Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to the [noun pl] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But when he got down to the streets where we live he said , ‘ If people want a cleaner Britain , they can start with their own street and their own neighbourhood ’ . |
| 2 | You do n't want to go down to the slides yet ? |
| 3 | and Euston , I believe all those parish councils have written to the county surveyor , erm , wilfully the er H G V ban and saying how successful they think it is , now the proposals in this paper do n't have any particular effect on them , but I would want to pass on to the officers here in case it has n't erm quite registered , but this ban has been very much welcomed on the northern section of the A ten eighty eight where although it 's not a formal ban the affect on villages particular such as |
| 4 | I wandered down to the kitchens where Wolsey 's chefs were busy creating subtleties , strange confectionery creations : towers and castles of sugar ready to launch their assault on valiant teeth . |
| 5 | But even as she was unslinging her canvas bag , so the group moved off to the lifts again . |
| 6 | But it was I who got away to the steps up to the morning room , Francis 's sorry steps . |
| 7 | The nuptial pads on a male frog 's feet enable him to grip on to the females tightly when mating . |
| 8 | Hopkins played nicely to the crowds too , although it was hard to figure out if it was conscious manipulation or the unconscious product of his enthusiasm . |
| 9 | While Fullan writes in a wide educational context , his work can be applied directly to the initiatives now underway in the UK : |
| 10 | This way of regarding the infinitive 's relation to person can be applied moreover to the uses already examined in Chapters Two and Three , where this form is related to another verb in the sentence and thus provides a coherent explanation covering all the uses of both versions of the infinitive by means of a single principle of analysis . |
| 11 | People did broadcasts , and if they wrote books , or gave talks on books , these books were all to be found in the BBC Library , along with a fine technical collection and an unrivalled political section , dating back to the days when Guy Burgess ran their first Parliamentary programmes . |
| 12 | After violent storms the haul will often include valuable items dating back to the days when drowned sailors on the local beach was commonplace . |
| 13 | ‘ Of course , Taiwan has a Portuguese connection dating back to the days when it was Formosa , but you wo n't have found any opportunity to air it these days . |
| 14 | Frye had moved back to the windows again , to watch Duvall and Pearce battling their way through the storm to the car wreck . |
| 15 | The time and effort demanded of them may put a strain on their relationship with a partner , who may have been looking forward to the years when they could be alone again as a couple . |
| 16 | Those who trudged dutifully to the polls yesterday to mark their perforated ballot papers with an ‘ X ’ in the appropriate box , or who sat through last night 's results with only black coffee for company , would have witnessed a tableau of restrictive practices and old spanish customs fit to warm the heart of the most backward-looking member of Nalgo . |
| 17 | Benny found herself standing in a smooth-floored entryway that opened on to the docks about ten feet further on . |
| 18 | The new station , consisting of the by then classic steel , concrete , and glass concourse with facilities around its outer flanks and with steps and ramps leading down to the platforms below , gave a new twist to the separation of passengers and baggage regarded as an ideal at so many American stations . |
| 19 | ‘ Going down to the Hogans again are you ? ’ she said , sounding slightly put out . |
| 20 | Oh well I 'll have to try , try keep going down to the courses down to Toshiba . |
| 21 | The opinions are printed and handed down to the parties rather than being read aloud . |
| 22 | It must be handed over to the embalmers then , or it will be too late . ’ |
| 23 | Librarians in the USA faced up to the problems rather earlier , and there is some literature offering guidance from the late 1970s . |
| 24 | Turning now to the poems where the I dominates we find some instances of apparent self-abnegation . |
| 25 | Going back to the agents up in the town , the boatmen to get information about a ship coming in they would have to go up to the town |
| 26 | Another famous hillside figure harks back to the days when , according to legends , giants walked the land . |
| 27 | Jon , as he proudly watched the Union Jack raised above his head , must have thought back to the days when , as Oxford University Boat Race president , the only flag he looked at was the skull and crossbones which hung in his study with a menacing message written underneath : ‘ Death Zone — No Prisoners . ’ |
| 28 | Oh , and Kate — get on to the engineers again , will you ? |
| 29 | Someone get on to the police immediately ! ’ |
| 30 | Get on to the police straightaway . ’ |