Example sentences of "[pron] [noun sg] [adv prt] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | My success up to the present time has been greater than I could have anticipated both as regards obtaining much information that is entirely new as well as in bringing together one of the finest collections that has ever been formed . |
| 2 | If I have addressed this to the wrong department I 'd be grateful if you would pass my letter on to the appropriate person . |
| 3 | Then I get up out of the creaking seat and stretch my legs , taking my glass over to the floor-to-ceiling windows which form one wall of the ballroom and look out over the gardens to the railway line and the shore of the loch . |
| 4 | I would no longer take sides with any party … which is my position up to the present day ’ . |
| 5 | ‘ Think I 'll make my way over to the big house and see how things are going . ’ |
| 6 | It was an easy matter to buy my way on to the same flight . |
| 7 | I take a look in the file as I make my way down to the main entrance . |
| 8 | On the train , I had been unable to imagine Flaubert ( howling like an impatient dog ? grumbling ? ardent ? ) making the same journey ; now at this point of pilgrimage , the gateposts were no help in thinking my way back to the hot reunions of Gustave and Louise . |
| 9 | I yawned my way back to the Narrow Neck . |
| 10 | Now I have another week to get my fitness up to the right level . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ His name is Matthew Blake , ’ Mandy informed Charity as they descended the steps from their cabin on to the paved pathway that led to the lodge . |
| 12 | By 1980 , with the IPC ‘ H ’ line to Haifa long since closed , there remained the 1.4 million b/d ‘ T ’ line to Tripoli on the Lebanese coast , with its branch off to the Syrian port at Banias . |
| 13 | He rose and helped her to her feet , steadying her as she eased her weight on to the injured ankle . |
| 14 | ‘ Stupendous — spectacular , ’ she offered distractedly , forcing her mind back to the mind-fazing wonders of the gorge running between mountains of pure marble and through thirty-eight tunnels , and even spanned at one point by a bridge of marble . |
| 15 | I am sure that West Yorkshire will welcome any assistance that the schemes can give , and will also appreciate that its rate support grant has increased by 16 per cent. , but that does not mean that it can bring its force up to the required standard . |
| 16 | Caroline hitched her bottom on to the wide windowsill , put up one leg , and leaned back against the frame . |
| 17 | Some of this , such as traveller 's joy ( Clematis vitalba ) , has extended its range on to the alkaline mortar-rich soils of the urban wasteland . |
| 18 | Defries continued to shoot , locking her beam on to the diminishing targets and sending light-fast bursts of energy into the shadowy interstices of metalwork high above . |
| 19 | Meanwhile , the second capacitor passes its charge on to the third capacitor . |
| 20 | Shelley shrugged , and turned her attention back to the tall figure in the centre of attention . |
| 21 | Maggie quickly brought her attention back to the cross-eyed girl and forgot all about the young man . |
| 22 | As he brushed past her , she dropped her head on to the cold stone of the tomb . |
| 23 | Lindsey was still breathing hard as she strode through hospital reception , with an effort managing to smile at the small group of people sitting there before going through to the consulting-room and flinging her jacket on to the nearest chair . |
| 24 | Laura fell from her chair on to the dead boy on the floor . |
| 25 | Firstly , the USA experienced low inflation in its economy up to the early 1960s due to ‘ conservative economic policies . |
| 26 | Through the mist he could see the vague outlines of the priory church and followed its outline round to the ruined oak stump where Lady Eleanor had received her mysterious messages . |
| 27 | Loyal to their oath down to the last breath , the 6th Army , under the exemplary leadership of General Field Marshal Paulus , succumbed to the superior force of the enemy and the unfavourable conditions . |
| 28 | After incubation and the exertions of tending their young , adults require the rest of the summer to regain condition and undergo at least a partial moult , then to fatten again for their journey back to the wintering grounds . |
| 29 | A river flowed near to Bavduin , and each night the dead came to the water on their journey back to the cold earth of their own times and lands . |
| 30 | Carrie 's young brother was waiting to tie up a brace of barges to a river tug for their journey back to the Royal Albert Dock and he had taken the opportunity to visit his sister and her husband in the dining rooms . |