Example sentences of "[pron] [modal v] [verb] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I am a man , and a man of passions ; I must go to a woman , otherwise I shall freeze or turn to stone … ’ |
| 2 | I must confess to a profound sense of foreboding upon making this observation which de-generated into abject horror upon hearing the said track and realising that Oldfield 's contribution amounted to a few bars sampled from ‘ Tubular Bells ’ ! |
| 3 | Here I must admit to a certain prejudice , in that much as I admired Chapman 's engineering brilliance — it was intuitive , radical , lateral-thinking and extremely sharp — I did not share , then or now , the belief that Colin was a constructor in the class of Enzo Ferrari , nor did I feel any faith in him as a man or a leader of men . |
| 4 | Having said that , I must admit to a vested interest since my concern with Riley 's view of work by contemporary artists , and the dismissive nature of the term ‘ simulationist ’ is allied with a desire in my own work to somehow examine more keenly the principle foundations upon which notions of ‘ abstraction ’ are laid . |
| 5 | I must admit to a certain degree of hurt masculine pride that it was n't me who tempted you , but , as a businessman and a major shareholder in the station , I have to admire your dedication . |
| 6 | First of all , I must get to a bus stop that serves Heathrow , which means heading towards Kensington and the Bayswater Road . |
| 7 | Then a guy in Denver called up and told me that I should go to a plumbing supply place and try a piece of pipe , because that way you can find one that fits your finger , and I 've been using the same slide ever since 1967 , I believe . ’ |
| 8 | When I mentioned Burma , his feeling of satisfaction was obvious , though his sense of integrity had prevented him from deciding that I should go to a country so close to his own heart . |
| 9 | I was told I should go to a convalescent home to complete my recovery . |
| 10 | Now , could someone give me one good reason why I should bow to a woman who , not long ago , was a junior publishing executive with a past spent as a member of a racy set of upper-class party-lovers ? |
| 11 | ‘ I think I should earn more as the WBC title is recognised as a better class than the WBO but I might come to a 50-50 split . ’ |
| 12 | I want to just go and have a look in them you see if you 've well anyway Well erm , I might get to a certain extent . |
| 13 | ‘ I 'll confess to a similar hope , Delia . |
| 14 | I 'll go back to London , I 'll move to a new district , I 'll start seeing Sophie on a regular basis , I 'll do my job as if I were any competent lawyer , and I 've come here alone , you bastard , so why do n't you do whatever you 've got in mind ? |
| 15 | ‘ If you do , I 'll go to a solicitor . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I 'll go to a small room along the passage . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ All right , then , I 'll admit to a degree of prejudice against people who seem to make a living out of being agin the establishment . |
| 18 | Erm , the first one is a letter from Ron , he , he 's in Milton Keynes with his family at the moment , on holiday , and he will be missing this meeting action tomorrow and unfortunately the September Executive , erm , he 's reported on the erm market stall which I 'll come to a bit later , I ask you for details about that and for the enclose with it erm , a statement issued by the association nationally on pensioner 's and the Poll Tax . |
| 19 | Something I could bring to a decent conclusion . |
| 20 | I 'd asked my mum and dad if I could go to a boarding school — the one in Edinburgh Andy was at , for example — but they 'd said I would n't like it and besides it would cost a lot of money . |
| 21 | PEG : I could go to a hotel for a bit . |
| 22 | If I braked sharply , I could go to a New Year 's Eve party as Van Gogh . |
| 23 | No my my own view and it 's I I do n't know if I 've come to a view on the relative weight of those sorts of considerations er I I 'd need to think about it some more before I could come to a view on that . |
| 24 | I 'd go to a list broker of my acquaintance . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know why you should think I 'd object to a frisky man , military or otherwise . |
| 26 | I thought I 'd write to a few comedians to see if I could get them to sit for a portrait , to get a few shots together for my portfolio , and then , suddenly , this snowball seemed to start rolling … |
| 27 | When I 'd come to a safe stop and turned off the motor , I broke down and sobbed . |
| 28 | Like , I 'd say to a young officer , maybe just out of the depot [ training centre ] , if a old lady calls you for assistance to her , you 're a police officer and she will look to you for help , ad we have to leave people with a certain level of satisfaction . |
| 29 | And I saw them , well I think they 're alright , I 've got to look at them more closely , well I 'd like to a , yes we are going darling , you 're very excited . |
| 30 | One particularly lovely lady called Mrs [ S ] who I used to talk to a lot had had enough , she was going . |