Example sentences of "[noun sg] [prep] [v-ing] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | We are very concerned that in in making provision for housing through to the year two thousand and six , we should not be making provision for that level of vacancy rate , which seems to us to be artificially high when compared with the the national figures . |
| 2 | At the same time , however , he earned massive public support for standing up to the most widely feared and despised Soviet institution . |
| 3 | At the end of the ceremony she tottered off to the bus , looking as if she had every intention of popping in to the local when she got home and livening everyone up with a steady dropping of ‘ To think our ‘ Ilda should go before me ’ remarks . |
| 4 | The usual practice , therefore , is to take each question individually and mark that one question on every script before going on to the next question . |
| 5 | ‘ the whole object of the section is to assimilate the practice in winding up to the practice in bankruptcy , which was established in order to enable assignees , who are now called trustees , in bankruptcy to find out facts before they brought an action , so as to avoid incurring the expense of some hundreds of pounds in bringing an unsuccessful action , when they might , by examining a witness or two , have discovered at a trifling expense that an action could not succeed . |
| 6 | Mr Devlin is the son of a surgeon , and was educated at Dulwich College before moving on to the London School of Economics where he graduated with a BA in modern history . |
| 7 | First they gather information about their neighbourhood before coming back to the school to translate their ideas , ( in best Blue Peter fashion ) with glue , cloth , cigarette packets , and other recyclable materials , into a colourful collage clock . |
| 8 | Police need to break the cycle of crime by getting through to the juveniles . |
| 9 | However , as part of a pan-European transport network it could have a major effect by breaking down to the deterrents to trade imposed by national frontiers . |
| 10 | You know , the difficulty of getting up to the flats , i you know I I suffered from arthritis , and er you know i it was quite a strenuous business to get from the ground up to our own flat . |
| 11 | Mansell , accompanied by his wife Roseanne , was in emotional mood after hopping on to the stage at the International Motor Sports Federation 's annual prize-giving . |
| 12 | Brockweir residents accuse the council of selling out to the highest bidder instead of letting future generations go to school in their own village . |
| 13 | Why did it feel so right to have Luke stroke his hand along the curve of her thigh , to feel it slide up over her hip and dip into the hollow of her waist before moving on to the fullness of her breast ? |
| 14 | I naturally felt very good about it and proud of myself for the discipline I had shown during the winter in getting down to the work necessary to achieve the successes I had obtained . |
| 15 | He shot a last , quick glance at the girl before turning back to the Princess . |
| 16 | The traveller put out his hands and saved the child from falling on to the ground . |
| 17 | Good team spirit was built up during lunch before heading out to the second round . |
| 18 | For both elections which hope hopefully covers the Euros and the er locals starting at the beginning er towards the end of the local election campaign to running through to the June . |
| 19 | The Prince of Wales is an expert at getting on to the person 's own level . |
| 20 | It 's all a bit like going back to the Fifties , when TV 's role was to entertain and inform in equal measure . |
| 21 | After her return , after that heart-sinking moment of coming back to the greasy frying pan and the littered table , there was cleaning . |
| 22 | But she made a point of going down to the jetty one day to tell him , ‘ I 'm really glad you found your boat . ’ |
| 23 | In her desperation she had been on the point of walking out to the Lock but there was no need to do that now . |
| 24 | As part of the process of opening up to the West , Kim used the occasion to give an interview to the Washington Times in which he called for improved relations with the USA and said that he wished to see a US embassy established in the capital , Pyongyang , " as quickly as possible " . |
| 25 | There may be more security in hanging on to the old and acquiring something new as well . |
| 26 | making a brief but dazzling comeback before crashing on to the spikes of despair once more when John fell to his death from a lofty scaffold , and history repeated itself |
| 27 | Make it a rule always to check with the scorekeeper before going on to the area . |
| 28 | ‘ There was no point in going back to the hotel . |
| 29 | Nobles attending the court were ordered to go first to the apartments of Dara Shukoh and there make their morning obeisance before going on to the Diwan-i-khas to greet Shah Jehan . |
| 30 | He was also the most relaxed of batsmen , often having been asleep in the dressing-room before going out to the middle . |