Example sentences of "[noun sg] [to-vb] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suppose it will be said that it is the height of romanticism to cling to the idea that universities can remain largely publicly funded and that students will not inevitably have to pay fees . |
| 2 | Firstly , and I return to this point which I have mentioned again and again in debates such as this and that 's the the question of the lack of there being a central agency er in existence to see to the enforcement of these matters . |
| 3 | I erm am obviously feeling guilty cos I 'm not feeling guilty but it makes me cough a bit to go to the post office every week and get vastly more disabl disability er invalidity benefit than he gets , vastly more . |
| 4 | I am delighted that the hon. Gentleman has given me the opportunity to report to the House the latest figures for inward investment . |
| 5 | Many of the trade union leaders wanted of course to go to the front , but the whole process of organising our production … forbade their release . |
| 6 | My friend is not simply explaining why , for good or bad reasons , he did decide to go to the Park ( as he might after the event , in which case it would be no objection to his explanation that when he got there the zoo turned out to be closed ) ; he is defending his decision to go to the Park rather than meet me at his house , and I can still try to change his mind . |
| 7 | It justifies the decision to go to the park as a means to see the gibbons . |
| 8 | Only to take every opportunity to go to the school and get to know it as well as you can , I think , erm and do n't be afraid to ask questions . |
| 9 | For your evening entertainment you should try to take the opportunity to go to the theatre or enjoy a concert or maybe you would prefer to relax in one of the many wine cellars or bars . |
| 10 | I did n't have money to go to the laundrette . |
| 11 | Several times I was given money to go to the chemist 's for bitter aloes or penny royal or a bottle of gin from the outdoor . |
| 12 | Not being covered by state-run health insurance has been a major worry because ‘ sometimes I get very sick and I ca n't find the money to go to the doctor , ’ says Rita . |
| 13 | But if the cause is reasonably capable of being associated with the promotion of lawful business interests the judge should not allow the case to go to the jury if there is no evidence of the accused 's intention going beyond such lawful business interests … |
| 14 | A Ask your teacher for permission to go to the Matron 's Room . |
| 15 | All but about 300 of the East Germans had flatly refused an offer of guaranteed permission to go to the West providing they returned to East Germany first . |
| 16 | He was perpetually in the grip of some obscure , niggling , unexplained bitterness , which led him to repudiate most of the overtures which Clara would from time to time make towards him ; she made these attempts because she was less frightened of him than she was of her mother , and she did on one or two occasions — the purchase of a bicycle , permission to go to the cinema — manage to enlist his sympathies . |
| 17 | Jim asked , like a schoolboy wanting permission to go to the bog . |
| 18 | In Re Friends of the Earth the applicants sought review of Minister 's decision to consent to the construction of Sizewell B nuclear generating plant . |
| 19 | And erm my used to tell me about er when they were serving their time , all the apprentices used to clump their work on a Monday afternoon to go to the panopticon And at that particular time , they had turns on and if they did n't like them they pelted them with tomatoes and oranges and they had a big hook for for pulling them off the stage . |
| 20 | Leave enough free cable to connect to the light fitting |
| 21 | Three brown paper bags were pushed through the hatch to tumble to the carriage floor . |
| 22 | If you have been awarded a grant or scholarship , send a copy of the letter of the award , or arrange for the body providing the award to write to the University giving details . |
| 23 | In the most emotional speech of the day , Mr Alexander Rutskoy , the Vice-President , appealed for parliament to come to the aid of the Russian minority in the TransDniestr region of Moldova , the scene of bitter fighting in recent months . |
| 24 | It is clearly for the mother in this case to establish to the court that the interests of the children lie in their remaining in England , and that their future can appropriately be determined here so that it would be proper to allow those matters to prevail over the purpose and philosophy of the Convention . |
| 25 | It is clearly for the mother in this case to establish to the court that the interests of the children lie in their remaining in England , and that their future can appropriately be determined here so that it would be proper to allow those matters to prevail over the purpose and philosophy of the Convention . |
| 26 | However , your willingness to come to the aid of your fellow readers is causing a few headaches in our office . |
| 27 | I think this is quite realistic except during that period when you are ‘ in love ’ , which I think is a hysterical state where you ca n't even bear for your lover to go to the loo without you going too . |
| 28 | His Superintendent asked for a priest to go to the island of Molokai where a colony of lepers lived in appalling conditions . |
| 29 | You had to go sit scholarship to go to the county school we call they called it . |
| 30 | Charles and Diana did not speak as they climbed into their limousine to drive to the war memorial . |