Example sentences of "[to-vb] to [noun] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( A simple example of a missed chance would be a recent lesson in which the pupils were asked to write to Paris to buy a painting for a local authority : there was no consultation with the French Department , and no opportunity to write in French at all ! ) |
| 2 | At that time he had been able to write to Lanfranc to ask if he remembered anything about these transactions . |
| 3 | Unluckily , whether through carelessness or incompetence , no title deeds could be found , and he had to write to Lanfranc to beg his help . |
| 4 | We were told by one dealer we might have to write to Italy to get this particular part . |
| 5 | Very few witnesses had been found who were prepared to come to court to repeat their statements in the flesh , but some did and their words were translated first into English and then into German , causing some confusion as to the precise meaning of what they had actually said . |
| 6 | Before Richard had left for Canada , Philip had secured a pass for him to come to Cardiff to star in a radio production of The Corn Is Green . |
| 7 | When she saw Hannah in the sequence where she played the tiny organ at Low Birk Hatt , she tried to arrange for her to come to Lartington to try the unique Aeolian pipe organ in the chapel . |
| 8 | Her husband took matters into his own hands by asking Laurens van der Post to come to Scotland to see what he could do . |
| 9 | Their phone call came to my home in Hampstead inviting me to come to Toronto to meet them on the following Sunday . |
| 10 | Don Juan refused , but later acquiesced when , in October , Franco presented him with a fait accompli by leaking news that Juan Carlos was to come to Spain to continue his schooling . |
| 11 | I would like you to come to London to work for me . ’ |
| 12 | Both Dr Aris and the university look forward to the day when Aung San Suu Kyi will be free to come to Oxford to collect her honorary degree . |
| 13 | Two months ago the British government took out advertisements in regional newspapers in Germany encouraging business to come to Britain to take advantage of low labour costs compared to elsewhere in the E C. The advertisement proudly noted that the labour cost index for Britain is one hundred , compared to one seventy eight in Germany . |
| 14 | He added that plans are now being considered for fire officers from behind the former Iron Curtain to come to Britain to study modern techniques . |
| 15 | How would I know this Marie Savigny was secretly a member of the de Montfort coven , who wanted to come to England to plot mischief , perhaps even murder ? |
| 16 | Even as a harmonica player he had to come to England to get work . |
| 17 | She was a guest teacher at the prestigious Medau Teachers ' Whitsum Course in Coburg in 1983 and the trainers who experienced her work there have managed to persuade her to come to England to work with the English teachers . |
| 18 | When the birth of the Prince of Wales in June 1688 raised the prospect of a never-ending succession of Catholic Stuart Kings , Whigs and Tories united to invite William of Orange , the husband of James 's eldest daughter Mary , to come to England to secure her liberties and religion . |
| 19 | He was invited to come to Teheran to talk to Carter after dinner . |
| 20 | May I invite the Minister to come to Monmouth to discuss those problems with the farmers there , which will give him the opportunity to assure them that he is seeking to protect their interests ? |
| 21 | Mr. Belville is after to come to town to settle matters and then to go down to her where they are to live as man and wife . |
| 22 | As I am unmarried , with no children , and fairly wealthy , I would like her to come to Madeira to live with me , and to inherit all my property when I die . |
| 23 | It will be worth while to call upon the asserters to repair to Bridgend to witness the appearance of the jugs , on which they must feel conscious of an irregularity and impropriety of conduct … |
| 24 | The Pilgrims of Grace , who planned to march to London to compel Henry VIII to spare the monasteries , went to Jervaulx to ask the abbot to join them . |
| 25 | But there 's still , we still I mean er er you perhaps need to talk to Rob to see what he wants his input , it 's always been a bit airy fairy and there , there are sheets ! the choice is not the same but they should be aware of some of the implications if they choose to go down such and such a road . |
| 26 | If we are at an early stage of the work , still looking around for ideas and still perhaps ‘ hypothesis-seeking ’ , it is likely that we shall want to talk to people to try to get help , stimulation , new viewpoints , and so on . |
| 27 | Club president David Burrows said : ‘ I believe we could squeeze in 2,000 people providing we erected temporary seating but we will have to talk to Northampton to estimate how many fans they will bring . ’ |
| 28 | Lib-Dem chiefs also plan to talk to prostitutes to find out their views about legalised brothels . |
| 29 | In 1802 William Jowett was to sail to Jamaica to help sort out his father 's affairs , having acted until then as an accountant for his uncle William at Cotes , Titford and Brookes . |
| 30 | And er after that , my father went with the rounds with the collieries , where you had to belong to union to go to them , and Colliery did n't accept what was called the old union . |