Example sentences of "[adv] and [verb] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Being a wage-earner has nothing to do with it , ’ Susan was beginning , when the train slowed down and slid to a standstill in Exeter Central station . |
| 2 | She had begun to climb the bank when the four-wheel drive suddenly appeared on the rim above , bumped down and drew to a halt alongside . |
| 3 | When the fish are well on feed I will put one rod away and change to a butt-indicator which allows me to fish more quickly and efficiently . |
| 4 | The word ‘ spiritual ’ , for the purpose of the Alternative Religion , has been defined above and refers to a characteristic of developed human life . |
| 5 | I called , got through and spoke to a man who sounded as ordinary and as sane as I thought I was . |
| 6 | Send it on soon and work to a deadline |
| 7 | You want to leave me on my own tonight and go to a disco and let some spotty lout put his arms about you ? ’ |
| 8 | The Lynx rose high enough to clear the grey walls , swung eastward and accelerated to a speed of 120 knots . |
| 9 | Like all analogies , this one can mislead as well as help , but if we do feel that a reasonable case is being presented to us , and that the internal evidence of the research fits together coherently and comes to a result which is ‘ beyond reasonable doubt ’ then we may be prepared to accept this piece of research , based though it is on informal interviews . |
| 10 | But the rivalry smouldered on and came to a head as the king advanced in years , without an obvious successor . |
| 11 | Slowly , he walked on and came to a street with a lot of theatres . |
| 12 | A fair proportion of the ducks were obviously hit but carried on and got to a point where the hunters could not pick them up , so a lot of those animals died slowly and in a great deal of pain . |
| 13 | What they , yes , what they done , they used to have a large long pull with a hook on and attached to a rope and as the ship was coming up to the river , they would throw this here pole on to a ship with a hook and then pay the rope out and then get towed up to the quay , the ship would n't stop for them to pick them up , pick that boat |
| 14 | Turn right and walk to a junction of roads and tracks . |
| 15 | The grounds for relief were , inter alia , that Lautro failed to comply with the rules of natural justice and to act fairly in that it failed before the service of the notice to inform the applicant or Winchester of the allegations being made therein , failed to allow Winchester or its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised company representatives the opportunity of answering or responding to the allegations made against them , failed to take into account the interest of Winchester , its controllers , directors , senior management or authorised representatives when deciding to exercise the notice ; that Lautro acted unreasonably and came to a decision such that no person or body properly directing itself on the relevant law and acting reasonably could have reached in that it acted with bias against Winchester and its officials , issued the notice at a time its investigations were incomplete and on the basis of findings which were erroneous and provisional , and failed to conclude its investigations before serving the notice ; and that Lautro acted ultra vires and in error of law in that the rights of appeal applied to any person subject to the rules of Lautro whether or not members . |
| 16 | It was a problem which the team manager , Mike Turner , should have faced up to very quickly and brought to a conclusion one way or the other . |
| 17 | He warned that the project would change the character of the West End for ever and lead to a ribbon of development between Darlington and Croft . |
| 18 | An inquest into the sudden death of Carol Lowery , 25 , was opened in Darlington yesterday and adjourned to a date to be fixed . |
| 19 | Just drop him off and go to a canteen |
| 20 | She was assisted to stand upright and walk to a chair . |
| 21 | He then drives home and writes to a climbing magazine detailing his new routes . |
| 22 | Molly pointed to the bright bunch on the scrubbed table and Giovanna gathered them up and strode to a hook on the dresser where they dangled with all their labels . |
| 23 | This is the impact that a speaker has when they stand up and speak to a group of people . |
| 24 | I was lifted up and lashed to a stretcher . |
| 25 | Mick 's head disappeared from the entrance to the trench as I sat up and listened to a shell burst close by . |
| 26 | When Parliament returned , the Opposition would take the matter up and proceed to a vote of censure . |
| 27 | He took it up and flew to a stance on one of the wooden buildings round the Park . |
| 28 | Move across , up and left to a rock ledge . |
| 29 | Leave to cool slightly in the tin before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |
| 30 | Leave to cool slightly in the tin(s) before turning out and transferring to a wire rack to cool completely . |