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Example sentences of "here [to-vb] the [noun pl] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	My first wife used to like coming here to see the kites . ’
2	It is a source of some regret to me that this column will not be here to report the changes .
3	Mr Charles Gray , QC , Lord Aldington 's counsel , asked : ‘ Have you come here to nail the bastards or to help to discover the truth ? ’
4	It is not our intention here to debate the merits of these models , or their relation to the General Theory .
5	I 'm here to encourage the parties to resume the peace process . ’
6	I am here to encourage the parties to do exactly that . ’
7	‘ Are n't you here to clean the windows ? ’
8	Right you orrible lot , Dr Butcher is here to open the Tips Clinic doors and deny any malpractice charges ( as in ‘ my hand slipped , honest guv ’ ) .
9	One of the architects of the bill , Dr Gordon Guymer , head of the Queensland Herbarium , said it would ensure that " when multinational companies come here to screen the biota for new drugs , the state will have some ownership over that resource " .
10	Moreover , there is no room here to explore the comments further , to probe the reasoning behind them or to see to what extent they represent a wider consensus .
11	It is not my task here to discuss the rights and wrongs of such substances as LSD , cocaine , heroin or any other such drug .
12	It is not the intention here to discuss the controversies or to review the literature .
13	‘ I did not call you here to discuss the offices . ’
14	‘ You did n't ask me over here to discuss the pictures though , Harriet — admit it .
15	It is even more than that — the House is here to protect the rights of different Oppositions .
16	Mike Curley , a director of the Faroe Seafood Company in Grimsby , a main importer of Faroese fish , said : ‘ I am here to protect the jobs of 320 people involved in processing fish here in Grimsby . ’
17	It is appropriate here to recall the attitudes expressed by the non-respondents to the survey .
18	This model is unrealistic , but is used here to demonstrate the principles involved .
19	One last example may be given here to demonstrate the dangers of biographers copying each other 's errors .
20	Tension can be created either by the sponsor 's subtle , superior position of detachment : ‘ I am only here to describe the problems ; you are the ones who will have to face them ’ , or , quite differently , a hint of ‘ I know more than I am going to tell ’ , or its cruder version : ‘ I am doing a good salesman 's job and you are going to fall for it ’ .
21	After all , tourists do n't come here to frequent the bars , most stay in hotels anyway .
22	His parents did n't send him here to have the teachers live his life for him . ’
23	Again , it is not my intention here to review the variations and criticisms in detail this has been done many times elsewhere .
24	‘ You did not come out here to admire the lights , I think ? ’
25	So we realize we 're not gon na be here to change the habits that have built up over a lifetime .
26	Meanwhile the owner the person who lived a small terraced property , whose garden backs onto the fields tried to get the hounds several dozen hounds off these two dogs who were being savaged to death and he had a heart attack in the process , Chairman and was hospitalized for several weeks That Chairman is the effect of the hunt on one of my constituents whose job it is for me to defend the rights that I was elected here to defend the rights of my constituents , not to be harassed in this manner .
27	Now I I 've been selling hairpieces for twenty three years so I 'm probably better in a better position than anybody here to explain the emotions of men who 're losing their hair .
28	Remember that the additional information given in the examples above by drawing pitch levels and movements between lines is only included here to make the examples clearer and is not normally given with our system of transcription , so all the important information about intonation must be given by the marks placed in the text .