Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [pron] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After a flight to the east , your body is behind the new local time and to adjust to it you will have to advance your body clock . |
| 2 | Now , Miss Gilberd , our valued teacher of the lower forms , will be in classroom 2B to talk to anybody who might wish to go along and see her ; Mr Makepeace will be in 4A ; Mr Farraday in the scientific laboratories , of course ; Mr Coffin in 5B … ’ |
| 3 | The police want to talk to anyone who may have seen something suspicious near the school on Sunday afternoon when the fire occurred . |
| 4 | Suffice it here to point to what we can call a third , or micro- , level of decision making , the other two being the level of allocating as between health and , for example , defence ; and the other , between different sections within health care . |
| 5 | Erm , I I just hoped to dictate to you which would cover the changes of the research approval form |
| 6 | In contrast , in this case , what is involved is not discriminatory treatment on grounds of nationality but a condition for the grant of nationality , and the member states are free to determine to whom they will grant or refuse their nationality , in the case of natural persons and ships alike . |
| 7 | Well Jane did say no I do n't think there 's one in the village but if you want to go to one I 'll take you to Daventry would be nearest , yes , but she said I 'll take you to one if you want to go . |
| 8 | he 's a traditionalist … and wants what is one of Britain 's greatest stately homes to go to someone who will look after it . |
| 9 | However , the House was in no mood to agree to anything which could involve massive expenditure on public offices . |
| 10 | It does not seem to matter to her what will happen on the other side of the road . |
| 11 | Yeah we divided them all up , but if me or Jan needed to refer to anything we 'd recognize the information that we 've put on the envelopes quicker than we 'll recognize the stuff that he 's put in there |
| 12 | Elfman used to boast to anyone who would listen that he was able to auto-fellate with the minimum of effort , making him the envy of every young buck who had tried it for himself and only succeeded in collapsing with a racking backache . |
| 13 | In this it begins to approach to what I shall call an ‘ ethical a priori ’ position . |
| 14 | ‘ But it 's a wonderful investment , ’ I tried to explain to anyone who would listen . |
| 15 | Some people will wish to enquire in person and to speak to someone who can answer their questions . |
| 16 | ‘ Equally we want to speak to anyone who may have rented out property recently in what they consider to be suspicious or somewhat unusual circumstances , ’ said a Scotland Yard spokesman . |
| 17 | Detectives would like to speak to anyone who may have seen the accident . |
| 18 | Darlington police want to speak to anyone who may have seen suspicious activity around the health authority offices at the estimated time of the incident . |