Example sentences of "[pers pn] [modal v] [adv] [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet in the next sentence he says , " I should strongly object to a bar being placed on the employment of women " . " |
| 2 | Obviously I could n't mime to a voice of seventeen years ago , no way on earth ! |
| 3 | I 'm not sure that I could even rise to a little gentle scepticism . |
| 4 | ‘ I decided I 'd rather go to a small club and work my way up . |
| 5 | I 'd just come to a point . ’ |
| 6 | Plays , too , ai n't my line much ; I 'd sooner go to a dance — it 's more livelier . |
| 7 | Sometimes I used actually to go to a church in my religion , not to one peopled by a clergyman , choir boys , bald old men , and ladies with feathers in their hats , but to an empty church . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's a positive thing , but then I would n't go to a Vets race that was n't in some way useful to me . |
| 9 | I would n't go to a doctor there because of this malignant thing so I just managed till we came back |
| 10 | I would n't go to a neighbouring track to watch . |
| 11 | I would n't object to a few ex-Presidents — Dickie and Ronnie and the lads would have some fascinating tales . |
| 12 | is something that I would not say to a French lady , something that I could say to my daughter , right ? |
| 13 | In some cases , where the family is prepared to take special care of their loved ones , I would happily agree to a patient , or rather a writer , going home . |
| 14 | I know some readers wo n't agree that a hard slap on the bottom or leg wo n't hurt , but I would never agree to a clip round the ear or head . |
| 15 | I think I would maybe go to a match if the women played a wee game before the men came on . |
| 16 | ‘ Granted , I ca n't point to a place on the map and say this is where we are , but I 've got a pretty good idea . ’ |
| 17 | I will even stoop to a queen 's work if you will share the throne with me . |
| 18 | I wo n't go to a catalogue for mine . |
| 19 | ‘ I wo n't agree to a divorce , ’ he warned , and moved closer , as if trying to intimidate her physically with the powerful bulk of his body . |
| 20 | I can also listen to a conversation between mining engineers and understand ninety-five per cent of it , even after all these years . |
| 21 | You may not react to a casual slight about colonial manners , but I do . |
| 22 | She knew she should n't speak to a strange man , but as her Brownie Guider was under a tree not many yards away she thought she could tell him about the litter that had caused the Pack to lose the use of Ferngrove Park . |
| 23 | You might just pop to a corner shop to buy some chocolate and som box of matches , some sweets a magazine , a newspaper . |
| 24 | You might just get to a goal that is difficult to master , or you could find that when you are about half-way through your goals you get stuck and can go no further . |
| 25 | She 'll probably go to a Citizen 's Advice Bureau . |
| 26 | But she could n't go to a television interview like this , without make-up . |
| 27 | Why was it the gorgeous ones passed through so fleetingly while others , like that paunchy , moist-palmed Vic Tatum from Marine Claims always managed to delay in her office , ogling , leering and making suggestive remarks that she could probably take to a Sexual Harassment Tribunal if she had a mind to ! |
| 28 | The lights upstairs were still on ; if she could only get to a window she might be able to see what the men outside were doing . |
| 29 | But according to your ability and initiative , you could well transfer to a production company or become a producer yourself . |
| 30 | You ca n't speak to a computer . |