Example sentences of "[conj] [to-vb] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Until then , they could n't even ask for a glass of water or to go to the toilet . |
| 2 | Whitechurch was shown the works by Mr G. Coker , chief draughtsman : ‘ There are two chief ways of seeing the works , either to begin at the finished coach and work backwards to the details , or to go to the beginning first and work upwards , but , at all events , you shall see as much as we can show you in a day ’ . |
| 3 | He had decided not to go straight home , or to go to the pub yet . |
| 4 | For example , they may force the potentially inefficient firms either to join them in adopting cost-saving innovations which involve some disruption of current working practices , or to go to the wall . |
| 5 | travel to arrange the funeral , or to go to the funeral ( one return journey only ) |
| 6 | The children can also become antagonistic towards the parents and refuse to get out of bed or to go to the lavatory . |
| 7 | It 's easy and it would have been easy for me to get up on a platform or to go into the department and say , look lads , you know , we feel that you 're justified in walking out the door . |
| 8 | For ordinary people in undernourished Bucharest to regard the trinkets of capitalism as the symbols of liberty as well as the rewards of prosperity is understandable , but to have the wealth of twenty-three million Romanians to squander at one 's will and to choose to watch Kojak or to sit on the sort of lumpish gilt furniture that Western department stores export to their Arab allies would not have suited Caligula . |
| 9 | It is simply not safe to have radios on the side of the bath , or electrical heaters plugged in to the bathroom in winter , or to sit in the bath while shaving with an electric razor . |
| 10 | Failure to pay can result in our applying to the court for power to deduct arrears from your income or to arrange for the sale of your goods to recover the amount due . |
| 11 | It appeared likely that the alarming peasant disturbances of the previous spring would be repeated , and there were many reports of peasants refusing to fulfil their ‘ temporary obligations ’ or to agree to the redemption terms envisaged in the Statute of Emancipation . |
| 12 | The Review recommended that there be a fixed period within which the parties would be required to set down the case for trial or to report to the court . |
| 13 | Once an action becomes defended there is to be a fixed period within which the parties will be required either to set the case down for trial , on the assumption that it has not been settled or been otherwise disposed of , or to report to the court . |
| 14 | Can you help me maybe , by discovering his whereabouts , and perhaps persuading him — through a third party if necessary — to return to his home , or to communicate with the prison officials here ? |
| 15 | The Insurer shall be entitled to take over the conduct in the name of an Insured Person in the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of an Insured Person for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings and in the settlement of any claim . |
| 16 | No admission offer promise payment or indemnity shall be made or given by or on behalf of the Policyholder without the written consent of the Corporation which shall be entitled if it so desires to take over and conduct in the name of the Policyholder the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of the Policyholder for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings or in the settlement of any claim and the Policyholder shall give all such information and assistance as the Corporation may require . |
| 17 | No admission offer promise payment or indemnity shall be made or given by or on behalf of the Policyholder or any person claiming to be indemnified without the written consent of the Corporation which shall be entitled if it so desires to take over and conduct in the name of the Policyholder or such person the defence or settlement of any claim or to prosecute in the name of the Policyholder or such person for its own benefit any claim for indemnity or damages or otherwise and shall have full discretion in the conduct of any proceedings or in the settlement of any claim and the Policyholder or such person shall give all such information and assistance as the Corporation may require . |
| 18 | Naturally , when we think of unwritten possibilities , we mean those realizations which " could have been " purely in terms of the language : we do not presume to delve into the psychology of the author , or to tamper with the text itself . |
| 19 | These are wrapped around the ball and fastened at the top with a collar through which passed a wire ring for suspension or to pass round the wrist . |
| 20 | The House of Representatives adjourned to enable Congressmen either to watch or to march in the procession of delegates past the east front of the Capitol . |
| 21 | Rather they preferred to farm them out at a fixed rent , at leases which , in the fourteenth century , became progressively longer , and to enjoy the freedom to take up offices or to serve in the army . |
| 22 | Twitch bites have always been a problem , and the best answers have been to scale down tackle and bait to encourage a better bite , or to hover over the rod and attempt to strike and hit the twitch bite . |
| 23 | A school 's claim of achieving excellent standards in sports or instrumental music may seem very hollow to parents of children that do n't have an opportunity to take up an instrument or to play for the school team . |
| 24 | From the beginning the putsch had been poorly conceived : it had failed to mobilize the support of the pieds noirs or to win over the conscript troops , who were the vast majority . |
| 25 | Sophia sighed but did not answer , for on such an occasion as this there was n't really time to go into whether Penelope particularly liked Rupert Stonebird or not or to embark on the sort of explanation that a man could n't be expected to understand . |
| 26 | For the critic concerned to identify the narrative structures of the contemporary romance form , there is actually no need to apply a semiological analysis to the twelve volumes of a Mills and Boon monthly output , or to draw upon the morphology of the folk-tale , as some theorists have undertaken . |
| 27 | A check of the water 's temperature is often made on the spot and smaller samples may also be taken and treated immediately to enable a measurement of dissolved oxygen to be made , or to fix for the presence of certain substances such as cyanide . |
| 28 | But they were very difficult to prove , or to use as the basis of generalization , because of the difficulty of isolating TV as a causal factor . |
| 29 | Like the Rattries , she supposed , who would never have had the money for a marriage licence or to put in the vicar 's collecting plate . |
| 30 | The worker is likely to have to climb over knees and bags several times as the clients wait , in order to get client records from the general office or to refer to the information system . |