Example sentences of "they [vb past] [adv prt] the [noun sg] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | From Sicily they sailed up the coastline to Venice together . |
| 2 | He walked straight back round the top of the little dale until they came down the slope to the road , well out of sight of the cottage . |
| 3 | Their actual effect was pretty disastrous ; they screwed up the whole culture , and they opened up the island to being overrun by pineapple and sugar plantations . |
| 4 | Until 1948 the British ruled Palestine , but on 15th May that year the British mandate came to an end , and they handed over the country to the Jews . |
| 5 | They walked up the beach to where they had left their towels . |
| 6 | They went up the run to the mouth of the hole and paused together . |