Example sentences of "[Wh pn] [modal v] [adv] [adv] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hospital staff rush here and there , tell them to wait , to walk down long forbidding corridors to see a doctor — whose name they have n't even been told — who may not even speak to them by name in a way they can understand . |
| 2 | The answers provided by the ECJ will influence the degree of tolerance extended to women who may not always wish to or may not be able to control their fertility and yet are capable of combining paid work and motherhood if given the chance |
| 3 | It would have been unthinkable to have at the head of State a King and Queen who could no longer bear to be with each other . |
| 4 | What Dilys Powell missed when she described The Wicked Lady as a concatenation of ‘ the hoary , the tedious , the disagreeable , ’ as did other critics who saw Gainsborough 's films as a reassertion of an old escapist tendency in British cinema , was how much of an advance such films offered on everything of a similar sort that had gone before , and how they touched the sentiments of audiences who could no longer respond to stories of gallant endeavour quite as they could when it seemed that defeat was an imminent possibility . |
| 5 | ‘ We feel that to fund people who could not otherwise go to court is a very correct use of taxpayers ’ money . |
| 6 | ‘ We feel that to fund people who could not otherwise go to court is a very correct use of taxpayers ’ money' |
| 7 | Erm who would n't necessarily go to the schools marquis of course . |
| 8 | Who would not rather own to theft and deception within the Church 's writ , rather than put his neck into the sheriff 's noose for murder ? |
| 9 | It is one of those informal and cheerful places to change from one country to another , unlike the lower , busier frontier posts , with bureaucrats who will more likely wave to you rather than ask to see your passport . |
| 10 | Some rail ticket offices have a written form available , some banks and railway booking offices have loop systems installed , ideal for most hearing aid users , who can then just switch to the T position . |