Example sentences of "[pron] to go [prep] the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 Well no , they take them to go with the horses .
2 East Germany had agreed to give them papers allowing them to go to the country of their choice , and they were expected to leave Poland ‘ in the very near future ’ .
3 ‘ Team Toyota Europe want them to go to the Safari and they ca n't put off a decision much longer .
4 You can compel them to go to the polling station and even to put an official election slip into the ballot box but that slip could be blank or spoiled , so what would be achieved ?
5 Night waking Some professionals suggest that parents should wake their children at certain times during the night to get them to go to the lavatory .
6 You do n't want them to go to the police , do you ? ’
7 ‘ I am not going to spend big money bringing players over from Scotland simply for them to go through the motions . ’
8 Mahmoud got them to go through the events of the night .
9 He threw a bottleful of his pills into the kitchen sink and tried to get them to go down the drain with the handle of a dishmop .
10 He told them to go amongst the people of the land and offer them their service , to defend Minginish instead of conquering it ; for the most earth a man ever needs is what is piled in his grave .
11 You 'd think it would be totally alien for them to go in the water like that .
12 Inside , maids in black took coats for tickets , and told everyone to go through the lounge as Mrs Coley was receiving in the pool area .
13 They 're telling me to go on the stage and act , but I ca n't do it , it 's the one thing Mum and Dad are dead set against . ’
14 It 's why Uncle Vernon wanted me to go on the stage . ’
15 The idea was for me to go on the high-wire sixty feet above ground — on the shoulders of a Czechoslovakian circus performer .
16 Herman S. has just telephoned to ask me to go to the theatre with Ivy and him next Thursday — to see Samuel Beckett 's new play .
17 She wants me to go to the theatre though , I do n't think she 'll enjoy Chekhov very much .
18 But I was n't struck by any thunderbolts or lightning flashes , and when talking about the dance afterwards in the Met Office I merely remarked to the officer on duty that I 'd met a very nice corporal and he 'd asked me to go to the Station cinema with him on Saturday .
19 He advised me to go to the Academy and work with Professor Dachauer .
20 ONE AFTERNOON KĀLI BROUGHT THE COWS HOME EARLY AND CAME rushing over to ask me to go to the forest with her to collect a load of pine-needles .
21 Well we went off and got off at Peel which was the other with the all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time because I 've been to the police and reported it .
22 He said it 's happened before and he advised her to go to the police and er so he , he said er when and the police st told her , when you come back we 'll have all this typed out i and she came back all with a flask all bandaged up and she said the chemist advised me to go to the police and er so she said that 's why I 've been a long time , because I 've been to the police and reported it .
23 Then I think : he 'll have worked that out as well , so he 'll expect me to go to the car .
24 My mother would n't allow me to go to the meeting last night — you know she despises anything Irish . "
25 Something forced me to go to the orchard .
26 I dare not spend another farthing , and it would be suicide for me to go to the bank , even if Richard agreed , which he wo n't . ’
27 Mrs Aggie ’ — she turned and glanced at Aggie — ‘ paid for me to go to the penny school . ’
28 Or do you want me to go through the Valve at Firstlight speed ? ’
29 Well there was er the one who had the most important influence in my school life was Albert Edward , do you remember the printers , he was a teacher and he used to teach standard four , that was your last standard in the junior , and he had a big influence on , on me because er he wanted me to go into the printing trade as an apprentice , but I , me leaving school at thirteen and going into full-time work straight away I could n't do , do that but oh there was er , , he was an officer during the war he was in the and there was oh our , our school teacher , we used to call , we used to call him his name was actually Arthur I think , but he was always , he was a little bit addicted to the lit little whisky bottle , he used to keep a little bottle in his desk and he 'd be having a nip of whisky , but he was what was approximated as a sports master now , he used to look after the football team , we used to call him , I suppose his name was Arthur but his name was .
30 ‘ I did n't say that ! ’ and I hinted that my father wanted me to go into the pulpit , and there was a little clash between us .
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