Example sentences of "[modal v] [verb] to [pers pn] in the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But in 1348 the Earl of Arundel , who was Warenne 's sister 's husband and sole legitimate heir , petitioned the king to revoke this agreement , for it would ‘ disinherit the petitioner of his right to premises which should descend to him in the event of the death of the earl … without lawful heir . |
| 2 | ‘ Some answer might come to you in the middle of the night , and if it does n't , you can tackle Faye about it tomorrow . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Well , let's just say that it 's crossed your mind that maybe , maybe if you stay long enough in this place it 'll get to you in the same way as it got to me . |
| 4 | It is sometimes worth telling your audience at the beginning : ‘ Many questions may occur to you in the course of this report . |
| 5 | But they 'd get to her in the end . |
| 6 | Yet when it came to negotiation , who would speak to him in the name of France ? |
| 7 | What would happen to it in the future ? |
| 8 | Not that anyone in the company seriously questioned whether the new outlet would be successful ; they had seen American tourists ( although not necessarily Californians ) on holiday in England ‘ going crazy ’ over the designs and assumed people would flock to them in the States . |
| 9 | His illness would stand to him in the other place too . |
| 10 | He would talk to us in the morning . |
| 11 | She would listen to him in the way that no adult woman ever would . |
| 12 | West Ham are one of the favourites to go straight up , but who can tell what the pressures of promotion will do to them in the final weeks . |
| 13 | Now I 'll put a line to do a transcription transcription goes in an appendix , put your transcription at the back of your work , in according to Appendix A and number the lines , so that you can refer to them in the body or wherever . |
| 14 | As we shall see strange things , involving complex arithmetical manipulations , can happen to it in the process of transfer . |
| 15 | Yeah we can listen to it in the car , I wan na hear what was going on |