Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He pulls the top part of the metal cover further up , and the lower half sinks at the same time ; he reaches in and gathers an armful of logs , bringing them over to the hearth . |
| 2 | You add all this other information and you constantly do that throughout the 24 hour day by saying that , ‘ it 's 11 o'clock , time for your coffee ’ , ‘ it 's twelve o'clock , it 's time for lunch ’ , and constantly giving your name and bringing them back to the present . ’ |
| 3 | His occupation , which was that of picking up men in a neighbouring public house , with which he had a working arrangement , during the evening hours , and bringing them back to the boat , was not particularly profitable . |
| 4 | Still , Melissa was pleasant enough and said Hello and asked if I minded driving them back to the village . |
| 5 | Allow the applied force gradually to separate your knees , driving them down to the mat . |
| 6 | Planting consists merely of tossing them on to the surface of the water . |
| 7 | Now Henry thought about it , she seemed to enter rooms which he was in carefully , keeping her back to the wall ; if he got close to her , she nearly always moved away quickly , usually making sure their bodies did not touch . |
| 8 | He had then polished off Duncan 's leftovers before driving him on to the hotel . |
| 9 | Slowly pull the barbell upwards , keeping it close to the stomach and chest until it is just underneath the chin and the elbows are pointing upwards . |
| 10 | Slowly raise the dumb-bell vertically as high as possible without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body . |
| 11 | One-arm dumb-bell rowing — slowly raise the dumb-bell without jerking or rocking , keeping it close to the body |
| 12 | It 's very , it 's deceptive if you 're not working out what you 're doing and relating it back to the graph , and relating it back to physics , to an experiment you 're doing , someone 's checking the clock every second to see how much further it 's gone . |
| 13 | She shivered suddenly , and her arm caught the folder of photographs , knocking it on to the floor . |
| 14 | This is a block that sweeps in a downward arc across the lower part of the body , connecting with the incoming kick near the ankle and knocking it out to the side . |
| 15 | She shut her eyes and turned the ignition key , pressing it slightly to the left . |
| 16 | If these two signals differ significantly in level , you will need to balance them up at the mixer before passing them on to the camcorder . |
| 17 | The Institute is concerned , however , that the duty may lead to over-reporting by auditors or to unnecessary formality in preparation of reports , which could cause delay in passing them on to the Bank . |
| 18 | Then the ground shook again ; this time it was Steve , ordering them back to the kitchen . |
| 19 | The hunt was called off : the whippers-in and the huntsmen despatched , Benjamin ordering them back to the manor and telling them to bring down two stretchers , wine and bandages . |
| 20 | Pink and blue drifted away , leaving green to chat for a few minutes — ‘ I jest lerved those cute red heels and hose you 'rived in ’ — before escorting me back to the changing room on the floor above . |
| 21 | The last recommendation was seized upon by critics who calculate that storing the most frequently-used books high up in the four towers will create a considerable time delay in transporting them down to the reading areas . |
| 22 | Make the mix fairly dry and press it well down into the joints , filling them right to the top and finishing them flush . |
| 23 | A telephone call alerting them briefly to the problem followed up by a letter is usually the most effective approach . |
| 24 | He tapped her on the shoulder-Excuse me — and when she turned he took her by the wrist and round the waist , holding her close , whisking her on to the floor . |
| 25 | What she did n't bargain on was you whisking her off to the country and locking all the doors . |
| 26 | Along with a Chinese freelance photographer , Cavell had called for her that morning and whisked her round some of Taipei 's famous landmarks , the all-marble Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial , a colourful Buddhist temple , and the Grand Hotel with its magnificent Chinese architecture , pausing only long enough at each for the young man to take the photos that would help introduce Maria to the Taipei public , before escorting her back to the apartment and approving the outfit she planned to wear to the dinner the radio station was hosting for the rest of the local media that night . |
| 27 | Jampel Changchub , aged 30 , was described as a ‘ principal member ’ of the group and was accused of ‘ collecting information and passing it on to the enemy ’ . |
| 28 | ‘ Here , ’ said Meryl , passing it across to the woman squatting beside her . |
| 29 | Madigan 's Millions was held back from release until American International Pictures decided to take advantage of the success of Midnight Cowboy by foisting it on to the public in 1969 in a double bill with Jon Voight 's early indiscretion , Fearless Frank , also made in 1967 . |
| 30 | As he tried , several times , to restart his car before giving up and pushing it on to the verge to await rescue , traffic on the M8 from Glasgow quickly built up until there was a three-mile tailback . |