Example sentences of "[vb infin] [to-vb] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But he did n't want to go to the bloody thing , not after what they 'd done to the poor old man . |
| 2 | ‘ Do you want to go to the giving-out-food woman and say there 's three small hungry people down here ? ’ |
| 3 | So I 'm sorry Mr Chairman if the report is doom and gloom but that is the situation that does prevail we will endeavour to work to the best of our ability , or the lack of it but please remember the constraints that we are under and if we have got any views , to stand , and if we do want to help the people in Dundee and we do want to stop the government pilfering the British Rail pension scheme |
| 4 | If the law was ruled unconstitutional , as was widely anticipated , Ada refused to say whether he would seek to appeal to the Supreme Court . |
| 5 | Apart from codifying the rights of the individual , a Bill of Rights would iron out the curious anomaly to which Lord Taylor referred and might in addition save time and money because far fewer decisions by British judges would need to go to the European Court of Human Rights . |
| 6 | There must be thousands like me who do n't need to go to the whingeing depths of Germaine Greer and her ilk , or spend time and money trying to look eternally young like Joan Collins and Elizabeth Taylor . |
| 7 | However , in such cases one will often not need to progress to the follow-up sessions of therapy which would be needed by those others who are trying to overcome a particular problem . |
| 8 | They do not need to belong to the same phase . |
| 9 | The more a critic wishes to substantiate what he says about style , the more he will need to point to the linguistic evidence of texts ; and linguistic evidence , to be farm , must be couched in terms of numerical frequency . |
| 10 | What I have tried to do is to highlight the changes of greatest significance to a wider audience ; preparers and auditors of building society accounts will need to refer to the 1992 regulations themselves for a comprehensive assessment of all the changes . |
| 11 | As you are involved with bronzes , you 'll need to refer to the British Museum Catalogue or Roman Imperial Coins . |
| 12 | Supporting cast DJ Renegade and secondary shouter Blue Eyes provide hardy back-up ; previous single ‘ Mind Of An Ordinary Citizen ’ , the breakneck ‘ Forward ’ and a dangerous tear through manifesto track ‘ Survival Of The Hardest Working ’ to close , are the muscular set 's highlights , and the moment where Blade gets our own Chris Hughes onstage to photograph him with his fans is cute — QED , this jolly , gentle , reassuringly chubby little geezer does not need to pander to the male hormones and the baser instincts of his audience to get noticed . |
| 13 | Supporters of the rational model may seek to move to the desired situation in one strategic move . |
| 14 | Oh it says in here explain what you are doing when you are recording the conversation you will need to explain to the other people involved what you are doing and why . |
| 15 | The reason for a year would appear to relate to the periodic reporting requirements regulated by company law . |
| 16 | The difference yields a political meaning , in other words , and it would also appear to relate to the old theory of the difference between an author who tells and an author who shows , and who employs a medley of voices in order to do so . |
| 17 | Moreover , the economic cleavage that was perceived to be developing in this society did appear to correspond to the religious tensions that were generating party strife , and to anxious High Church Tories seemed to be yet another part of the process whereby Dissenters were thriving in the changed political climate after the Revolution at the expense of the Anglican interest . |
| 18 | But what was nice about our little group was that we could we normally changed over if we did n't want to stick to the same job all the time . |
| 19 | ‘ No-one in his right mind would want to revert to the horrible inequality of the Victorian era or anything like that , ’ Leo said earnestly . |
| 20 | So I said to her she said would you like to go to the Regal so I said I do n't mind . |
| 21 | Would you like to go to the old rink to do some skating ? [ drink ] |
| 22 | She hesitated for a moment , then said , ‘ I met Sid Watkins in Berkeley today and he asked me if I would like to go to the Licensed Victuallers Dinner at the Princes Hotel with him tonight . |
| 23 | In the meantime , tell me , has … has he ever said anything to you except askin' you if you would like to go to the fair ? ’ |
| 24 | I told him I 'd like to talk to the head man . |
| 25 | He closed his eyes and went through in detail what he would like to do to the curly-haired tart . |
| 26 | Another name can be crossed firmly off the IBM Corp list : John Sculley , chairman of Apple Computer Inc has now gone on the record saying ‘ I would like to respond to the persistent rumours that I might leave Apple and go to IBM — I have told Apple 's board of directors and our executive management team that I am not available or interested in being chief executive of IBM ; I believe Apple has a tremendous opportunity to be extremely successful in the years ahead , and Apple will be the most important innovator and leader in the industry ; 10 years ago this April I signed up to do a job , and there is still a lot that I would like to accomplish with all of us ; ‘ I hope this statement will put to rest the speculation that I might go to IBM , and also serve as a clear message of the confidence that I have in Apple , ’ he declared . |
| 27 | Another name can be crossed firmly off the IBM Corp list : John Sculley , chairman of Apple Computer Inc has now gone on the record saying ‘ I would like to respond to the persistent rumours that I might leave Apple and go to IBM — I have told Apple 's board of directors and our executive management team that I am not available or interested in being chief executive of IBM ; I believe Apple has a tremendous opportunity to be extremely successful in the years ahead , and Apple will be the most important innovator and leader in the industry ; 10 years ago this April I signed up to do a job , and there is still a lot that I would like to accomplish with all of us ; I hope this statement will put to rest the speculation that I might go to IBM , and also serve as a clear message of the confidence that I have in Apple , ’ he declared . |
| 28 | With the Institute as a theme I should like to refer to the Presidential Address of in London in 1927 who said , and I quote : |
| 29 | The partners could then decide to sell it and divide the cash or they could decide to continue to the next stage of association ( called al-nusf , ‘ halves ’ ) . |
| 30 | Does your partner demand to talk to the fascinating Italian , potentially a new friend ? |