Example sentences of "[adj] [to-vb] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They were due to go to Druid 's Bottom two days before Christmas , but Auntie Lou was ill . |
| 2 | The Glory arrived at eight , well before Jack was due to go to school . |
| 3 | They 're due to go to press this evening and someone 's –ailed to meet the deadline . |
| 4 | The health authority agreed to settle the case just a week before it was due to go to court . |
| 5 | CA-Unicenter is due to go to beta test in July on HP systems — the first releases are expected in October this year on HP 's Unix 9000 series 700/800 workstations and servers . |
| 6 | ‘ I remember once he called the squad together ‘ for ten minutes ’ just before we were due to go to dinner . |
| 7 | I 've got a Congress fund which , I mean today it 's getting so dear to go to Congress erm you know , the hotels are so dear . |
| 8 | I was too upset to go to school . |
| 9 | It does indeed get dark at a sensible time so it 's possible to go to bed before about one in the morning . |
| 10 | After last week 's acquittal , the head of South Yorkshire CID , Chief Superintendent Mick Burdis , said the force was right to go to court . |
| 11 | He is due to report to West Hendon police station in two weeks ' time . |
| 12 | You can choose whether you want the rulers to be in inches or centimetres and it is possible to work to millimetre accuracy if you need to . |
| 13 | He had told her , so that today he could be free — free to go to Charity and tell her about this astonishing feeling inside of him . |
| 14 | It 'll be a lot easier to go to work it 's less , less hassle . |
| 15 | If the block vote of the trade unions were eliminated , it would be impracticable to continue to vest control of policy in Labour Party conferences . ’ |
| 16 | During his fishing time though it was sheer delight for him , his boys were always ready and willing to go to sea , bother U-boats etc ! |
| 17 | Recently , I was very surprised to find that I was willing to go to bed with a guy and have intercourse , but then discovered that I was really a bit repelled by the idea of having him kiss me . |
| 18 | He had been well aware that she would dearly love to have been one of his girlfriends , more than willing to go to bed with him had he given her any encouragement , and was resentful of his relationship with Liza . |
| 19 | My parents moan at me because I am not always willing to go to work . |
| 20 | Although they had certain rights especially under equity law , few women were willing to go to court against their husbands At lower levels of society the forms of marriage tended to be more relaxed . |
| 21 | Are you willing to go to hell , to be burned with the devil and his angels ? … |
| 22 | Then there is the hon. Member for Coventry , South-East ( Mr. Nellist ) , who is willing to go to prison for his views . |
| 23 | ‘ I 'm afraid to go to sleep . |
| 24 | I was afraid to go to bed , or even to sleep for a few moments in my chair . |
| 25 | It can also increase your bargaining powers if the other side knows you are not afraid to go to court . |
| 26 | At a meeting on Sunday , the 300 strikers indicated they were prepared to agree to management plans to resolve a dispute over lay-offs , but would return to work under protest at part of the package which included a wage freeze for 1993 and a cut in fringe benefits . |
| 27 | I was quite prepared to go to court . |
| 28 | A lawyer says he is prepared to go to court to force an enquiry into the water contamination still affecting Swindon and South Oxfordshire . |
| 29 | If Marshal Piłsudski and Colonel Beck , the Polish leaders in Warsaw , were upset that France had not given them stronger backing over the Wilia crisis , then they were also relieved to find that Hitler was not prepared to go to war over the city — at least not yet . |
| 30 | On the one hand Europe favoured détente , but on the other , they also needed US protection and were concerned that , if the worst came to the worst , Carter would not be prepared to go to war to save Europe . |