Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pron] to [noun] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He , he sat here this morning he said all serious he said I 'm cutting out potatoes , bread , biscuits and all sweet things , so I you know , I just said , well if you know if you are love , do you want me to sort of start , you know , obviously not cooking you potatoes and whatever , well what we 'll see in a , probably in about two month 's like , you know |
| 2 | One does n't want them to sort of follow it blindly , of course , one wants them to discuss it carefully , very carefully , but it has to sort of fit into the ongoing life of the institution and not be a kind of little game that someone is playing on their own somewhere because they happen to be linked with the university or doing a degree or something . |
| 3 | When the statement was just a proposal banks objected to it fiercely , arguing that unpredictable day-to-day swings in securities prices , for example , could expose them to crises of confidence among investors . |
| 4 | For now we will restrict ourselves to data on decision making and publication times . |
| 5 | Certainly abolitionists used techniques which had a radical pedigree — this was a source of Wilberforce 's concern — but most of them did not tie them to programmes of large-scale reconstruction of the political order and sought to portray the economic change involved in abolition and emancipation as a smooth transition to a more profitable state of affairs . |
| 6 | We can confine ourselves to models of the random coil , as this is usually believed to be most appropriate for synthetic polymers ; other models — rods , discs , spheres , spheroids — are also postulated , but need not concern us at this level . |
| 7 | For locating religious quotations , concordances to the Bible will direct you to quotations in the Old and New Testament . |
| 8 | Discussion in this chapter will confine itself to evaluation within an established institution . |
| 9 | Two other oddities are worth noting : first , the list does not confine itself to words of ‘ request ’ , but includes imperative words such as impero ( evidently a doubtful case ) as well as mando , which is placed in the ‘ normal ’ category , and does in fact turn up in several other texts ; second , relinquo and commendo are excluded : why ? |
| 10 | I do n't want to stifle discussion , but had n't we better confine it to matters within the competence of this committee ? |
| 11 | Can you , if you can let , simply let me have those in at the end of the session or if you can give them to Eleanor at the end of the session . |
| 12 | He said , did you expect me to chap with my head ? |
| 13 | Do you expect me to chap with my head ? |
| 14 | Abortion says love God if you like , love the neighbour you can see , but there is absolutely no need to love your unborn neighbours — you can do them to death with impunity . ’ |
| 15 | They hope trumpeter Richard Sutton , a full-blown Alex fan , can help blast them to success in their Coca-Cola Cup second leg clash at home . |
| 16 | Erm I only want to say it is very important that we must do nothing to sort of prejudice the outcome of the consideration of the planning application environment cases sub committee , erm at a later erm stage . |
| 17 | Both Mr Porter and Mr Graham expect the NIE issue to very popular , with many local investors keen to hold on to the shares so that they can qualify for the discount vouchers will entitle them to money off their electricity bills . |
| 18 | If this is okay with you I 'll send them to SBP to be put on to tape . |
| 19 | Now time is nearly on us but I 'm just going to rapidly refer you to procedures on death . |
| 20 | Why not do as he says , and let him send you to Nicosia as an envoy ? ’ |
| 21 | An example of this differential sentencing policy was reported in the Guardian 18 August , 1980 , which quoted a male judge , who told a female defendant , ‘ If you were a man I would send you to prison without hesitation ’ . |
| 22 | Is there any reason why I should not send you to prison for a very long time ’ |
| 23 | In addition to this , every member will receive a Leisure Card which will entitle you to discounts of up to 50% on up to 350 Days Out around Great Britain . |
| 24 | This will also entitle you to book in advance and take part in ant activities you can play individually , at an additional charge per session , enrol in a coaching group or join one of our many resident clubs . |
| 25 | The main discount is the single occupant discount which will entitle you to 25% off your bills . |
| 26 | Also when you next pay a visit to National Tyre Services , your RAC MasterCard will entitle you to savings on two new tyres , your car 's exhaust and MOT test . |
| 27 | Oh what joys we often forfeit , oh what needless pain we bear , all because we do not carry everything to God in prayer . |
| 28 | And if I could bring him to reconciliation with the king , without more bloodshed and without revenge , I would count it a good deed both for England and Wales . |
| 29 | A preacher can talk till he is blue in the face , but he can never bring anyone to faith in Christ . |
| 30 | In Tchaikovsky 's Second Symphony , Svetlanov allowed some brash brass and unrefined woodwind , seemingly relying on a performance routine rather than applying to the score any insight into the instrumental detail , the folk intonations which can bring it to life in terms of rhythm and melodic inflection . |