Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the [num ord] [noun] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was very lethargic but I just put it down to the first months of my pregnancy . |
| 2 | Then we had to ski down to the next lot of lifts which went even higher and when we had mastered that we got on a chairlift which took us right to the top . |
| 3 | A sky-blue bus lumbered past , then they shot out on to the curving mountain road behind it , and a second later overtook it with a roar that must have terrified the already nervous passengers , as the buses always drove maniacally around these bends , desperate to stick to their schedule right down to the last fraction of a second . |
| 4 | Caroline discovered that Nicolo had not bought too much food , because they finished it all , right down to the last bit of crusty , delicious bread . |
| 5 | After that I replaced everything that may have become contaminated with metal toxins , down to the last grain of sand . |
| 6 | They were down to the last roll of flowered wrapping paper– The shop had the look of a battlefield the morning after . |
| 7 | If they were down to the last dregs of their confidence after their Hillsborough defeat it did not show and it took Kelly 's superb reflexes to deny Newell after only three minutes . |
| 8 | If Kinsella were to go on a binge , he would drink his way down to the last penny of whatever money is available , irrespective of who it belongs to . ’ |
| 9 | She had moved across the courtyard , flagstone by flagstone , to cheat the shadow ; now she was boxed in to the last corner of light . |
| 10 | It 's , it 's no good we going tomorrow or Howard 'll be coming turn out late shift be coming out you know , might as well get ready and going out , now I 've had summat to eat , it 's only quarter to Really we 're starting into the second leaves , the frosts through to the second set of leaves these , that 's gon na be better plant and here when the wind blows |
| 11 | The Mongolian Party of Free Labour ( MPFL ) and the Mongolian Party of Greens ( MPG ) failed to get any candidates through to the second round of voting . |
| 12 | At least 12 other women candidates went through to the second round of voting . |
| 13 | Football , and Oxford United are through to the second round of the Coca-Cola cup . |
| 14 | It 's 45 years since Cheltenham Town made it through to the second round of the cup . |
| 15 | IRVINE 's Jim Muir and Hugh Duff , the former Auchinleck man who is now living south of the Border and lining up in England 's colours , won through to the second round of the Midland Bank World Indoor Championship in Preston yesterday as former winners Terry Sullivan and David Bryant tumbled out of the title race . |
| 16 | Less than a dozen of the official green candidates are now expected even to make it through to the second round of voting next Sunday . |
| 17 | NICK Jones , from the Wirral , progressed through to the second round of the 1992 Volkswagen Nationals Tennis Championships men 's singles event at the Telford Raquets Centre in Shropshire . |
| 18 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 19 | ‘ Once you start saving yourselves for big games and ducking out of tackles , you get into the wrong frame of mind and that is very dangerous , ’ warned Howard , who is hoping to steer his side through to the second round of the FA Cup for the first time for 17 years . |
| 20 | COLIN STEPHENS was tackled onto the Stradey Park terraces , and out of the East v West game , as cup holders Llanelli moved through to the fifth round of the SWALEC Cup with a 54-3 win over St Albans . |
| 21 | us through to the first week of September . |
| 22 | Harold , through to the first quarter-final of his professional career , said : ‘ This is obviously my best ever win , and while Stephen did n't play well I like to think it was something to do with the way I played . ’ |
| 23 | They 've won their way through to the first round of the FA Cup where they 'll be away to West Bromwich Albion . |
| 24 | The garden 's main crops of apples and pears are gathered in late September and through to the first weeks of October . |
| 25 | He now looks a good bet to go through to the next stage of the competition tomorrow . |
| 26 | I think I 'll try and go for the scouse game then ( unless that is going to be postponed — would it depend on us getting through to the next round of the FA Cup ? ) . |
| 27 | Shop assistants at Boots in Spennymoor have voted their colleague Sylvia Bulmer through to the next round of the Boots Assistant of the Year contest . |
| 28 | Indoor bowls : Visit Clacton-on-Sea is the advice being offered to the selectors of county bowls teams in Essex following the indoor club 's latest success over strong opposition.The seasiders moved through to the third round of the London Southern Counties Shield with a 76–67 victory over Essex County , secured largely through the efforts of Ron Marrable 's rink . |
| 29 | DEAN Bullock was the hero for Three Rivers after a sudden death victory pushed his club through to the third round of the Thornton Cup . |
| 30 | We 've some good news at last for Swindon Town fans — their team 's through to the third round of the coca cola cup |