Example sentences of "[pron] [adv prt] to the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In every generation , REPRODUCTION takes the genes that are supplied to it by the previous generation , and hands them on to the next generation but with minor random errors — mutations . |
| 2 | But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast . |
| 3 | yes and that , that in a way leads me on to the next party , if we 're gon na have an agreement between this group or , you know , the other group |
| 4 | The small procession moved on towards a set of metal stairs that led them down to the second landing . |
| 5 | So anyway , after fucking weeks and weeks and weeks I had come out to me one day , and Mr came out and he said to me he had a wee bucket and shovels and he says er bring me down to the first floor so I opened to let him out and he gets out and he says to me , now take her half way between the first and second floor and stop her . |
| 6 | He led me through to the next room , and up against the wall there lay a stack of some ten to fifteen canvases . |
| 7 | Marlin had given them both a detailed description of the assailant , and instructions to let nobody up to the second floor without Ms Odell 's permission , and even then they were to accompany the visitor to the apartment door , and escort them out if his guest chose not to see them . |
| 8 | ‘ I will have a few casts here , Blair , then follow you down to the next pool , ’ I suggested . |
| 9 | Then , as the heel touches the ground , lock your ankle and shift your weight forward with the knee bent , rocking forward onto the toes and using them to push you off to the next step . |
| 10 | I 'd like to just bring you back to the first question you asked , which was how do you define sexual harassment . |
| 11 | The young clerk , Buckingham , now dressed more festively , the funerals being over , took them up to the first floor , then up more stairs to the second storey of the house . |
| 12 | A modern Roman Catholic authority recounts a story which brings them up to the fourth century — the time of Constantine . |
| 13 | The next day they moved me up to the second floor to work with Mr Perkins , a weird old guy who smelt of dogs and cleaned his ears out with the lid from his ballpoint pen . |
| 14 | ‘ Take me up to the twentieth floor , quickly , ’ she said . |
| 15 | and you so far out and then you drove another one in to the next chamber . |
| 16 | Aggie pointed to the seat at the front of the cart , and immediately Millie had done so , she gripped the iron frame of the seat , heaved herself on to the first step , then , almost with a lunge , on to the seat ; but this time she did n't say , as she usually did , ‘ I 'm past this ; I 'll sit on the back in future and you 'll take him , ’ but she jerked the reins and put the pony into a trot . |
| 17 | If there was no work there , the tramping artisan was fed , given a bed for the night and a few pence to see him on to the next town on the official tramping route . |
| 18 | If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river . |
| 19 | Then they pushed her , from one man to another , making her stumble as each man greedily explored her body before shoving her on to the next man . |
| 20 | How could they , she thought in sudden sentiment , and the anger carried her on to the next street . |
| 21 | ‘ Okay , ’ she walked with him down to the first landing . |
| 22 | We tied his arms behind his back and handed him over to the next village headman we encountered . |
| 23 | Two medics arrived and carried him off to the First Aid Post . |
| 24 | They struggled up the steps , through the entrance hall , rested in the main hall , then took him up to the first floor . |
| 25 | Erlich heard his instructions to the lady who had brought him up to the third floor . |
| 26 | Take the second stitch and place it on to the first needle . |
| 27 | As each reader received a book he put the date opposite his name , followed by the date on which he finished it , before sending it on to the next person on the list . |
| 28 | When a child has got the squeeze , he is allowed to hold on to it as long as he wants before passing it on to the next person . |
| 29 | You could also play this with team members at both ends of the room so that Brownies only have to run one length and pass it on to the next Brownie and so on . |
| 30 | I did take it up with the Attorney-General but he felt he could n't refer it on to the next court . |