Example sentences of "to [conj] [pron] [vb base] " in BNC.

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1 he may be eligible to be on a training course , for what we do n't know , but er after you 've been unemployed six months you are either required to or you have the opportunity to , or you can go on a state training course but what they train you for or to do we , we have n't actually got defined yet .
2 Erm I 'm going to or I 've I 've started every time a recording comes in making a note of where it 's from and what type of recording it is ,
3 but briar to that we 've got this game show , you know , a bit like er Blind Date and I mean I ca n't stand them any way , and I 'm thinking I have n't got the patience in the morning when I 've got dinners to put up and I 've got them to get going
4 So we u , if we use function key F seven we move through the document one word at a time backwards and F eight is the complimentary key to that we move through the document one fa word at a time .
5 We make sure that they have proper benefit advice , so that if there are any benefits that they 're entitled to that they get those benefits .
6 advertising , because a lot of sales people join us and they wo n't listen to that they think they know better
7 Er that is that at least three of the articles are talking to quoting different organisations er suggested that the playhouse theatre trust had been recommended to do something about their marketing er a at least two years ago if not longer ago erm certainly it 's my knowledge er they have not employed specialists to that they have not employed a specialist to that indeed since the last er appointed publicity officer left , that person that post has not been er refilled er could I ask the theatre trust why they have chosen not taken that recommendation seriously ?
8 But nevertheless that 's human nature and perhaps it 's also a reason why life should not stand still , whatever progress we make both in housing and in quality of housing and the quality of life , once people are used to that , to that they expect more and this is what progress , what forward thinking is all about .
9 ‘ Oh yes , it 's relevant to that I 've no doubt .
10 I mean we both can cook , if it comes to that I mean I can cook
11 so it 's all hot on the plate and served straight away you know , luckily erm I managed it but I got in a little bit of a flap I will admit it whereas Shirl 's now got used to that I mean I when we first came we both used to do our own help each other out I used to help out but erm
12 Come to that I mean I can put some of this in the car and dump , just take it over to the tip
13 Well there are two answers to that I suppose .
14 When she starts listening to that I say to her , ’ Hey , why do n't you listen to Bad Company or Led Zeppelin or something decent for a change ? ’
15 ‘ Well if it comes to that I do n't exactly trust the dear boy myself ’ she had remarked to her mother who was winding up a short visit en route to stay with some Canadian cousins .
16 Yes , yes I use the M four quite a bit and I suppose I 'm so used to that I do n't mind it .
17 Erm I do n't think I have been down to that I think I 've sh erm wired the whole damn out of my mind because er it 's a long time since I heard such garbage in this chamber , it 's fortunate for us Chairman that Mr is n't a member of the Environment Committee because if that 's the kind of contribution that he 's prepared to make on these occasions we would could well do without it .
18 But by all means if you 've got something bring it along and that would give us a starter for five I 'm keen to see us also trying to once we 've got this going going down the S P Q road ah had lunch with the other day at I mean it was I mean she was n't meeting him necessarily wearing a B A I E hat of not um and I think she I think she touched on that though while while while they were lunching. erm I put down progress because I was thinking of the Pilgrims Progress at the time
19 Erm so I all we 're trying to do now at the moment though is , is to , to operate from the point of view of saying look , if you actually take all these things into account , we should n't be worse than we were ultimately , once these systems have bedded in , we 're doing more checking on letters for example th than , than we w we wo n't have to once we 've checked through the first two months of auto-offs , and we 're getting used to the new reports and so on and that sort of stuff , so we expect there to be a blip , but you would expect a learning curve in anyway .
20 It also relates to once you know that you 've reached that five thousand pound , that you 've got your thirty percent commission on all sales .
21 Cos we need to cos we need to sort of all hands to the pump next week cos we 've got a big change-over Yeah but I know ink well no cos the leaflet he 's got has only just been approved and it 's going out next week yeah well I mean you 're to ha you 're to handle their enquiries er deal with their enquiries and then tell them to phone yeah yeah yeah but you see it 's the mailing that 's gone out and and then he 's got to do some advertising first two weeks in Feb .
22 Colleagues , I have members in my branches who are unemployed but still pay full contributions not because they have to cos they want to ,
23 Bloody pleased if I could do that again but I wo n't be able to cos I 've got Christmas day put back it all on on Christmas day .
24 Well I think you 'll have to cos I do n't think do n't like them too big , do n't want them too big anyway do we ?
25 ‘ Pammy Jane is very easy to talk to and they relax in each other 's company . ’
26 yeah well I mean they 'll want to and they 've got
27 It 's the same here , but they do all get listened to and they get a reply .
28 They do all get listened to and they get a reply .
29 I 've been on to this morning , asked me to and they have got thirty palettes there at the moment .
30 They choose to tax as much as they want to and they choose to spend as much as they want to and no one can tell them otherwise , there is no central control over that .
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