Example sentences of "they [verb] [adv prt] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They got off to a great start when they almost scored after just two and a half minutes , when Jim Magilton fed Lee Nogan , and his left foot shot was brilliantly saved by Eric Torsvale , tipping the ball all round the post for a corner . |
| 2 | Darlington won 20–15 at North Durham , where they got off to a flying start with two tries in the first 20 minutes by winger Martin Bewick and flanker Paul Barkes . |
| 3 | Lindsey was n't entirely sure she 'd agree as they moved on to a gleaming operating theatre . |
| 4 | As far as he could , he would keep a record of the magician 's movements and see if they added up to a meaningful pattern . |
| 5 | With this ghastly thought in mind , he gently suggested to Sheila that they walk over to a nice patch of grass at the base of the earth bank . |
| 6 | They drove out to a delightful restaurant , and Alyssia made a pig of herself . |
| 7 | Informative , revealing , funny , they add up to a comprehensive picture of a momentous year . |
| 8 | Where fantasy is involved , as in a film like The Wizard of Oz ( 1940 ) , non-realistic , simple colours are acceptable , provided they add up to a coherent scheme that works within the special world of that film . |
| 9 | Gayle , sent off during Birmingham 's Anglo-Italian Cup clash with Lucchese on Wednesday , has called on the players to toughen up as they face up to a New Year relegation battle . |
| 10 | And , I 've just as a basic figure , I mean , they give up to a certain figure o before their hours you put a bit of tax and after that , but er we 've allocated him to work , in the afternoons when I 'm out , they allocate to her , the warehouse , because I ca n't afford any , er , as I say , they repairs a machine , it goes out faulty , and the onus is on me and the company |
| 11 | They walked up to a large wooden table covered at each end with a pile of books . |
| 12 | suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley . |
| 13 | suffered their fifth defeat in a row when they went down to a narrow 17–15 defeat in the Shield at home to Knottingley . |
| 14 | They reached over to a low table set between them , to take food from large dishes , with their fingers or a spoon , or smeared pieces of meat on the point of a knife . |
| 15 | They shuffle out to a soft rhythmic crunching underfoot , reminiscent of how the boots of Napoleon 's legions must have sounded trudging back through the Russian snows . |
| 16 | Eventually they settle in to a new home — but life ca n't be that easy , can it ? |
| 17 | Members of one free-swimming group lack a gut altogether and look very like the tiny free-swimming coral organisms before they settle down to a sedentary life . |
| 18 | Pale and shaking , they sat down to a muted conversation about where the day 's campaign would be fought . |
| 19 | By the time they sat down to a light but elegant dinner , a warm rapport had grown between the two women . |