Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] to the [num ord] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was her voice loud enough to carry to the next table ? |
| 2 | Martin O'Neill only got to the eighth frame in his match against Mark Rowing . |
| 3 | So welcome to the first edition of CCG People , which we hope will tell you all you need to know about the people that make CCG such a success . |
| 4 | What makes it even more sweet is the fact that they crapped on about us only getting to the 2nd round last year and how they were going to get to the final . |
| 5 | If you put something like N H and then O H four well the convention is that when it 's a suffix stuff a subscript and a suffix below the line there and just after it , it only applies to the last element . |
| 6 | I have seen it — Not long ago , in Moscow on quite another mission , I tiptoed up the great empty staircase and , with a diplomatic passport in my pocket , stood in the eternal dusk that shrouds old ballrooms when they are asleep — With its plump brown pillars and gilded mirrors , it was better suited to the last hours of a sinking liner than the launch of a great initiative . |
| 7 | Although her owners had tried every method of finding her , including local radio appeals , Tim Charlesworth eventually turned to the last resort of hiring a helicopter to help in the search . |
| 8 | You 'll promise not to go to the next race , on Monday , wo n't you ? ’ |
| 9 | So his foot went down two steps , and sure enough down came the wardrobe onto his toe and did n't do any damage and then just bounced to the next step down . |
| 10 | But the parties are not confined to the first perspective . |
| 11 | He left for the Somme at the end of December and was soon transferred to the 2nd Manchesters . |
| 12 | Although the classification notation will subsequently incorporate the notation of the second facet , the document will be placed physically according to the first facet ; that is , this document will either be placed with other documents on mathematics or with other documents on primary schools . |
| 13 | He went on staring at the television screen , not listening to the next item , but trying to work out the puzzle . |
| 14 | She could almost see him searching for another string of quips if Jessica would not thaw to the first attempt . |
| 15 | ‘ No , no ; I think we will just stick to the first choice . |
| 16 | The exemption is generally attributed to the seventeenth century writings of Sir Matthew Hale , and whilst this is in some measure correct , it is best understood in the context of the evolution of the law of rape as a whole . |
| 17 | ‘ We were singing There was a Princess Long Ago and had just got to the last verse , ‘ Now everybody 's happy now ’ , when the headmistress came in and said the King had died . |
| 18 | Although the royalty may apply to any ‘ resale ’ , it is anticipated that it would not apply to the first sale by a gallery of a contemporary artist . |
| 19 | In deference to you , Mr. Speaker , perhaps I had better not respond to the last part of my hon. Friend 's question , but I entirely agree with the spirit of his comments . |
| 20 | In order to prevent the display from scrolling , you must not write to the last column of the last row . |
| 21 | I am saying this in a letter because I am sorry to say I can not get to the next liaison meeting . |
| 22 | Gathering his forces , he attacked the Moorish state of Badajoz , evincing a still higher tribute than was already paid to the third brother Garcia . |
| 23 | Open cast , the earliest form of working , usually led to the second method when shafts were sunk into the hill . |
| 24 | These improvements in mortality are now almost totally confined to the first year of life and the years after age 65 . |
| 25 | The genitive suffix is always added to the last element of a word group : the Prince of Wales 's birthday ; a day or two 's rest . |
| 26 | I believe in taking action on fact and not fantasy , but I think it was Lord Zuckerman who was the scientific advisor to the government , who said that government has never taken preventive measures that would prove to be unjustified , and if you always wait to the last moment before being convinced to do anything , that 's often a moment too late . |
| 27 | And it usually leads to the second thing which is to give some testimony . |
| 28 | And I only ever went to the first reunion after graduation . ’ |
| 29 | Sam 's mind quickly returned to the last time he had seen Clare , when she had returned early from the beach to find Sam in their bed , and not alone . |
| 30 | The Anschluss of Austria , the occupation of the Bohemian part of Czechoslovakia and , following the Molotov-Von Ribbentrop pact of August 1939 , the invasion of Poland eight days later led to the second world war , the death of scores of millions and , on May 7 , 1945 , unconditional German surrender to the Allies . |