Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] [pers pn] [vb base] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Since such rules can be optionally applied to the same basic sentence structures , they provide a linguistic basis for the notion of * In this , as in subsequent chapters , we number examples and extracts only where we need to refer to them in the text . |
| 2 | The only purpose of this sweet liquid is to please insects so greatly that they become addicted to it and devote all possible time during the flowering season to collecting it . |
| 3 | Erm now we advise you to fill that in once you do return to work because at least then they can let you know if you are going to exceed the limit . |
| 4 | So teach us Lord , in the coming year , to turn our helplessness into prayer , so that we learn to react to the news by seeking your throne . |
| 5 | I mean , does it really bore them ( so that they do n't need it at all in their lives ) or does it secretly shock and dismay them , so that they have to pretend to be bored ? |
| 6 | So if you avoid trying to muck the switchboard up if you could between 9 and 9.30 and 1 and 2.00 . |
| 7 | The on Thursday at one o'clock if you want to come to the meeting . |
| 8 | The Russians refer to ‘ buka ’ , the Welsh ‘ barog ’ means spiteful , while the Scots usher forward ‘ boggle-bos ’ , ‘ bucca-bos ’ , ‘ bodachs ’ and ‘ bugbears ’ as the solution for misbehaviour in very small children , especially if they refuse to go to sleep when they should . |
| 9 | People walking in but we need to need to clearly define the areas and if it 's that the national account department at has this list of corporate clients then maybe it makes sense that the national account manager responsible for deals with those also |
| 10 | You let them in to have a laugh at them or you let them in because you want to listen to what they 're saying . |
| 11 | I venture to add a few observations of my own only because I have to confess to having been a somewhat reluctant convert to the notion that the words which Parliament has chosen to use in a statute for the expression of its will may fall to be construed or modified by reference to what individual members of Parliament may have said in the course of debate or discussion preceding the passage of the Bill into law . |
| 12 | He set her on her feet , and said in a voice which she hardly recognised , ‘ You will go immediately to the kitchen , McAllister , to await further instructions , but only after you have apologised to Mrs Darrell , at once ! ’ |
| 13 | Inspector 's Report and the Council 's formal response to his recommendations will be published together after they have gone to committee . |
| 14 | Consequently , norm development occurs over very long periods , and often very old behaviour patterns are preserved long after they have ceased to be relevant . |
| 15 | These older boards still sail perfectly well in lighter winds and it is only when you start improving to stronger wind conditions that the difference becomes apparent . |
| 16 | ‘ You come on in when you 've talked to the police . |
| 17 | I think I could probably send a return on Tuesday erm but I 'd rather wait because if I can send stuff properly done rather than you know done to the latest or or the the pre-latest system then I will . |
| 18 | Reckon I 'm coming to well I ca n't come to that detention anyway cos I have to go to West Side Story tonight . |
| 19 | ‘ Not till I 've spoken to Nadirpur . |
| 20 | ‘ Bill Clinton is not perfect , but the great thing I 've seen in America is the lifting of the spirits , the sense of all things being possible again , just because they have brought to an end three administrations which were conservative . |
| 21 | ‘ I 'm not telling lies for you just because you want to go to the coffee bar , ’ Sally objected . |
| 22 | Not because I think I want to look young but just because I like to go to bed early . ’ |
| 23 | I mean we 're no when we have s like egg and chips , it 's cos we want to , not because we 've got to . |
| 24 | There are hundreds of arcades in London , and people become addicted to these machines just as they become addicted to drugs . |
| 25 | Up until eleven o'clock everything went pretty well , When just as you start thinking to yourself that 's the last one for a while , lo and behold another wagon turns up . |
| 26 | However , almost as soon as we 've come to terms with its limitations , the penis decides to create a whole new set of trails and tribulations for its owner . |
| 27 | ‘ We leave as soon as I 've spoken to the Queen . ’ |
| 28 | We can go there as soon as I have seen to the army at Pesth . ’ |
| 29 | Suppose you have 130 stitches cast on and you have knitted to where you want to start the neckline . |
| 30 | There 's a special job Preston 's engaged on and I want to come to some arrangement with him — there should be room for both of us — if you would be good enough to tell me when your husband is likely to be back — " |