Example sentences of "they [vb base] [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The people in wheelchairs , it 's fair enough that they ca n't get their own dinner , but they should at least go to the back of the queue like we have to , but they push straight to the front . |
| 2 | They report periodically to the centre on their total PONC and on the PONC eliminated so far this year and the cumulative total to date . |
| 3 | Hence they accede happily to the alarm about terrorist threats . |
| 4 | They walk upstairs to the coffee counter . |
| 5 | They add considerably to the tone of the tuba , however , when used on their low notes . |
| 6 | Old Hall yes , yes , yes , yeah and so I think and of course erm I have talked erm I talk in the different clubs you know , as I say , and I think erm the majority of women usually like this , they look forward to the divi to buy say a major item , you know . |
| 7 | Those of us who have had reason to spend even a short time in a hospital will appreciate how much they look forward to the day that they can return home , even though their period spent in the hospital may have been made as pleasant as possible by exemplary care . |
| 8 | and they apparently they look very to the wall . |
| 9 | And Bailey 's comments are backed up by the trainer Derek Meredith who says American jockeys are better , they ride closer to the horse they 're neater and they are stronger too . |
| 10 | The rows of holes on the punchcards do not refer to knitted rows , they refer only to the selection of needles to form the lace pattern . |
| 11 | Unlike Persian rugs , where the name of the weaving group is an indication , if not a guarantee , of a certain quality , the " Persian " names used by Indian weavers are totally useless as pointers tot he quality of an individual item ; they refer only to the design , and must never be taken as indicating that the rug also emulates the quality and structural characteristics of the original . |
| 12 | As the enemy advances the hand gunners use their ability to change ranks as they fire so that they creep closer to the enemy . |
| 13 | These can incorporate religious truth in a far more effective way because they appeal directly to the imagination of the listener who can then recreate it anew . |
| 14 | They stay close to the sea , scavenging on penguin , cormorant and seal colonies , along tide lines , and in rock pools ( Jones , 1963 ; Stonehouse , 1985 ) . |
| 15 | Then , again , and in this they point ahead to the invention of collage , the letters and numerals stress the material existence of the painting in another way : by applying to a canvas or sheet of paper letters , other pieces of paper or fragments of glass and tin — elements generally considered to be foreign to the technique of painting or drawing — the artist makes the spectator conscious of the canvas , panel or paper as a material object capable of receiving and supporting other objects . |
| 16 | Teachers provide the greatest encouragement for children to communicate in writing when they respond more to the content of what is written than to such errors , and when they share a child 's writing with other children . |
| 17 | Were these ex-patriots a part of your workforce and presumably they contribute greatly to the country . |
| 18 | However , they contribute much to the power with which the big set pieces are delivered . |
| 19 | Distant objects are small and get larger when they come closer to the camera . |
| 20 | In the evening they return again to the Zone . |
| 21 | They reach almost to the ceiling . |
| 22 | Most meteorites are believed to be fragments of collisional debris from asteroids , but there is some evidence that carbonaceous chondrites may be stony masses released from the icy nuclei of comets , which lose their frozen binding material as they orbit close to the sun . |