Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [to-vb] to [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose everyone has to keep to some sort of rule . |
| 2 | Do I want to go to this wonderful balloon festival ? |
| 3 | ‘ I intend to change to another firm of solicitors , so naturally I 'll want to settle with you . |
| 4 | ‘ If needs be , and I hate to stoop to this , I can take steps to override your obstruction , from which you might find it difficult to recover ! ’ |
| 5 | For more delicate greenstuff and for the fruity veg I tend to turn to olive oil . |
| 6 | ‘ I tend to listen to odd things they do but not in any depth . |
| 7 | In the absence of anything comparable among the Greeks , I hesitate to attribute to royal initiative a translation so clearly born within the precincts of the synagogue . |
| 8 | ‘ But I want to stress to all parents : Do n't be complacent . ’ |
| 9 | I want to listen to that . |
| 10 | I want to listen to that now . |
| 11 | But I want to listen to these accents . |
| 12 | we make something to get in , that pricks their ears up , and think , yes , I want to listen to this guy . |
| 13 | I shall not detain the House long , but I want to refer to two aspects of discounts . |
| 14 | Now I want to refer to that , because this is fact . |
| 15 | You think I want to go to all those places ? ’ |
| 16 | and blind people go wait a minute you know , I want to go to this and I want to go to that |
| 17 | and blind people go wait a minute you know , I want to go to this and I want to go to that |
| 18 | ‘ I want to go to ten . ’ |
| 19 | Do n't have to talk about an just a good chat you know just I do n't want to I do n't want to talk about good people or all about that I do n't want to talk about that I want to talk I want to talk to that person out there who will feel now that it is them that I am I am appealing to I am appealing I now . |
| 20 | Act and that I want to talk to local authority associations about that , so we will be in consultation with them . |
| 21 | There 's a special job Preston 's engaged on and I want to come to some arrangement with him — there should be room for both of us — if you would be good enough to tell me when your husband is likely to be back — " |
| 22 | And in a radio programme , you have exactly the same thing , it 's the first fifteen or twenty seconds which makes you decide ‘ Am I going to listen to this , or am I going to switch this off , and go out and make a cup of tea or take the dog for a walk ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Then how am I going to get to these castles ? ’ she asked rather crossly . |
| 24 | I like to listen to other people |
| 25 | ‘ How much longer do I have to listen to all of this crap ? |
| 26 | I decided to write to Practical PC in the hope that you might be able to solve this minor mystery . |
| 27 | ‘ When I started to listen to all the stuff , I thought I 'd be sick of everything . |
| 28 | I had to explain to poor Isabella that Mr Edgar had refused to write to her . |
| 29 | I ought to be on holiday , but I was n't : this was merely a brief interlude before I had to report to that wretched banker and enmesh myself in a host of false relationships in the Ingard office , to try to discover — what ? |
| 30 | ‘ I wanted to run away , to hide , but I had to return to this lonely , meaningless place . ’ |