Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [prep] a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Today by some bonus of chance they were being left there to enjoy it and had not been interrupted with a call for tea or to go for a swim with Dad who had just come home . |
| 2 | ‘ Really , there are only three options — to let the company wither and die , to find a successor , or to go for a flotation . |
| 3 | Before the industrial revolution of the early nineteenth century people travelled mainly for two reasons : either for business , or to go on a pilgrimage . |
| 4 | The teacher will ask you to lie on a table or to sit on a chair while he gently moves your head and limbs around . |
| 5 | Not only does Dame Sirith advertise her professional ability to repeat the trick , or to obtain for a man the woman he wants in the way he wants , and thus anticipate her ability to star in an extended series of fabliaux that the poet may tell , but the language and prosody convey certain points that lie at the heart of the fabliau perspective . |
| 6 | erm In principle it should be possible to be able to speak into a microphone , or to write on a pad , with a pencil , and the computer would be connected to the microphone or the pad and would take in and interpret what you 've done , without having to learn this rather clumsy method of putting things in one letter at a time . |
| 7 | This can include a reluctance to ask them to visit , or to come for a meal and even the fear , felt by some women , that a grieving woman may attract their own husbands . |
| 8 | One either is or is not legally entitled to an American passport , or to benefit from a will ; difficulties , if any , crop up in satisfying the qualification . |
| 9 | The retailer will use the telephone to place orders ; to get in touch with other branches or head office ; to contact the bank ; or to talk to a customer . |
| 10 | This in itself is highly significant , particularly since many New Testament scholars seem to believe that the early Christians had no sense of historical propriety and would be perfectly happy to dream up some saying and attribute it to Jesus , or to listen to a message from one of the Christian prophets in the congregation , and then put that into the mouth of the historical Jesus . |
| 11 | A self-help support group which meets once a month in the evenings ( usually the first Friday in the month ) to talk informally , or to listen to a speaker . |
| 12 | This rich , golden bread is simple to make and is ideal for picnics , or to serve with a bowl of soup or light evening meal — along with a glass of red wine . |
| 13 | In terms of the analogies we have used so far , the Indian traditions are said to orbit around a different sun , or to be climbing a different mountain — or to identify with a family of monsters in the loch quite different from the one followed by the Near Eastern religions . |
| 14 | Depending on the nature of the offence , he is either warned to lay off , or to look for a job elsewhere . |
| 15 | I dare say someone could cross a road with the best of intentions — to help an old lady perhaps , or to look at a fruit-shop — then slip on a banana-skin and cause a perfectly horrible accident . |
| 16 | With its dramatic Alpine backdrop Munich is a fabulous city in which to either enjoy a GTF City Break , or to use as a base for exploring the surrounding beauty of Bavaria . |
| 17 | If you are elderly and need minor works done to assist you to stay in your home , or to live with a relative , the Environmental Health Department have grants for Assistance with Minor Works to Dwellings . |
| 18 | If you have serious drain or waste blockage problems , you may need to use specialist equipment or to call in a specialist drain clearing firm . |
| 19 | It is as follows : that the decision to turn off a ventilator is , in fact , a decision to terminate the life of a patient or to remove from a patient the last thread by which he held on to life . |
| 20 | On the other hand , you may want something sturdy enough to take a growing baby on frequent weekends away , or to double as a playpen on trips to friends , which will make your investment really worthwhile . |
| 21 | The idea is graphically summarised by Alison Norman : ‘ We are all familiar with the advertisements and Christmas begging letters which ask for money in terms which suggest that old people are in danger of hypothermia or social isolation simply because they are old — not because they do not have sufficient incomes to heat and repair their homes or to pay for a taxi or telephone . ’ |
| 22 | It is always wise to have a source of money close at hand for emergencies , but not wise to keep much in the house , or to rely on a neighbourhood bank if you will not be near it during banking hours . |
| 23 | Pennycuick J. found that there was no implied request for any service or promise of service [ for example , to use his best endeavours to persuade the bank to sell at £100,000 or to act as a go-between — cf. the putting in touch with X in British Bank for Foreign Trade v. Novinex ( above , p. 94 ) ] . |
| 24 | For instance , it may be legitimate to generalize from a finite list of observation statements referring to litmus paper turning red on being immersed in acid to the universal law , ‘ Acids turn litmus red ’ , or to generalize from a list of observations referring to heated metals to the law , ‘ Metals expand when heated ’ . |
| 25 | I 'd sooner come to Cheltenham than to go to a holiday abroad . |
| 26 | If diarrhoea is described in some particular terms rather than others ( e.g. if it described as empacho ) the patient is more likely to consult a traditional practitioner than to go to a health clinic . |
| 27 | Though in theory taking life was contrary to the tenets of Buddhism , it was considered more shocking to kill animals for other persons , or for their hides , than to kill for a meal . |
| 28 | Whether it 's the Police Band or one from a nearby mill town , there are fewer nicer ways to end a summer day in Leeds than to sit in a deckchair at sunset , listening to the haunting sound of the trumpets and trombones . |
| 29 | This meant that to go for a crap you had to take a shovel and dig a hole which was hard work when the ground was solid . |
| 30 | She knew , as she carried articles that required hanging up through to the wardrobes , that she was not going to tresspass any further on Ven 's generosity than to partake of a cup of tea with him . |