Example sentences of "[adj] and [verb] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ralph Pottinger boarded her and she was brought clear and returned safely to Challenge . |
| 2 | The art nouveau artists who turned against the conventional gem-set ornaments of the 1890s and looked instead to nature for inspiration are represented by Lucien Gautrait . |
| 3 | Potential staff have to be at least 18 years old and qualified up to GCSE level , including maths and English . |
| 4 | She joined the old South of Scotland Electricity Board in 1976 as a legal assistant — the first female solicitor it had employed — but by 1980 wanted to do something different and went back to university with the company 's blessing ( and a scholarship ) to get an MBA . |
| 5 | In this new edition it has been thoroughly revised , expanded and brought up to date . |
| 6 | Most firms regarded the cost as low and confined mainly to power used for pumping and to maintenance . |
| 7 | By contrast , Jack Nicklaus made an eagle three and went on to birdie the next two holes , turning around a deficit of four shots to win the tournament . |
| 8 | As for his goodness , the attempt to live a Christian life was so much a part of Irwin 's public persona that the legend became current that , arriving in India on Good Friday , he ignored the official ceremonies of welcome and went straight to church . |
| 9 | I suggest we make ourselves comfortable and get down to business . ’ |
| 10 | But we got over it and I finished my school at fourteen and came back to work at home . |
| 11 | On 25th July 1898 , an Edwin Bailey was bathing on the beach at Porthtowan , Cornwall when he was caught by a strong current and swept out to sea . |
| 12 | He feels tired and goes straight to bed . |
| 13 | President , conference , as I say , up twice in the first day it 's a cracking conference that starts with motion three seventy and works backwards to number one it 's better than Thunderbirds really . |
| 14 | Notice boards should be interesting , informative and kept up to date . |
| 15 | His parents say he was happy and looking ahead to University . |
| 16 | Many small cetaceans are also caught up in ‘ ghost ’ nets , fishing nets that have drifted loose and floated out to sea . |
| 17 | And the difference between being tough and responding rapidly to instruction and discipline and bullying is something that er you have to denote er i in this discussion tonight . |
| 18 | Is he aware that , in the case of telecoms , the price control formula started at retail prices index minus 3 and went on to RPI minus 4.5 and only recently has been increased to RPI minus 6.25 ? |
| 19 | ‘ We duly became airborne and flew back to base with no further trouble . |
| 20 | ‘ If our pensions were higher and brought up to standard there would be no need for people to go cap in hand and ask for concessions , ’ said Elsie . |
| 21 | Meaby 's crucial thrust came in the decisive bottom match at the 13th after he and Davies had lost the 11th and 12th and fallen back to all-square . |
| 22 | How much she 'd given him , cared for him , loved him , and now he was sitting in Eva 's house all cosy and radiant and looking forward to bed . |
| 23 | Unfortunately , it hit the upright and went away to safety . |
| 24 | After a while I became so deep in my cups I grew surly , said I felt unwell and trotted off to bed where I could nurse my hurt as well as conceal my bad manners . |
| 25 | She saw the taller of the boys hesitate , then touch the arm of the other and lean close to whisper something . |
| 26 | This is then drawn full-size and traced on to acetate film which is put on to a bed of clay covering the board . |