Example sentences of "a [noun] [noun] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Turn back the flaps , allow the moisture time to dry , then brush a mastic compound on to the roof boards and press down the flaps firmly . |
| 2 | Increase turbulence immediately ( turn on a fountain/waterfall/venturi or , as a temporary measure , play a hose jet on to the water ) . |
| 3 | ‘ You can take a tea tray up to the wood and slide down to the back garden . |
| 4 | The confusion created by the NCC in history compared with the decision by central government no longer to insist on a ten-subject curriculum up to the age of 16 ( January 1991 ) . |
| 5 | To make an offset , first push a 112½° bend on to the outlet . |
| 6 | Welding a bonding cable on to the new rail . |
| 7 | For instance , when an existing part is modified to produce a new part only the modification is stored along with a reference pointer back to the original part . |
| 8 | He threw me over his shoulder in a judo hold on to the rocks and gravel we were standing on . |
| 9 | Spread all the remaining green royal icing over the cake drum around the stable , and stipple it to create a grass effect by placing the flat side of a palette knife on to the icing and drawing it upwards in little strokes . |
| 10 | He served us mulled wine sprinkled with cinnamon and heated with a red hot poker and then emptied the contents of a saddle bag on to the table ; it contained a few faded white rose petals and pieces of parchment . |
| 11 | But , I told myself as I took a service elevator up to the roof , I should not think in the past tense . |
| 12 | On the north-east corner is the cellar , complete with winter bee boles and a drainage channel out to the moat . |
| 13 | Madeleine was sitting at the red and black wicker table in the little conservatory at the back of the house , pinning a paper pattern on to the green and blue paisley material she had spread out in front of her . |
| 14 | The officer 's evidence will probably be in the following terms : ‘ I had a good view of the zebra crossing when I saw a pedestrian step on to the crossing limits from the footpath outside the Town Hall and walk about one third of the way across the crossing when the defendant drove in front of the pedestrian etc . ’ |
| 15 | Contributions to Midland Life Pensions start from just £25 per month , £300 per annum , or £2,000 as a lump sum up to the maximum Inland Revenue limits . |
| 16 | Sandhurst , which has performed dreadfully under Tootal 's control , made a £2m loss up to the point when WH Smith was persuaded to buy it , and three out of the four ongoing Tootal businesses showed disappointing results . |
| 17 | He began to sleep through the night , and became much less active — for the first time he could sit down and watch a television programme through to the end . |
| 18 | The thirty-minute flight was followed by twenty minutes in a truck to a dilapidated harbour where a black-skinned man hauled himself from a motor boat on to the patched wooden dock . |
| 19 | They can go to work when about one year old and have a working life up to the age of approximately ten years . |
| 20 | On his way drunkenly from the pub to the wood one night he fell down a railway embankment on to the line . |
| 21 | This was a man who perhaps gave to all tube buskers indiscriminately , without even looking at them , for he tossed a 5P piece on to the ground as he strode past . |
| 22 | A ⅜in dowel is set in the ends and the partition over the vent hole and a small brass screw holds a leather washer on to the post to act as a stop . |
| 23 | The Cow 's Lip is divided into two parts ; the front has the mural and stage , and a pool table off to the right , and several scattered booths stuffed with groups of locals who seem to have grown from their tough wood benches , like the clustered branches of an ancient , overgrown tree . |
| 24 | He saw a uniformed chauffeur polishing the bonnet of the Daimler just before he turned under a stone archway on to the drive . |
| 25 | There 's a public access down to the beach and I just turned round and took it and there 's these places that you rent you know ? |
| 26 | On the face of it , Oi is performing a similar function to early punk — taking rock back to the basics , grafting a class accent on to the music , reviving the original rebel-delinquent cluster — the myth of Elvis-as-hub-cap-thief , a poor white loser up against the Law . |
| 27 | Doing a round trip made sense , because otherwise you come out on a road with a 200-mile journey back to the start ! |
| 28 | Part of the yard was taken up with a shed , the rest was a wilderness of weed with a slate path up to the back door . |
| 29 | Adjust the tension wires and tension disc as directed and attach the weights and put a wax ring on to the pin if not already in place . |
| 30 | The air ripped apart , a dying Russian falling like a rag doll on to the ground beside him . |