Example sentences of "what he [vb -s] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How he copes is clearly going to influence what he says to people . |
| 2 | He is very careful about what he says to people , and makes sure they know exactly what their situation is by the law . |
| 3 | But whether it is Ortega 's ‘ vital system of ideas of a period ’ , or Leavis ' sense of an ‘ organic life ’ which it is the university 's function to foster , or Bantock 's concern that the organic relationship between education and ( what he admits to being ) a minority culture was being attenuated , or Robbins ' view with which we started , we are in each case being asked to accept an unduly conservative function . |
| 4 | There is no special law allowing A , B , and C to meet together in the open air or elsewhere for a lawful purpose , but the right of A to go where he pleases so that he does not commit a trespass , and to say what he likes to B so that his talk is not libellous or seditious , the right of B to do the like , and the existence of the same rights of C , D , E , and F and so on ad infinitum , lead to the consequence that A , B , C , D and a thousand or ten thousand other persons , may ( as a general rule ) meet together in any place where otherwise they each have a right to be for a lawful purpose and in a lawful manner . |
| 5 | Snatching two minutes on the phone , Graham Massey explains what he likes to spliff up and chill out to . |