Example sentences of "[noun prp] [vb -s] [adv prt] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Er I liked to ask you erm about if you , if you think that Harlow lives up to the ideal of the New Town ? |
2 | Combine all that with a superb sunshine record , oodles of local bonhomie by both day and night , and we think you 'll agree Seefeld adds up to an Eagle of a holiday ! |
3 | Andy reaches up to the iron grating and pulls at it . |
4 | In order to challenge this complex of interlocking polarities , Amalgamemnon goes back to a time when the two domains , though distinct , were not yet differentiated by separate modes of narrative , back to Herodotus , the first prose artist and ‘ the father of fibstory ’ ( 22,113 ) . |
5 | Eva goes back to the kitchenette , opens a cupboard , and returns holding a small white supermarket tub . |
6 | At the end of the book of Deuteronomy Moses climbs up to the summit of Mount Nebo ‘ which is opposite Jericho ’ ( Deut. |
7 | John Parrott hangs on to the trophy he is determine |
8 | From the village centre , the Thornton road descends sharply initially and when it levels , a side road called Oddies Lane turns off to the right . |
9 | So Fred goes back to the waiting . |
10 | Will my right hon. and learned Friend therefore have a meeting with his opposite number at the Department of Trade and Industry and endeavour to bring ECGD rates down to a level which would be more favourable to British exporters ? |
11 | Tom walks over to a pizza stall , looking as at home here as a row of tulips in the Gobi Desert . |
12 | So she sat there for about 'arf an 'our , listenin' to the singin' and so forth , and then , just as she was beginnin' to get a bit bored , this Billy Graham comes on to the platform . |
13 | If convicted , Pierce faces up to a year in prison and a $1,000 fine , which Van Halen have offered to pay . |
14 | Tor goes off to a cottage up the hill from the bay and comes back disconsolate , having been told to ‘ piss off ’ by the occupants who were robbed last week and are not in any mood to offer the traditional Norwegian hospitality to a motley collection of bedraggled canoeists . |
15 | Andrus just pops in to see Sesostris and they have a bit of a chat , not a long one , they do n't even have a cup of coffee , mean bastards , both of them , and then Andrus goes on to the Cashier presumably with Sesostris 's authorization and the Cashier takes the money out of the safe and gives it to him . |
16 | This Ethiopian , he had come to Jerusalem , he was a , he was a a , go , a Godly man , he was seeking after the things of God , and he had come to Jerusalem on a pilgrimage to worship God , and he was returning home , and he had got hold of the scroll that had Isaiah fifty three in it , and he was reading it , and Philip goes up to the man in the chariot , he said , do you understand what you 're reading ? |
17 | South Africa wakes up to the threat of AIDS |
18 | Vic swings on to the motorway , going north-west , and for a few miles gives the Jaguar its head , moving smoothly up the outside lane at 90 , keeping a watchful eye on the rear-view mirror , though the police rarely bother you in the rush hour , they are as eager as anyone to keep the traffic flowing . |
19 | CAROLINE CLIFTON-MOGG goes back to the drawing boards |
20 | SINGER Harry Connick Jr faces up to a year in jail after being found carrying an unlicensed gun as he tried to board a plane . |
21 | Food and Drink : The Alsace improviser Lucy Bailey tunes in to the style of jazz fan and winemaker Andre Ostertag |
22 | And as they come , as Naomi comes back to the place where she went astray so God starts to bless , so much so that she does n't know whether she 's standing or sitting ! |
23 | Japan faces up to the software crisis |
24 | Kate drags back to the carpark . |
25 | George looks back to the past and Nick looks forward to the future . |
26 | You 'll find that CompuAdd 's unmatched PC manufacturing capability , plus our strategic relationship with Microsoft adds up to an offer that 's unbeatable ! |
27 | Mel toddles up to a driver of a white Fiesta and gets out his wiper . |
28 | A bewildered Dick Francis walks back to the weighing room as Devon Loch is led away . |
29 | SANTA CRUZ FACES UP TO THE GATHERING COMPETITION WITH OPEN DESKTOP LITE , PRODUCT REORGANISATION |
30 | Douglas motors back to the top |