Example sentences of "[verb] [to-vb] to war " in BNC.
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| 1 | Second , he was expected to lead to war the king 's benefice-holders ( vassi ) from within his county . |
| 2 | But he never seemed to go to war , as other men 's fathers did . |
| 3 | that I fear , that sooner or later , we 'll probably have to go to war with Saddam again |
| 4 | He did not expect that he would have to go to war over the Holy Places , but if he was called upon to do so , he thought that he could produce the men , guns and money he would need for victory . |
| 5 | Mr Sher Azam , convener of the meeting and president of the Bradford Council of Mosques , said the government had shown a ‘ total disregard ’ for British Muslims when it decided to go to war . |
| 6 | Scottish Hydro decided to go to war , but with environmental considerations in mind opted for a psychological approach rather than the shotgun option . |
| 7 | A few crew and individuals had already refused to go to war . |
| 8 | On her other flank , would the USSR ever say of China what Germany once said of Russia : today I can afford to go to war , tomorrow I may not have that luxury ? |
| 9 | His friends and colleagues were trying to persuade him at the time that this would not be wise — what on earth would happen to the British election campaign if the country had to go to war in the Gulf half-way through ? |
| 10 | The US Senate foreign relations committee chairman , Claiborne Pell , had warned on Nov. 8 that the President " would be badly advised to go to war without a clear prior expression of congressional support " and should not " establish an offensive capacity in advance of a UN resolution authorizing offensive action " . |
| 11 | ‘ If I wanted to go to war with somebody , ’ Bradshaw said , ‘ they would n't exist any more . |