Example sentences of "[pron] [vb base] [verb] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile I propose paying a visit to the offices of the Wiener Tageblatt . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I want to issue a challenge to Michael Fallon : will he explain why he believes people in Darlington should earn less than £3.40 a hour when as a government minister he earned £1,000 a week . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I want to see an end to those days ’ , Farr-Jones adds . |
| 4 | ‘ Of course not , but the police are interested in those keys too and I want to put a stop to Shildon searching my property . ’ |
| 5 | I want to put an end to every consequence of Maurice 's scheme . |
| 6 | I want to send a telex to Alex Raneleigh in Brussels . |
| 7 | Formulated in words suggested by this quotation , the question I want to find an answer to is : are there logical conditions of someone 's having the experience of seeing something as , say , blue ? |
| 8 | I want to propose a toast to an absent — and sorely missed — friend . |
| 9 | ‘ Rose , ’ she said , ‘ I want to write a letter to my daughter , my daughter in Germany . |
| 10 | I want to make a call to … |
| 11 | ‘ You know very well that I want to make an offer to your son . |
| 12 | ‘ I want to pay a visit to the museum . |
| 13 | I stop to give a lift to two young warriors who are fully made up in ochre topped by head-dresses . |
| 14 | There 's the firstly that of young children , and it 's something that I remember putting a motion to in the last administration about a creche or whatever or looking into this facility , in the fact of erm , trying to encourage more people with young families to erm , actually get involved in local government and politics . |
| 15 | That is why I continue to seek an outcome to the negotiations which is fair for British farmers and encourages , not discourages , efficiency . |
| 16 | Klaus Mann wrote , ‘ I try to give a name to my longing , to name my inheritance and my duty . |
| 17 | The words tumbled over each other in her eagerness. ‘ 'T WOULD only be for a day or so while I try to get a message to the Queen . |
| 18 | My inheritance from those years is the belief maintained with some difficulty , that I do have a right to the earth . |
| 19 | I think there 's always a danger of being a bit simplistic about children who I think have a right to their own family , and that does n't just mean parents , it means grandparents , people who can talk to them about their past , the past of the family . |
| 20 | I aim to get a bus to Heathrow , then circle south from there along the M25 . |
| 21 | I 've sent a letter to County Councillor Ward to this effect . |
| 22 | I mean I mean I 've written a letter to my cousins in South Wales asking them if they can point me at any places that might record , but I 'll actually make the contacts . |
| 23 | I 've written a letter to my Member of Parliament , but I want it to be clear at headquarters . ’ |
| 24 | yeah but he do n't get done , he does n't get done , that is the problem , the kids do n't , I 've written a letter to Mr yesterday , why they were waiting for the games teacher he was hitting Geoffrey and he gave him a dead leg , kneeing him in the leg , he said before drama , he 's got drama tomorrow he says he hates drama because the teacher takes no notice , he said one week Stuart was hitting me with a stick and the teacher just said calm down you boys , and he was being hit with a stick oh no and this I find totally disgusting and I feel like complaining about this , one of the teachers and I do n't know whether its drama yeah I think it was drama and |
| 25 | I 'm not going to leave you with statistics , they do n't get me any longer , I 've developed an immunity to statistics , thank God . |
| 26 | I 've given a report to Stoner , based on the latest assessment . |
| 27 | ‘ I 've made an offer to the club to pay for a player on loan myself , ’ said Shilton . |
| 28 | ‘ I 've brought a friend to tea . |
| 29 | I 've taken a dislike to the colour . |
| 30 | Oh well we 've been walking when we 've gone into town but I mean just between you and me but when I got home Bev said pop into town I 've got a parcel to post and I said well I ca n't I said because according to Des well nothing happened |