Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] to [art] [noun] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The crew of the Mystic 60 Elysia included in their pre-race manoeuvres an attempt to catapult water bombs on to the warship committee boat . |
| 2 | Returning to the main road , which is very good , we cross the plateau and pass a small reservoir on the left-hand side with views down to the south side of the island and the sea . |
| 3 | ‘ Here we are , ’ gushed the presenter of Gardeners ' World , ‘ we 're in my very favourite corner of the estate now , with its magnificent , sweeping views down to the river.just look at this superb example of Metasequoiaglyptostroboides , or Dawn Redwood to give it its more familiar name , I do n't think I 've ever seen a better specimen anywhere . |
| 4 | There was a glimmer of amusement in his dark eyes as he slid his fingers down to the pulse drumming wildly at the base of her throat . |
| 5 | Pin the angled offcuts from the legs on to a scrap piece of wood to make an excellent cradle for planing and also for clamping blocks . |
| 6 | Lift the triangles on to a baking sheet . |
| 7 | He pulled open the rear door and tossed the package of books on to the back seat , together with his gear . |
| 8 | To their great credit , Romania looked far from demoralised on the field , driving the Scots on to the back foot for much of the first half and restricting the scoreline to 3-0 until the 39th minute . |
| 9 | We 've given them three hundred and sixty-four thousand pounds of extra funding , which we could legitimately have taken away as , particularly in the way that it was done , and as I understand it they er , revealed their V I P protection two months early to the Home Office , and therefore cut our S S A by a substantial amount , and I would even perhaps start that as a , as I could , as a series of criticisms about the way the police maintain their budget , and about the way that they have responded . |
| 10 | But it was I who got away to the steps up to the morning room , Francis 's sorry steps . |
| 11 | Opposite her were two steps up to the baize door separating the kitchen quarters from the house . |
| 12 | Motor vehicles , which accounted for almost a third of the UK trade deficit in 1988 , are closing the gap — thanks partly to the Sunderland factory established by Nissan . |
| 13 | That done , he can busy himself getting the Uruguay round 's warring parties back to the negotiating table . |
| 14 | In June 1946 , a month after a popular referendum had voted down the Constituent Assembly 's proposed constitution and sent the parties back to the drawing board , de Gaulle re-entered the political fray . |
| 15 | I never dared to ask , but I understand now what it is that drives addicts back to the needle time and time again whatever the cost to their health and sanity ; I understand now what the mystics lay claim to when they speak of the peace that passeth all understanding . |
| 16 | They have a vehicle that will now send other manufacturers back to the drawing board . |
| 17 | Those sectors closest to the housing market , including builders ' merchants and retailers of furniture , carpets and household goods were the most pessimistic . |
| 18 | Those sectors closest to the housing market , including builders ' merchants and retailers of furniture , carpets and household goods were the most pessimistic . |
| 19 | From within the arena of armchairs and sofa he had been mirroring her progress about the room , two steps forward to the drinks trolley where she placed her glass , four steps to her eight over to the window , three back on her way to the door again . |
| 20 | In such conditions , a brown forest soil seems to have developed widely from late glacial times through to the Bronze Age . |
| 21 | The walk passes through towns as well as countryside and gives good views over to the Cheshire Plain and the Peak District . |
| 22 | Ten minutes to the gap in the reef , three-quarters of an hour to the mainland , twenty minutes upriver to the disembarkation point … |
| 23 | Alternatively you can turn right along the forest road then go left and drop down off the road to follow a track and waymarkers down to the car park . |
| 24 | But in the two weeks , as they moved slowly north into the forested hills and grassy uplands close to the hill station of Dalat , they had killed between them prime specimens of almost all the groups required for the museum . |
| 25 | In previous chapters we have seen how the ancient manor of Combsburgh had been partially enclosed as early as the fourteenth century , especially in the areas close to the market town , and how the bulk of the field structure had been established by the late sixteenth century . |
| 26 | And though Zurich could never be described as off the beaten track of tourism , there are plenty of quiet corners close to the city centre which are off the beaten track of Zurich itself . |
| 27 | Drawing attention to paid visits back to the home country may help to reassure the family that they will not be completely cut off from relatives and friends . |
| 28 | They followed the mining leviathans out to the asteroid belt ; and soon after , when the belt charts were crazed with property lines , on to Saturn , where the real development opportunities were . |
| 29 | It accounts for the constant visits of the apostle to the Gentiles back to the Jerusalem church ( Acts 18:21 , 20:16 , 25:1 etc. ) , and his organisation of a great collection for their benefit , little though he could have approved of their theology ( Rom. 15:26 , I Cor. 16:1 , 2 Cor. 8:1ff ) . |
| 30 | After the Epiphany play of 1922 we were taking the home-made costumes back to the storage centre when I suddenly became aware of what an attractive , lovable person she was . |