Example sentences of "[verb] [verb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From that decision , leave was given to appeal to the House of Lords . |
| 2 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 3 | He was given a scan at the hospital 's radiology department and once his treatment was finished he asked to go to the toilet . |
| 4 | ‘ First he asked to go to the toilet . |
| 5 | Mr Waite , who was freed last November after five years in Lebanon , says on the ABC programme 20/20 : ‘ One day I asked to go to the bathroom . |
| 6 | It was noticeable that Celia no longer asked to go to the sea although , by that time , the weather had changed . |
| 7 | ‘ One of them asked to go to the lavatory . |
| 8 | He stolidly avoided reacting to the word ‘ murdered ’ . |
| 9 | For lunch I intend to go to the Strawberry Duck pub , Entwhistle , Saturday afternoon is free for shopping in Manchester 's Arndale Centre or whatever and for the evening meal the plan is to go to the new Indian take-away which has opened near Castle Irwell — the ‘ Tandoori Cottage ’ . |
| 10 | Do you want to go to the Moon , too ? ’ |
| 11 | Well they do n't want to go to the sea , erm |
| 12 | I did want to go to the boutique . |
| 13 | That 's why I did n't want to go to the edge because I wanted to try and do my own . |
| 14 | She did not want to go to the beach because the beach meant the bikini , and spending all afternoon sucking in her gut and wondering why her skin went straight from fishbelly white to lobster red while all the other kids had golden tans . |
| 15 | My Better Half 's always maintained , and I agree with him , if they do n't want to go to the Church then we wo n't force them . |
| 16 | I do n't want to go to the story as to why the labour party opposed the er th the entry to the city of Marks and Spencer but it 's an interest . |
| 17 | ‘ You 'd have to signal in advance which issues you regarded as a matter of confidence — for instance , the Tories might have a crack at coal privatisation but might not want to go to the country on it if they failed . ’ |
| 18 | This usually takes the form of a burning pain when you pass water and the feeling you want to go to the toilet more often than usual . |
| 19 | This usually takes the form of a burning pain when you pass water and the feeling you want to go to the toilet more often than usual . |
| 20 | ‘ Does anyone else want to go to the toilet ? ’ |
| 21 | He 'll want to go to the toilet when you start blowing the candles out little horror |
| 22 | Fiona returned , pulling on a fluffy white wrap over her red silk dress , saying she really did n't want to go to the dinner and being persuaded again by her husband . |
| 23 | Right , do you want to go to the garden centre at Mottingham ? |
| 24 | We did n't have many chips , but that was because my mother did n't want to go to the bother of making them , nor did she like the mess that boiling , spluttering fat can make . |
| 25 | You do n't want to go to the party crying , do you ? ’ … |
| 26 | ‘ If you do n't want to go to the exhibition — say so . ’ |
| 27 | KENNETH CLARK SAID at the time of World War Two , ‘ The average artist will want to go to the Front not simply out of curiosity or bravado , but because he may there discover some of that emotional stimulus on a grand scale which is inevitably lacking from his everyday life . ’ |
| 28 | KENNETH CLARK SAID at the time of World War Two , ‘ The average artist will want to go to the Front not simply out of curiosity or bravado , but because he may there discover some of that emotional stimulus on a grand scale which is inevitably lacking from his everyday life . ’ |
| 29 | If you do n't want to go to the expense of buying them , check out the travel section at your local library . |
| 30 | If you do n't want to go to the expense and trouble of covering your walls with natural fabrics like hessian , grasscloth , or cork , there 's a lot of imitations available . |