Example sentences of "[v-ing] [pers pn] [adv] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julius quickly sorted through them , tossing them carelessly on to the floor as he continued his fast but thorough search . |
| 2 | The criminal replies , ‘ Have a look , mate ! ’ as he throws the heavy bag straight at the bobby , knocking him backwards on to the pavement . |
| 3 | You see I 've been entrusted with the task of getting him safely back to the Reich and I 've little more than three weeks to do it in . ’ |
| 4 | I would see through a more coactive involvement in Europe , and establishing not just the physical link of the chunnel but expanding it right up to the northwest , a line that goes right the way through , that there is a material benefit to this area , from that connection . |
| 5 | To hammer home the point , he denied his players from having a late Christmas dinner by taking them straight back to the club 's training ground . |
| 6 | Starting in this issue , our six-month course will begin by taking you right back to the basics . |
| 7 | If a break does occur the wire tends to coil up , and it is easy to make the mistake of just tying the broken ends together and towing it straight back to the launch point for the next launch . |
| 8 | " Look , mate , if you ca n't make it in bed , if she is n't finding you quite up to the mark , do n't take your frustration out on the rest of us . |
| 9 | Hilda 's home was near the convent , and the tube train seemed to be boring a hole into the past , bearing her inexorably back to the source of her purest happiness and pain . |
| 10 | Then , without warning , his legs were grabbed from behind , throwing him forward on to the pile of bodies . |