Example sentences of "[verb] [v-ing] [noun] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | If the problems they fear do arise they will stop sending buses on to the estate . |
| 2 | She began dragging chairs up to the table . |
| 3 | Madame Gebrec began stacking plates on to the trolley . |
| 4 | Alfred McTear , 48 , has contracted pneumonia and was unable to start giving evidence yesterday to the commission appointed to hear him before the full legal hearing , which may be two years away . |
| 5 | We have to keep making trips back to the shop because we need bread or milk or something else that we 've forgotten . |
| 6 | The producer 's girlfriend kept getting John on to the dance floor , and the more John drank , the more intolerant he became of her . |
| 7 | No I mean I 've started giving reports out to the sections already |
| 8 | Some people say that ’ federalism ’ means devolving power downwards to the people , which sounds good . |
| 9 | A spontaneous way to effect magnification is to bring reading material close to the eye . |