Example sentences of "[vb -s] [adv prt] to the [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The result , rendered into beautiful and economical English , lives up to the publisher 's claim of ‘ a new literary form ’ . |
| 2 | Located in the centre of Birmingham , it looks back to the city 's rich heritage with its colourful canalside setting ; and forward to a dynamic future through its direct link with the International Convention Centre and renowned Symphony Hall . |
| 3 | Ash-Wednesday , for all its renunciation , does at times look towards the childhood of the race , but more strongly it looks back to the poet 's own childhood with which this primitivism is associated , as Eliot looks back , in language mixing ‘ Gerontion ’ , Virgil , and a new interest in his own childhood . |
| 4 | ( c ) The knee drops slightly as the foot digs in to the opponent 's midsection |
| 5 | ‘ A sweeping white beach fringed with date palms and oleanders … a sea so blue , you 'll think it was made in Heaven … luxury five-star accommodation , with a bar that reaches down to the water 's edge , and an internationally-famed restaurant where the food is as sensational as the setting … |
| 6 | ‘ If it simply goes back to the parliament 's corridors , lots of hard work will be wasted . ’ |
| 7 | There is nothing new about the way in which the game 's ruling bodies are at loggerheads ( it goes back to the League 's formation ) but the stakes are now very high . |
| 8 | Lucker comes down to the water 's edge . |
| 9 | It begins in 1964 and works back to the author 's birth . |