Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [pron] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I have only just plucked up the courage to write to you after a year and a half of reading ZZAP ! |
| 2 | If she had had it in her power to change anything in that one moment , it would be for Matthew to come to her as a friend . |
| 3 | ‘ We are happy to support local schemes which wo n't worsen our mainstream business , and while hitherto we 've waited for passenger executives or consortiums to come to us with a proposal , we might in the future consider taking more initiative . ’ |
| 4 | Actually seeing her physically pregnant may increase this response , and so when she has had her baby and gone back to her usual size , it is easier to relate to her as a daughter again . |
| 5 | She was not very good at smiling these days , and the unease disseminated by her unconvincing efforts led Eddie Duckworth to mutter to her in a corner , with a mixture of sharpness and sorrow , that perhaps she 'd better go to bed . |
| 6 | She wanted to talk to him in a way she had never wanted to talk to anyone before , but he was next door , not here . |
| 7 | I would like to talk to you for a minute or two . ‘ |
| 8 | ‘ My — my English is not too good , you understand , but I would like to be able to talk to you for a while . ’ |
| 9 | I 'd like to talk to you about a couple of perigrines you 've sold . |
| 10 | It began to look to him like a conspiracy . |
| 11 | But it is also well known that the so-called expert witness in court may be a hired gun , willing to testify to anything for a fee , or a crackpot whose unsupportable ideas are masked by an advanced degree — often from a respectable university . |
| 12 | I might go out and buy it straight away , I might wait weeks , months before I acquire the particular thing to give to you as a gift , you 've got ta wait on on me giving it to you . |
| 13 | According to Ben , she had waited for him and he had failed her ; never mind that the real fault was not his , or that he had lain at death 's door , or that he had been loath to go to her as a cripple , with nothing to offer but a life of struggle . |
| 14 | And , as Appendix III shows , there 's the additional incentive , for many people , in keeping in with Mr Jones in case times get hard and they have to appeal to him for a loan to tide them over . |
| 15 | Will the Secretary of State please ask the chairman of British Rail to report to him as a matter of urgency on the state of British Rail in Wales an on its financing ? |
| 16 | And mother used to attend to them with a doctor like you know . |
| 17 | Which brings us back to the beginning , and the need to recognise a horse 's emotions and to respond to them in a way which will not rouse the horse 's fear or anger . |
| 18 | These tools should enable all children , not only to gain access to the curriculum but also to allow and encourage them to respond to it in a way which clearly expresses their understanding . |
| 19 | Well , well , I wonder what 's going to happen to me in a place like this … ’ |
| 20 | He showed particular interest in that subsidence , it 's reasonable to assume that his object was to return to it at a time when there would be no one around to interfere with him . |
| 21 | Originally I was highly sceptical of the World Yachting Grand Prix , but I have to admit to something of a change of heart . |
| 22 | Relatives of Keith Pringle allege police refused their pleas to be allowed to speak to him in a bid to end the siege peacefully . |
| 23 | After a lot of pestering I was allowed to speak to two friends who had come to court with me , and I was appalled by having to speak to them through a glass and metal grille thing . |
| 24 | If you ignore the wisdom of your Higher Self , it might not bother to speak to you for a while . |
| 25 | I know it 's a terrible time for me to turn up on your doorstep , but I only want to speak to you for a moment . |
| 26 | I want to speak to you as a man of the world . ’ |
| 27 | I 'm gon na to speak to you in a minute . |
| 28 | In view of what happened on the rugby field last week the French are unlikely to speak to us for a decade or so . |