Example sentences of "[modal v] to " in BNC.
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| 31 | In fact , we found that agency workers and part-time workers might to some extent be substitutes for one another , in that the higher the proportion of the work force that was part-time , the lower the likelihood that the establishment was using such temporary workers . |
| 32 | Try as I might to be in the present , to subsume myself to history , to see myself as just another corpuscle coursing along the urban arteries , I could n't . |
| 33 | Instead , the shores of Zurich 's lake have a more intimate charm , comparing to those of Lucerne and Geneva as a well kept garden might to an alpine panorama or a royal park . |
| 34 | Well , another few weeks in prison wo n't make much difference to your brother , but it might to my niece . |
| 35 | I 'd say publishing in The Square Ball does n't bring us ‘ overground ’ , as you put it Tim , but publishing in the programme might to some extent — it could imply some sort of ‘ official ’ status . |
| 36 | ‘ It might to your fiancé . |
| 37 | But it might to someone else . |
| 38 | he said I might to town today . |
| 39 | I , he wo n't come to me hey , he might to you , but he wo n't come here ! |
| 40 | I 'll to my brother . |
| 41 | At Dead of Night we 'll to the Bride-bed come , And sprinkle hallow 'd Dew-drops round the Room . |
| 42 | Not within fifteen minutes you 'll to but at the end of this session you will be able to process how to tell us the five main points five main benefits of a certain policy . |
| 43 | I get a cough sometimes I 'll to them as well . |
| 44 | Yeah , I 'll to , try and get your tools . |
| 45 | Not telling you cos you 'll to Steven . |
| 46 | Their savage eyes turn 'd to a modest gaze , |
| 47 | Transform 'd to Birds , my lost Companions fly : |
| 48 | I oft converse with those she 's deem 'd to grace |
| 49 | For ev'ry one they hasten 'd to the Grave , |
| 50 | Watts had earlier published The psalms of David Imitated in the Language of the New Testament , and Apply 'd to the Christian State and Worship before , others had followed . |
| 51 | " This Meeting having with much regret felt the Inconveniences arising to the Island for the Want of a Jail , wherein Disturbers of the Peace and other Transgressors of the Law might be Confined … are of the opinion that Shawfield should be apply 'd to , and these Grievances Stated , that he may of course procure the Sherriff 's warrant to have a Jail Established … " |
| 52 | Thomas Baker [ q.v. ] wrote : ‘ There are Books ( chiefly in old English ) almost in every Library that have belong 'd to H. Dyson , with his Name upon them ’ ( Thomas Hearne , Collections , vol. vii , p. 369 ) . |
| 53 | Quiss hmm 'd to himself . |
| 54 | … and from them rose A cry that shiver 'd to the tingling stars . |
| 55 | The Earl of Nottingham , a Tory who was to make his peace with the Revolution , nevertheless opposed the invitation , condemning it as " high treason , in violation of the Laws … and that allegiance which I ow 'd to the Soveraigne and which I had confirm 'd by my solemn oath " . |
| 56 | Supply would remain in the hands of crooks who would continue to push , but with total impunity , not just to their existing customers but as hard as they could to new ones as well . |
| 57 | If private capital can be attracted — and I believe it could to the right project — it seems to me entirely right that we should do what we can as Government to create the right climate for a successful link to be built . |
| 58 | It therefore did everything it could to shipwreck such a process . |
| 59 | He escaped as soon as he could to the company of her brothers . |
| 60 | They kept as close as they could to the east bank of the stream and held generally towards the north . |