Example sentences of "i [verb] [verb] a [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meanwhile I propose paying a visit to the offices of the Wiener Tageblatt . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I want to issue a challenge to Michael Fallon : will he explain why he believes people in Darlington should earn less than £3.40 a hour when as a government minister he earned £1,000 a week . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Of course not , but the police are interested in those keys too and I want to put a stop to Shildon searching my property . ’ |
| 4 | I want to send a telex to Alex Raneleigh in Brussels . |
| 5 | I want to propose a toast to an absent — and sorely missed — friend . |
| 6 | ‘ Rose , ’ she said , ‘ I want to write a letter to my daughter , my daughter in Germany . |
| 7 | I want to make a call to … |
| 8 | ‘ I want to pay a visit to the museum . |
| 9 | I stop to give a lift to two young warriors who are fully made up in ochre topped by head-dresses . |
| 10 | I 'd made a commitment to the Branch Secretaries and to the Representatives that there will be a full Representatives Conference of which those proposals will be debated and discussed . |
| 11 | ‘ The receptionist at the hotel could have told you that I 'd taken a taxi to Prague railway station , ’ she offered . |
| 12 | I 've caught some , where I 'd caught a bus to you , if , remember when I was decorating the flat ? |
| 13 | I was n't so overwhelmed , though , that I forgot to raise a finger to one of the jewels in my headband , as if idly adjusting the band itself . |
| 14 | I began to see a pattern to these puzzling events , a distinct and disturbing trend . |
| 15 | There 's the firstly that of young children , and it 's something that I remember putting a motion to in the last administration about a creche or whatever or looking into this facility , in the fact of erm , trying to encourage more people with young families to erm , actually get involved in local government and politics . |
| 16 | It was a relief to be in the open air again but , lacking a street-rap , I decided to take a taxi to the riverside and find my way about from there . |
| 17 | Next morning , 19th July , all is quiet , and after breakfast I decided to pay a visit to the other Commando units ; 4 Commando and 3 Commando , lots of new faces , not many of those who landed on the 6th June are left . |
| 18 | I knew to leave the door open , as I knew to clear a path to the kitchen door , while the chairs were still hand-stripped pine to me . |
| 19 | It was down to the practice ground in the gloom for Jack and myself but I managed to get a message to Sally to meet me an hour later than planned . |
| 20 | Klaus Mann wrote , ‘ I try to give a name to my longing , to name my inheritance and my duty . |
| 21 | The words tumbled over each other in her eagerness. ‘ 'T WOULD only be for a day or so while I try to get a message to the Queen . |
| 22 | My inheritance from those years is the belief maintained with some difficulty , that I do have a right to the earth . |
| 23 | I think there 's always a danger of being a bit simplistic about children who I think have a right to their own family , and that does n't just mean parents , it means grandparents , people who can talk to them about their past , the past of the family . |
| 24 | ‘ I did send a telegram to the caretaker to tell him to be here to let me in . |
| 25 | I aim to get a bus to Heathrow , then circle south from there along the M25 . |
| 26 | ‘ I had to put a stop to it , ’ he told Mexican television . |
| 27 | I had noticed the name on the map ; it seemed very remote but I had seen a reference to an inn there . |
| 28 | It was almost as if I had received a blow to the heart . |
| 29 | Before my marriage , I had to arrange a visit to the mikva . |
| 30 | ‘ I had to take a message to these ’ — she almost said gentlemen — ‘ to Mrs Felton about her youngest son ; he 's in hospital . ’ |