Example sentences of "[to-vb] to the [noun] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | HONG KONG — Xu Jiatun , China 's senior official in Hong Kong , was summoned to Peking for talks on the dispute between China and Hong Kong over the Chinese swimmer Yang Yang , who was allowed by Hong Kong to go to the US last week , writes Kevin Hamlin . |
| 2 | The power lead from the transformer has to go to the keyboard first and a short lead from here connects to the PCB . |
| 3 | you want to go to the toilet first ? |
| 4 | I think you need to go to the toilet first before we have lunch . |
| 5 | 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 ’ . |
| 6 | Well we need to go to the reports first . |
| 7 | My mother would n't allow me to go to the meeting last night — you know she despises anything Irish . " |
| 8 | I meant to go to the bank last , I meant to get cash for that guy but I 'll make him a cheque . |
| 9 | The majority of deaths from lung cancer happen to smokers ; smoking causes heart disease , bronchitis and emphysema ; many more suffer years of debilitating illness that would certainly kill them if some other cause of death — crossing the road to go to the tobacconist first , perhaps — did not intervene . |
| 10 | Patrick intended to get to the suspects first . |
| 11 | ‘ Okay , but what are ye goin' to say to the priest next time you go to confession , eh ? |
| 12 | He might say he 'd like to speak to the guy first . |
| 13 | Frank obviously want to travel to the US next year and to be in contention he — has — to play first team football — Frank was cited today as not beeing to impressed with Deano : ’ 2 goals in 12 matches in England is not at all impressive ; the chances keep coming all the time in games over here ’ . |
| 14 | The dispute was triggered by Hong Kong 's decision to allow the top Chinese swimmer , Yang Yang , who had sought political asylum in the West , to travel to the US last week . |