Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [adv prt] [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You 've only got to look at history … slavery which led into colonialism which developed into full-blown imperialism , right on up to the present-day immigration policies . |
| 2 | She turned to look at him , and he drew her gently down on to the cool grass . |
| 3 | But Kraal only shook his head and stared mournfully out on to the lovely morning , seeing only a memory of an old eagle he had argued with but always loved and who would never come back . |
| 4 | The friar then made his way back on to the main highway , past the Priory of St Mary Overy and across London Bridge . |
| 5 | Corbett joined them and waited for the tankards to empty before good-naturedly bullying Ranulf into collecting their horses and making their way back on to the deserted track to Godstowe . |
| 6 | Fig 28 Once round on to the new tack , the board is steered on to its new course by leaning the rig forwards . |
| 7 | Once , they exploded with a sound so terrifying that it brought all of us below instantly out on to the rain-drenched deck . |
| 8 | As the snow even in the yard was more than boot-deep , they were thankful that their skirts and petticoats were pinned well up out of the wet snow . |
| 9 | Flashes of colour exploded in her head behind tightly shut eyelids as the expert stroke of his fingers moved boldly lower to seek and investigate , with utmost sensitivity , the small nub of femininity between the soft golden curls , and then hungrily on down into the moist , secret tightness below … |