Example sentences of "[to-vb] [conj] i [vb mod] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | I am also concerned that after this debate there will be no winners not even the fox , for it will be killed it will be killed in some way or another and the feelings that are left between the two differing sides will harbour grudges and resentment for many months to come and I 'd like to also bearing in mind the comments that were made by Councillor ask how committed the people who have proposed this mo motion are against barbaric sport . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm going to see if I can adapt to that position , ’ said Reid . |
| 3 | It was as though playing in the Wendy House was something I had to do before I could settle to weightier matters . |
| 4 | By the wonderful smell I assume dinner is already under way , so just tell me what else you intend us to eat and I 'll see to it . ’ |
| 5 | From time to time , and I think mainly to keep in touch , Aunt Janie would ring me to ask if I could come to the house to help with a small task , such as fixing the cellar door , hammering in a stray loose plank over the cistern and so on — although she must have known as well as I did how useless I was at such household chores . |
| 6 | On November 11 rang the British Consulate in Madrid to enquire if I could travel to Spain to help . |