Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv prt] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | INTER-CITY rail fares for journeys over 150 miles are to be slashed by up to a third if booked a week ahead . |
| 2 | Wedges of oceanic crust are thrust up on to the overlying sediments of the subduction zone and uplift ensues ( Fig. 3.16 ) . |
| 3 | Before we can begin to lay the new thatch the old roof has to be stripped off back to a firm base . |
| 4 | Does my right hon. Friend accept that we returned with an impression of economic chaos — and the impression that , although aid from this country and others is welcomed , it is feared that too much is being siphoned off on to the black market ? |
| 5 | As it happened , the entire episode was resolved after The Smiths decided to repoen communications with the label and a somewhat confused Easterhouse were invited back on to the Scottish tour . |
| 6 | Accepting this , some members of the British Government seem to have fallen back on to the second misconception . |
| 7 | And , after the two of them had slipped down on to the expensive and discreet rug , the rest of his body also demonstrated its unimpaired mobility . |
| 8 | a car behind me , the car behind that just pulled out on to the wrong side of the road , sat there looking and decided not to and pulled back |
| 9 | The expanse of beach was so denuded of any trace of the present century we might have stepped out on to a distant planet . |
| 10 | They were joined by up to a dozen others by the end of the decade but , since the records do not give a clear indication of how far treatment was effective , there can be no precise figure for the number of serious cases at any one time . |
| 11 | What is actually happening of course we know in that case what is actually happening , because nerves erm er neurones in , in the base of the brain are actually sampling the blood flow as it goes through with sugar level and when the sugar level drops to a critical point , some of those neurones start to fire and as they fire gradually the message is passed on up to the higher brain centres and eventually you get the feeling you 're hungry . |
| 12 | Yussuf was pitched off on to the other side . |