you manage to get it to this department today but ca n't get it to that department 'til tomorrow and . |
| 11 | But what happens if he gives it to his wife ? |
| 12 | I kill because they pay me to ; |
| 13 | ‘ I came because I considered it to be my duty , ’ he informed her quietly . |
| 14 | The South Koreans are rated because they made it to the last World Cup finals , but personally I will always think of the North Koreans in ‘ 66 . |
| 15 | Mr Robert Cole , a CND vice-chairman , was jailed for 14 days at Blaenau Ffestiniog , Gwynned , for refusing to pay a £150 fine imposed after he chained himself to a container of nuclear waste last August .. |
| 16 | Until he 'd before he took me to hospital ! |
| 17 | With other feelings we may be burdened by their strength , yet still be free enough to choose whether we express them to others by word or action , indulge them or keep a tight rein on them . |
| 18 | Further , exercises 1.6.2 and 1.6.3 indicate that these sequence-type polynomials do appear to behave as we wanted them to . |
| 19 | I hated rugby but I always played when they wanted me to because I was really fast . |
| 20 | Their lack of routine means you can often encourage them to feed when you want them to — such as just before you set off on an outing . |
| 21 | At another level this also happens when we commit ourselves to a particular religion or ideology . |
| 22 | After years of hard work , I think we 've got it looking as we want it to . ’ |
| 23 | Ackroyd 's truest prose occurs when he applies himself to the imitation of ancient and recent writers — a repertoire of others . |
| 24 | ‘ I was going home , but I 'll stay if you want me to . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Having decided to make it a musical , ’ wrote Alexander Stuart in Films and Filming , ‘ William Sterling should have had his team work on the songs until they were really worth including until they added something to the tale . ’ |
| 26 | But if she says something to me about it I mean if she says something to me about it I 'm not gon na act surprised I 'll say oh yeah I 've heard . |
| 27 | Right , and you get them to something that you can deal with , because the one thing you can not deal with right , we want to think it over , it is n't matter where you take them to , right whether it 's the bathroom window , whether it 's the one in |
| 28 | A fine fool she 'd look if she allowed herself to be swept off her feet by more of those blood-stirring kisses , then found herself dropped like a burning coal the moment Doreen stepped through the door . |
| 29 | ‘ I wrote a postcard to my parents , ’ recalls Margaret Olmer ; ‘ I ca n't remember if I addressed it to both . |
| 30 | ‘ Do you think the trick will work if they trace us to the Hilton ? ’ |