Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [adv] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ He says bring them straight to the first tee . |
| 2 | Each pupil had to detail a movement in front of the squad pretending to be a drill sergeant and my detail was to get my squad from the stand easy position , slope arms and march them some 50 yards , then bring them back to the original position order arms and stand at ease . |
| 3 | Next he led the spinnaker sheets aft to the cockpit and made them fast to the stern cleats with plenty of slack . |
| 4 | So you can carve up the remains and sell them off to the highest bidders ? ’ |
| 5 | The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing . |
| 6 | So anyway , after fucking weeks and weeks and weeks I had come out to me one day , and Mr came out and he said to me he had a wee bucket and shovels and he says er bring me down to the first floor so I opened to let him out and he gets out and he says to me , now take her half way between the first and second floor and stop her . |
| 7 | Soil pipes from downstairs WCs may be connected to the main soil stack of a single-stack system , but it is often better to connect them directly to the underground drains . |
| 8 | He led me through to the next room , and up against the wall there lay a stack of some ten to fifteen canvases . |
| 9 | The hotel staff felt sorry for the Garda and asked them round to the back door , where they handed out tots of whiskey . |
| 10 | ( d ) The massive body of historical research that has gone on throughout this century has gradually discovered new sources of information and refined our views of the early modern period , in all probability bringing them closer to the objective truth . |
| 11 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 12 | It seemed as if Lydia would take them like a new baby and display them triumphantly to the assembled company . |
| 13 | I went out I went out with Peggy er on Wednesday er for meal and she 's been saving Daily Telegraph vouchers and when you got so many vouchers you send them up to the Daily Telegraph , who 's sent them , it 's offers closed now and they send you a thing like a credit card and they send you a list of all the places that you can go to for a half- price meal |
| 14 | If their shells are near the Julies , then it might be politic to shuffle them gradually to the other end . |
| 15 | The next day they moved me up to the second floor to work with Mr Perkins , a weird old guy who smelt of dogs and cleaned his ears out with the lid from his ballpoint pen . |
| 16 | Republics collect taxes but are refusing to pass them on to the central government . |
| 17 | Perhaps the best way to familiarise yourself with the sound of specific intervals is by relating them back to the major scale based on the root of the given chord . |
| 18 | We will confine ourselves here to the state-owned case , leaving regulation to chapter 5 . |
| 19 | We shall confine ourselves here to the statutory requirements which must be observed . |
| 20 | There was no night-porter , but he had a key and he let himself in to the deserted lobby . |
| 21 | Pinnacle , which currently offers a Sparc 2 CPU board , will leverage its experience in the Sun spares , repair and trade-in hardware business — combined with the SunSoft deal — to launch itself in to the compatible market proper , backed by a hefty advertisement campaign . |
| 22 | Where there is a Compact they will direct you immediately to the appropriate contact . |
| 23 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 24 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 25 | Culshaw , who knew Karajan better than any of these armchair pundits , noted that since Karajan had never been interested in interpretation for interpretation 's sake — which perhaps helps explain why his readings often outlast those of more ‘ personalized ’ rivals — he naturally diverted his attention to new projects , musical , technological , scientific , logistical , until circumstances or new thinking drew him back to the central repertoire that he had recorded earlier , with other orchestras , other technology . |
| 26 | She was in the cafeteria a short while later , steadfastly keeping her back to the huge windows with their wonderful view of the skiers outside , when a hand descended on to her shoulder , making her start in alarm . |
| 27 | There were even police standing in the wings ready to cart everybody off to the nearest station should the forbidden line be recited . |
| 28 | But had n't he thought that Spiderglass would save him somehow , plug him in to the endless dance of electrons ? |
| 29 | Rather , it first , made full divorce somewhat easier and cheaper , opening it up to the upper middle class , second , made judicial separation more expensive and more rare ; and third , continued to deny the poor access to either . |
| 30 | They simplified the house , knocking down walls , adding bathrooms , and opening it up to the cool summer breezes from the sea . |