Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have to communicate to their public and explain how the services they provide are of value . |
| 2 | She never bothered to write to her husband while he was away , husbands being regarded as of very little importance , except as sources of money . |
| 3 | Yet she 's too busy to write to her mother . ’ |
| 4 | She 'll need me some day and then she 'll be quick enough to write to her mother . |
| 5 | CAFOD , on behalf of the church in this country , are asking people to write to their MP to stress that this country should not be cutting aid , but rather seeing how we can increase it . |
| 6 | We urge our readers to write to their MP at the House of Commons . |
| 7 | Mr Lanighan wants people who disagree with the sentence to write to their MP or to the Judge , Francis Allen , demanding a tougher policy . |
| 8 | But before I die , I would like to write to my son James . |
| 9 | is now nitpicking and harassing me to a degree which might lead me yet again to write to my MP . |
| 10 | I pledge to write to my bank manager urging the banks to write off debt owed by poorer countries . |
| 11 | ‘ I shall have to write to my mother , ’ said Endill . |
| 12 | Dear Father , It is a great pleasure to write to my father as my mother has often told me about him , and I hope to be allowed to get to know him better … |
| 13 | We appeal to your readers to write to your government , informing them of the catastrophic environmental effects of the war and urging economic and political sanctions against the Serbian aggressors . |
| 14 | ‘ Aunt Millicent 's going to write to your sister , to ‘ arrange terms ’ , as she calls it , ’ said Gay . |
| 15 | But I warn you , he 's going to write to your father and brother and tell them what a completely fat lazy arse you are , Changez . |
| 16 | To combat the imminent threat of service cuts , we ask you to write to your MP , local councillors and anyone else with influence to exert pressure on the Government and British Rail to , at the very least , retain existing services . |
| 17 | Vincent , baffled and angered by his parents ' pessimism , lost his temper when they told him not to write to his uncle and aunt in Amsterdam . |
| 18 | Major Henches , another artilleryman ( killed on the Somme that autumn ) found time to write to his wife during the May fighting at Verdun : |
| 19 | I want to write to his mother . |
| 20 | ‘ S'pose I 'll have to write to his mother , ’ he said . |
| 21 | He 's supposed to write to his grandpa every month but so far we have n't |
| 22 | People automatically seemed to defer to his judgement — or that was the impression she gained . |
| 23 | He squeezed time to dash to her studio . |
| 24 | All the same , constituency party membership rose that year to 265,763 , an increase of well over 10% on 1943.35 With the sudden break-out of the armies from the Normandy bridgehead , it looked as if what Churchill called the ‘ German war ’ was about to come to its conclusion ; and , as we have seen , in October 1944 , when the Commons once more renewed the electoral truce for a year , it was Churchill himself who said that this would be the signal for the dissolution of the coalition . |
| 25 | The era of sealing wax and string was beginning to come to its end , although the end was far off ; in the Cavendish Laboratory under Rutherford in the 1930s the story was that research workers asking for string were made to say how many inches of it they needed . |
| 26 | Ironically , the very forces which have created such a barren environment for wildlife may now be about to come to its rescue , as agricultural surpluses , the heavy cost of the CAP and the demands of world trade are forcing hard political decisions . |
| 27 | Its terms , secret at the time , have seemed odd : if one of the signatories were to be attacked by Russia , the other was to come to her support . |
| 28 | While he sang to the girl the Don wants to come to her window , calling her his treasure , asking her not to be cruel , at least to let him see her , he looked at Alice , turned his face away from the audience who had gathered and looked at her . |
| 29 | They were just getting into their stride when they received an invitation from Lila to come to her place . |
| 30 | His name was the first to come to her mind and his telephone number was in the directory . |