Example sentences of "[conj] [pron] [modal v] [verb] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Something , something or someone will get to it . |
| 2 | Or I will see to it that everyone in Cairo knows who is the sheikh who takes money from Copts . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Long live the High and Mighty Sovereigns , Don Fernando and Doña Juana , Kings of Castile and of Leon and of Aragon , et cetera , in whose names and for the royal crown of Castile I take and assume royal possession corporal and present of these austral seas and lands and coasts and islands with everything annexed to them or which might pertain to them in whatever manner or by whatever reason or title might or could exist , ancient or modem , in times past , present or to come , without gainsay whatsoever . |
| 4 | ‘ You 'll leave her be , man , or you 'll answer to me ! ’ |
| 5 | Do you or you can say to her is I do n't know where it 's gone or it does n't work . |
| 6 | or she 'd say to you up |
| 7 | You can tell the solicitor and he will say or she will say to you Good I understand that or Have you thought of this or No you ca n't do that as the case may be . |
| 8 | But in most cases the aim of the social services departments is to find the child a substitute home as near to a good , normal home as possible , until such time as he or she can return to their own home . |
| 9 | This is also a good opportunity to let them meet a permanent resident who might know them or who will chat to them . |
| 10 | Somehow we expect them to be happy to be kept in a place which is warm and dry , where they can eat to their heart 's content with their companions ; but no , they become quite upset . |
| 11 | Or they may appeal to our feelings — advertisements that evoke nostalgia , or involve appealing children and animals ; that make us laugh or rely on sex appeal , are all playing on our emotions to persuade us to buy . |
| 12 | Show your strengths to capitalise on , what you 're good at , O K , but that 's normally by the sort of products you 're selling , or it may identify to your manager , why you 're just selling Covermaster , has living insurance gone out of fashion where you are ? |
| 13 | There have been several kidnappings for ransom recently and I 'm just taking precautions to ensure that nothing will happen to you . |
| 14 | For if there really is only one version of good primary practice then it becomes obvious that everyone should subscribe to it . |
| 15 | In terms of a debate , he will be aware that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland has called for debates in the Scottish Grand Committee and I hope that everyone will contribute to them . |
| 16 | As these appear as themes threaded through the discussion it may be useful to identify them here , although I shall return to them at the end of the chapter . |
| 17 | I replied that I was sorry to hear it but that I might return to him later , and enclosed a copy of Pursuit . |
| 18 | You have a set of notes here now I 'm not gon na start at page one and work right through to page whatever it is erm they are there for you to take away for you to make notes during these two days er and for you to take away so that they 're they 're for revision and er there are as Bob 's just discovering pages where a I 'll ask you to make make specific notes er that I 'll supply to you as we go along . |
| 19 | These questions are extremely difficult to answer from empirical data historically , but their importance means inevitably that I shall return to them in later chapters . |
| 20 | However , there is one wee flaw that I shall draw to his attention — all local authorities have full cost recovery on their meat inspection systems . |
| 21 | ‘ As a matter of interest , he specifically stressed that I must talk to you on an impersonal basis only . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ It is not often , ’ said Hugh with a rueful smile , ‘ that I must listen to you as the devil 's advocate , where a youngster in trouble is concerned . |
| 23 | I have just written down that I must write to him , |
| 24 | Sir : I feel that I must write to you concerning the Practical PC Direct marketing product , the ‘ Handy Fast Rack Dispenser ’ that ‘ holds 3.5in and 5.25in disks and attaches easily to your monitor ’ . |
| 25 | I am glad to hear of your intended marriage with Ellen Nicholl , and , as I promised to assist you at starting , I am happy to tell you that I will pay to you one hundred and fifty pounds yearly during my life , and until your annual income derived from your profession of a Chancery barrister shall amount to six hundred guineas , of which your own admission will be the only evidence that I shall receive or require . |
| 26 | And now it seems that I will go to my grave without meeting that special person . |
| 27 | I 've given my word to her mother that I will see to it that she does — she would n't have been allowed to come here on holiday otherwise , she would have been shut up in her mother 's apartment in Rome . ’ |
| 28 | Especially now that I can talk to you about Chris . |
| 29 | It wo n't do any good but it is the only way that I can reply to your last love letter or apologize for that cruel punch at your face . |
| 30 | You and Osman , you and the Fry , though you have told me of your perfect freedom and exchange of ideas etc. were never freer than Edward and I. Sometimes I wonder that I can speak to him as I do , never before having known a boy , and having only you at times to ‘ let out , on . |