Example sentences of "[adv] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Cathy was sitting comfortably in the kitchen , talking eagerly to Hareton . |
| 2 | Without Stannard , Essex failed to convert any of 14 short corners in the final and with him back in the team , they can go purposefully to Cannock on April 17–18 . |
| 3 | Having talked sensibly to Anna about her chosen course of study , I am certain she is aware of the demands it will make on her . |
| 4 | It was Susy who took up most of the lunchtime conversation , partly because I probably did n't know enough about the sport to talk about it sensibly to James . |
| 5 | Since then their names have been inextricably linked ( somewhat to Bawden 's detriment ) . |
| 6 | Then , somewhat to Morse 's embarrassment , she suddenly buried her head on his shoulder and clung tightly to him . |
| 7 | It had a marked effect on those who read his poetry , and a few years later Leonard was to find himself tutored by one of Pound 's most sympathetic admirers and directed to the understanding of the American 's verse , somewhat to Leonard 's concern , as we shall see . |
| 8 | But , somewhat to Henry 's disappointment , number 47 did not start necking with the bodywork . |
| 9 | The choice is upstream to Broomhill Bridge ( 1 mile ) or downstream to Grantown-on-Spey ( 3 miles ) . |
| 10 | It 's 40 minutes hard work upstream to Broomhill , even when the Spey is low . |
| 11 | You shall have your silver and your news in return for a safe trip upstream to Talisker 's Rivergate . ’ |
| 12 | It says that the discharges from the plant , which is run by British Nuclear Fuels ( BNFL ) , are carried upstream to Preston on the incoming tide and deposited in mudflats used by children to play . |
| 13 | On the same day , the Tyne Head is being raced over 5km upstream to Newburn , starting at 1:45pm . |
| 14 | To the south you look down the steeply falling park to where the river slowly bends around Dittisham on the western bank , and to the west a view cut through the trees shows the river almost encircling the Sandridge promontory , its last wide stretch before it narrows upstream to Totnes . |
| 15 | The conditions were that he resides at Handley Green , Laindon , reports daily to Laindon police station and does not enter Clacton . |
| 16 | Israel used the Gazans as a reservoir of cheap labour ; 30,000 travelled daily to Israel to work . |
| 17 | DEPARTURES BRITISH Airways ( 081-897 4000 ) flies daily to Hong Kong , apex return £468 ( Dec ) , £408 ( Jan ) . |
| 18 | ‘ Why ca n't someone on the Left ever do something like that ? ’ he remarked admiringly to Anthony Powell in 1941 , when he heard Waugh had joined a commando unit . |
| 19 | His breathing seems a bit better to Paul . |
| 20 | Though this may sound childish — and I was in fact childish in many ways , as young women are who have never had to shift for themselves but have always had someone to stand between them and the world — it did , in fact , help me to behave better to Nonni , who was not stupid at all in matters of feeling , and easy to hurt . |
| 21 | The fact that it is at least possible that Molla Yegan and Fahreddin Acemi held office contemporaneously for part of their respective appointments is of some help in trying to establish the identity of de la Broquière 's " grand caliph " ; for although Molla Yegan should have been Mufti in 1433 if his Muftilik and that of Fahreddin Acemi are viewed as successive rather than contemporaneous , de la Broquière 's statement applies rather better to Fahreddin Acemi than to Molla Yegan for several reasons . |
| 22 | Lastly to Ruth Gray 's letter . |
| 23 | He turned suddenly to Julian , standing silent and attentive in the shadows , and said to her , with a hand outstretched : ‘ Hand me my cloak ! ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Hey , ’ he said suddenly to Bella , ‘ remember me great-grandad ? |
| 25 | Half an hour later my thoughts switch suddenly to Jancey . |
| 26 | Mosley 's later fascist ideas on government owed much to Lloyd George 's wartime reforms of the administrative structure , even if they had been devised in a democratic framework . |
| 27 | Surely a few minutes in my arms is n't going to mean much to Harry at this stage , one way or the other . |
| 28 | Clothes rationing had suddenly been introduced , much to Anne 's dismay . |
| 29 | ‘ I 've had to keep it quiet for good reasons , and if I say much to Marc he 'll really go up the wall . |
| 30 | There is no doubt that he owed much to Peter Collinson for various introductions and was especially grateful for one who assisted with his son William 's career . |