Example sentences of "[conj] [verb] [adv prt] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I mean that goes back again to the articles which you might have about the way that parents talk to their children , and you quite often find that then very very quickly the children grow up speaking in a same way as the parent of that sex talked to the them . |
| 2 | The eighteen twenties and thirties saw fashion moving from the Empire line , which was , had a very small bodice and a skirt that flowed down straight to the ground to a lower waisted dress with big sleeves and a shorter skirt , and the impression of a little girl , a little sort of bouncy girl who was all skippy and everything , which reflected really the feeling of optimism at the beginning of the nineteenth century . |
| 3 | They went through a field where sheep grazed , and then through bracken that sloped down steeply to the River Dyn . |
| 4 | Lucker is having none of my gung-ho enthusiasm and drives on regardless to the end of the peninsula . |
| 5 | His partners , brought to the sticking point , agreed , somewhat reproachfully , and passed on firmly to the question of who was going to take over which of Angela 's clients . |
| 6 | She seemed to have dropped her voice and moved in closer to the phone as if to avoid the chance of being overheard . |
| 7 | He leapt up the steps , grabbed his valise and hastened down again to the truck . |
| 8 | She zipped her jeans and sauntered back downstairs to the other side of the table from Lucy . |
| 9 | This may be the last check of the design before it is " sealed " and handed over formally to the production team . |
| 10 | In the interval he had travelled to the extreme Left wing of English politics at that time , and swung back again to the Right with vigour and determination . |
| 11 | The session was short , the smile fading from the face of the accused as Mrs Balanchine described in detail how the car had come storming around a blind corner and swung in close to the wall where they were waiting to cross . |
| 12 | She shrugged and walked on quietly to the house . |
| 13 | Bénezet let him go , and sat for some moments considering what he had heard , before he rose at leisure , and walked back thoughtfully to the guesthall . |
| 14 | The boy 's head came up sharply , the green eyes flashed their invariable challenge , and flew back jealously to the shape of the opening flower that was heaving itself painfully out of the wood . |
| 15 | We drove onto the boat and got out of our cars and went up further to the boat . |
| 16 | This waistcoat had flap-pockets and reached down almost to the knees : it was fastened right up to the neck with horse-shoe buttons , leaving just enough space for the red-spotted muffler or wrapper to be seen underneath . |
| 17 | She tiptoed past them to the chest of drawers , took out a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt and slipped back downstairs to the kitchen . |
| 18 | When he 'd finished , the attendant stuck the chamois leather in his belt with a flourish and leaned down again to the driver 's window . |
| 19 | When the manager refused it , she got up and ran back upstairs to the dealing floor . |
| 20 | Anyway , the water goes up under pressure into the tanks in the roof and feeds down again to the washrooms by gravity . ’ |
| 21 | She was very disappointed , but faced up bravely to the situation . |
| 22 | But going back again to the |
| 23 | Nothing was important but to give in again to the onrush of his mouth . |
| 24 | He sat down heavily and while holding on firmly to the still struggling fish , put his head between his knees , panting loudly for a full minute . |
| 25 | When pressed down half-way , at which point it can be caught in a notch , the note is raised a semitone ; when pressed down farther to the second notch the note is raised another semitone . |