Example sentences of "[vb infin] [verb] to [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Harold Samuel was furious , ‘ What do you want to go to that place for ? |
| 2 | ‘ Do we really want to go to this bash ? ’ |
| 3 | Now then , if the council could , could 've come to some agreement and put in there , it would of made it right for us , now , you see we 've done so before , this is what I do n't like about he , he applies for planning permission does er the notice was no bigger than six inches long and four |
| 4 | I did not want to come to this council , but I came hoping that we could save blood . |
| 5 | She made a very positive effort to be the right kind of person to be around — in other words , she was not a liability , she was an asset , an extremely good cook and a very good organiser , and having discovered that we both went to the same school in Switzerland where French was the main language taught , we would enjoy talking to each other in French , much to the annoyance of David who could n't understand the language . ’ |
| 6 | About half the farmers interviewed would consider changing to another enterprise if farm incomes were to drop and would require training to provide the new competence . |
| 7 | Among positive rights , we should include the rights : to have all one 's experience and knowledge assessed in the admissions process ; to determine the subjects studied ; to have a legitimate measure of control over the pace and the methods of study ; to be able to follow a particular academic interest , or develop a point of view of one 's own ; to be examined in ways which do justice to the student 's achievements ; and to be credited with those parts of a course which have been passed successfully ( should the student wish or need to move to another institution , or to take a break in the programme of study ) . |
| 8 | Looking back , I 'm sure that Frank 's comment about the incandescent lights and another occasion when Tom was threatening to recite some Rabbie Bums and Franky had stated bluntly , ‘ We do n't want to listen to that shit ’ , were the real basis for Tom 's antipathy . |
| 9 | As soon as the young people started dancing , Brown turned to his guest and said loudly , ‘ You do n't want to listen to this bullshit — let's go and have a drink . ’ |
| 10 | I said do you want me to have an appointment , do you want to listen to this tape ? |
| 11 | She does n't want to talk to any man just now-you especially , I suspect . ’ |
| 12 | She is expected to obey her husband without question and must never appear unveiled to any man to whom she is not related . |
| 13 | I mean , I would like to go to that auction tomorrow but we ca n't , I ca n't go to the hairdressers as well , so |
| 14 | I 'M 17 , a little bit sad , female student from Prague ( Czechoslovakia ) - I would like to write to any male or female , aged 17-20 . |
| 15 | So I well I sent him er our sheets , er sheet about the group and the minutes and er I contacted Michael er , who said he 'll be very happy to help in , so I er phoned up this chap and said , gave him Michael 's number and said erm he 'd like to come to this meeting tonight , he said yes , so I went to pick him up and I just could n't find that blinking house , anyone who knows Harlow , he 's in Parsonage Leys , I just could n't find the number it was , I just could n't find anything less than thirty seven |
| 16 | ‘ And now I 'd like to talk to that boy , please . ’ |
| 17 | And you might both like to talk to each other now about what you found easy what you found hard because Kelly found some bits hard , you thought oh it 's obvious , did n't you ? |
| 18 | The executives did begin to listen to each other more effectively . |
| 19 | So it 's , he does n't like going to these dos , I 'm sure of it , you know . |
| 20 | But some of her rigouts are gorgeous and I would n't mind getting to that age with a figure like that . |
| 21 | He could remember coming to this house fifteen years earlier to deliver her first child . |
| 22 | Every haulier , wittingly or otherwise , will become involved to some extent in Customs 88 procedures . |
| 23 | We would like to add to that statement of principle by stressing a point which is sometimes overlooked , namely , that the trial process itself is equipped to deal with the bulk of complaints which have in recent Divisional Court cases founded applications for a stay . |
| 24 | Ca an I just say one quick thing , th I I , I 'd really like to reply to this lady , she said that it 's it 's , we 're talking about I , me all the time , but and that we 're selfish . |
| 25 | We must stop writing to each other , Donald . |
| 26 | And what did he want coming to this back of beyond ? ’ |
| 27 | I ca n't play that sort of trick on him — besides , I 'd only have to agree to another date . ’ |
| 28 | It may have been enacted beforehand by the witnesses , so that they testify to what they have actually witnessed ; alternatively , the organiser of the mock trial may simply have given to each witness a statement of his evidence , which he is expected to remember . |
| 29 | Then he wondered if he was capable of putting what he must have heard to some use . |
| 30 | she , she Anne 's gone Aunty Anne 's , she wo n't have to go to that job . |