Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [verb] [prep] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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1 | Had I been called upon to exercise my discretion , I would have given particular consideration to the great disturbance that I have found the residents suffer . |
2 | Well Jim and I are to start with to get the er |
3 | I PLEDGE a complete confidential relationship to those I am called upon to serve . |
4 | Q When I am looking at the ingredients in a hair product what should I be looking for to identify it as a quality product ? |
5 | He 's the kind of guy I 'm lookin' for to head up regional planning . |
6 | It 's not the appointments that matter , it 's the activity around the appointment , the fact that I 'm gon na get up on Monday morning , I 'm gon na go training , and once I 've done that , I 've got to nip down to the library , O K , and look up that electoral role , I 've got an appointment , and then I 'm gon na go back to the office , I 'm gon na to do my mail shots and then I 'm gon na to go home , mow the lawn , have a bit of tea , and then I 'm gon na to my approaching , and then I 'm gon na go , yes , on that appointment there . |
7 | Monday nine o'clock , I 'm gon na to watch the video , technical video on personal pensions at home . |
8 | I 'm gon na to go . |
9 | It 's not the appointments that matter , it 's the activity around the appointment , the fact that I 'm gon na get up on Monday morning , I 'm gon na go training , and once I 've done that , I 've got to nip down to the library , O K , and look up that electoral role , I 've got an appointment , and then I 'm gon na go back to the office , I 'm gon na to do my mail shots and then I 'm gon na to go home , mow the lawn , have a bit of tea , and then I 'm gon na to my approaching , and then I 'm gon na go , yes , on that appointment there . |
10 | I 'm gon na to speak to you in a minute . |
11 | Afterwards I had no sense that I had been forgiven , but I had done what I was called upon to do and there it must rest . |
12 | As the only Englishman present at the conference in question , I was called upon to defend the late Dr Arkell 's change of usage . |
13 | Cos I was gon na to take it into Boots and they wanted five ninety nine just to have them developed . |
14 | I went in to this fella er er er he seemed to know what I was talking about to start with |
15 | Always check the area you are sailing into to allow for the time when you will be facing battlements but when you crouch in the middle of the boat , do keep an eye on the boom or you 'll end up with a nasty bump on the head . |
16 | If you are called upon to plan a programme of independent items , such as those seen at the Reunion or at Area Rallies , consider the following points : — |
17 | ‘ My lord protector , ’ he said , ‘ you are called upon to assume the reins of government by the loyal citizens of London . |
18 | Naturally you will watch the person you are talking with to notice if they appear to have difficulty in hearing you because of background noise . |
19 | You 're talking about to send some are n't you ? |
20 | Erm I , I feel as if you 're gon na to say to me something like erm could do better , |
21 | You do n't have bubbles when you 're gon na to wash your hair . |
22 | ‘ The man you 're waiting for to make you his wife ? ’ |
23 | However , should you be called upon to speak at a grand , formal wedding you may feel that a more erudite speech is required . |
24 | She 's decided she 's gon na to become a milkwoman . |
25 | Dr Mawhinney told MPs in a Commons written reply : ‘ This impressive contribution from GPs and their practice teams is exactly the sort of response we are looking for to take forward our plans to improve the nation 's health . ’ |
26 | ‘ It is just one of a number of sites which we are looking at to formulate an extended park and ride system , ’ he said . |
27 | It was usually solved by arguing that our visual systems use our knowledge of the identity of objects we are looking at to dictate the colours we attribute to them , independently of the wavelength information available at the retina . |
28 | According to Max Gluckman , gossip and scandal are ‘ among the most important societal and cultural phenomena we are called upon to analyse ’ . |
29 | … Whether , as a matter of expression , you say , as was said in the case of Watson v. Fram Reinforced Concrete Co . Ltd. , that this is to be explained by postulating a continuing duty , or merely projecting the relationship of duty into the future , or whether you regard it as possible to establish a breach of duty as at birth by reference to an act antecedent to the accrual of the cause of action , may be open to debate , but it has no bearing on the precise question we are called upon to answer , namely , whether the defendant owed a duty of care to the infant plaintiff . |
30 | We are called upon to make such statements in all sorts of circumstances in our constituencies and sometimes we do it slightly with tongue in cheek , but I can genuinely make such a statement about many homes . |