Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv prt] [adv] to the " in BNC.

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1 Lucker is having none of my gung-ho enthusiasm and drives on regardless to the end of the peninsula .
2 His partners , brought to the sticking point , agreed , somewhat reproachfully , and passed on firmly to the question of who was going to take over which of Angela 's clients .
3 She seemed to have dropped her voice and moved in closer to the phone as if to avoid the chance of being overheard .
4 He leapt up the steps , grabbed his valise and hastened down again to the truck .
5 She zipped her jeans and sauntered back downstairs to the other side of the table from Lucy .
6 This may be the last check of the design before it is " sealed " and handed over formally to the production team .
7 In the interval he had travelled to the extreme Left wing of English politics at that time , and swung back again to the Right with vigour and determination .
8 The session was short , the smile fading from the face of the accused as Mrs Balanchine described in detail how the car had come storming around a blind corner and swung in close to the wall where they were waiting to cross .
9 She shrugged and walked on quietly to the house .
10 Bénezet let him go , and sat for some moments considering what he had heard , before he rose at leisure , and walked back thoughtfully to the guesthall .
11 The boy 's head came up sharply , the green eyes flashed their invariable challenge , and flew back jealously to the shape of the opening flower that was heaving itself painfully out of the wood .
12 We drove onto the boat and got out of our cars and went up further to the boat .
13 This waistcoat had flap-pockets and reached down almost to the knees : it was fastened right up to the neck with horse-shoe buttons , leaving just enough space for the red-spotted muffler or wrapper to be seen underneath .
14 She tiptoed past them to the chest of drawers , took out a pair of shorts and a sweatshirt and slipped back downstairs to the kitchen .
15 When he 'd finished , the attendant stuck the chamois leather in his belt with a flourish and leaned down again to the driver 's window .
16 When the manager refused it , she got up and ran back upstairs to the dealing floor .
17 Anyway , the water goes up under pressure into the tanks in the roof and feeds down again to the washrooms by gravity . ’
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