Example sentences of "[noun] [coord] [verb] [pron] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Dear mermaids , wo n't you please turn the wheel and spin me down to the sea-king 's palace ? " |
| 2 | I understand that Wyre Borough Council are standardising all the play equipment throughout the borough and bringing it up to British Standards safety requirements . |
| 3 | Dad marched over , pulled my hands out of my ears and forced them down to my sides . |
| 4 | He ordered Rose to take one of Effie 's legs and lift it on to her shoulders , and McAllister the other , to make it easier for him to help the insistent baby on its way . |
| 5 | The Sergeants would take us for training sessions and escort us over to our meals , but it was the Corporals who governed our lives . |
| 6 | Claudia closed her eyes and gave herself up to sheer sensation . |
| 7 | We are very sorry we have caused any inconvenience to club and are hoping E McCormick accepts this letter of apology on our behalf club and puts it down to a mis-understanding by his supporters . |
| 8 | He got the top off and a cup poured before lowering himself gingerly back into the driving seat and passing it over to Catherine . |
| 9 | Erm well perhaps before I answer that question Mr Chairman , I could just briefly skim across the programme and bring you up to date as to where we are and then we 'll go directly on to that point . |
| 10 | He had to walk about three miles to collect the mail and carry it back to the village , for which a charge of sixpence per missive was made . |
| 11 | In three days time , after acclimatization training , the Russian lads were to take delivery of the aircraft and fly them back to Irkutsk by way of Yakutsk . |
| 12 | I got hold of him by the scruff of the neck and took him along to the police box and rang up for the wagon . |
| 13 | He twisted a bathrobe belt around her neck and forced her on to a bed before raping her twice in July 1991 . |
| 14 | Her hands stole up his chest , then to his shoulders , and finally she clasped them behind his neck and gave herself up to the pleasure of the kiss . |
| 15 | If they do so he grabs them by the neck and hauls them back to the fold . |
| 16 | The book traces his family history leading up to that midnight stroke and carries it through to the dark period of Mrs Gandhi 's emergency . |
| 17 | I have never seen a player catch a football in his mouth and spit it back to his keeper before . |
| 18 | If she let it , the food would jump into her mouth and swell her up to grossness . |
| 19 | It was Marian who picked up a broken cross-bow from the debris piled about on the roof and held it out to Allen . |
| 20 | ‘ I thought I 'd shoot a hole in their heads and mail 'em back to their bossman . ’ |
| 21 | I baited a 6 's hook to 6lb b.s. line paternostered on a 1½ oz bomb with half a lobworm and sent it out to the marker . |
| 22 | She made herself a sandwich and a cup of tea and carried them along to her workroom . |
| 23 | After a while he made tea and brought it back to bed and they talked in a way she never could have with Mike , or anyone she knew , about Garstang 's book on the songs of birds and about Haydn 's Bird Quartet and Wagner 's bird music in Siegfried . |
| 24 | Jack thought to himself as he poured yet another cup of tea and took it back to his comfortable swivel chair . |
| 25 | George poured out her tea and took it in to her . |
| 26 | Where , I gather , Dhani put him in a Buddhist monastery and nursed him back to health — he 'd known Dhani at school and Cambridge . |
| 27 | The rise of the Greens had placed the SPD in a difficult position , in that any attempt to capture moderate votes might alienate existing party supporters and drive them over to the Greens . |
| 28 | Alternatively , use standard furnishing fabric and match it up to other furnishings in the room . |
| 29 | He unzipped the holdall , took out a couple of Boyt shoulder holsters and dropped them on to the table before delving into the holdall again for two handguns carefully wrapped in strips of green cloth . |
| 30 | Culley took change from a ten pound note from the barman and passed it on to Stan , then carried the drinks over to the table where Kelso was sitting . |