Example sentences of "[noun sg] [det] the [noun] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Coaching is his big strength and that 's why he made such a phenomenal start , taking a bad side all the way to Wembley . |
| 2 | In order to avoid a major rebellion , Father eventually gave in and lugged my piece of wood all the way to Berwickshire . |
| 3 | For a millennium or so the Bugis have followed the monsoon trading cycle — surging east on the west monsoon all the way to Aru , at the forbidding lip of New Guinea 's swamps , and west again on the east monsoon beyond Borneo all the way to Sumatra . |
| 4 | True , his editor had taken the surprising step of allowing him to pursue this story all the way to London . |
| 5 | It 's auto-route all the way to Paris . |
| 6 | I 've no intention of paying for a Hansom all the way to Liverpool . |
| 7 | His last song attracted a school of dolphins , one of which ferried Arion on his back all the way to Corinth . |
| 8 | A chart topper all the way to Christmas and back . |
| 9 | At the bottom was a large , almost deserted caravan park which , being private property , I had to skirt round to find a track through the rolling scrub-dotted dunes that fringe the beach all the way to Burry Holm . |
| 10 | Stratford 's claims are also being supported by other groups pressing for alternative rail link routes including the socalled RACHEL plan which extends the Channel Tunnel all the way to London and has attracted the support of a major American bank . |
| 11 | Her mother had reacted to the subject in a predictable way , and had expatiated at some length about the absurdity of taking a dress all the way to Paris and back for the sake of one evening 's amusement , but in the end she had consented to do something about it . |
| 12 | When the Sheikha heard that her son had kept me beating the tambourine all the way to Al Ain she was horrified and no amount of pleading on my part helped . |
| 13 | The vintage car of the title is driven by a married duo who bicker , moan and make love all the way to Brighton , then challenge a less permanent couple to a race back to London . |
| 14 | There is a wide open aspect all the way to Kishorn and the hills of Applecross , and the western slopes fall dramatically away to Loch Damh , a loch that tumbles theatrically into Loch Torridon via a series of waterfalls called the Falls of Balgy . |
| 15 | As we entered the Sound of Islay the gale renewed its fury , whipping the strong tides of the Sound into white water and the picturesque shoreline disappeared into low cloud scud and rain , only appearing intermittently as shadow all the way to Oban . |
| 16 | It covered most of South Wales west to Milford Haven and north to Llandyssul , in England north to Hereford and Wolverhampton and of course the famous main line all the way to Penzance with its branches . |
| 17 | Ruth went out of the house and ran down the steep moorland path all the way to Ilkley . |
| 18 | The company collects cans in bulk from seven " aggregation centres " spread across the country , where merchants receive " factory gate " prices without incurring the costs of delivery all the way to Warrington . |
| 19 | The two men sat in silence all the way to Sheremetyevo Airport . |
| 20 | Nor are the prospects , even for Galway , as bad as they appear at the moment : workers reportedly wept openly in the Digital canteen when told their jobs were being phased out over the next 12 months , but the fear that most of the subcontractors that served DEC will have to close as well is not likely to be realised : where a company has a good relationship with a subcontractor , there are good reasons for maintaining that relationship even after a plant closes , and work should start flowing across the Irish Sea all the way to Galway from Scotland . |
| 21 | The BR driver was determined to give a final fanfare to say goodbye and enthusiastically sounded his horn all the way to Trench Crossing . |
| 22 | Claudia 's sleeping tent stood just here , with a view all the way to Ol Doinyo Lengai . |