Example sentences of "and [verb] [adv] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It occurred to her that most people , her former self included , would not walk away from an attack by a homicidal transvestite and sit down to a healthy breakfast . |
| 2 | Darlington was only the second date on the tour and got off to a bad start with a trip from Manchester through freezing fog arriving late and cold . |
| 3 | Duncan had been appalled to find that women had the vote ‘ down South ’ and got off to a shaky start in the motor trade when one of the local spivs conned him into thinking a Pina Colada was the latest model Ford built in Spain . |
| 4 | Well I 've been off work for a bit and got back to a massive 156 messages from the group ! |
| 5 | She shut the trunk and moved on to a large cardboard box . |
| 6 | When approximately equal tension has been achieved , with no load on the fence , the three wires can be marked at the correct length and fastened securely to a similar chain link which will eventually receive the hook of the straining tackle . |
| 7 | Maybe Bunny could learn to moonlight on a mainframe somewhere and tap in to a whole new reference work of nubile young ladies . |
| 8 | She was lifted bodily aboard by two sailors and carried down to a panelled cabin where she and Maria Candida were to live during the voyage ; and when she had been helped out of her clothes and into simpler garments that were more suited to life on board ship , she insisted upon going on deck to watch from the aftercastle as the mariners sang at the capstan and the anchors were weighed . |
| 9 | And Lenin , who had talked only at party meetings , before audiences of Marxist students , who had hardly appeared in public in 1905 , now spoke to them with a voice of authority that was to pick up all their undirected energy , to command their uncertain confidence , and to swell suddenly to a world-wide resonance . |
| 10 | They were closed , but just beyond them he cut the engine and drew up to a short flight of steps with a small studded door at the top . |
| 11 | Barak waited until Laidlaw and Graham had driven off then got into his own car and drove straight to a white , Spanish-styled mansion on the outskirts of the city , overlooking the sea . |
| 12 | Following these now disregarded signs of past activity along the old path , I traversed the hillside and came down to a crumbling stone sheepfold with the roofless remains of a shepherd 's hut built into one wall . |
| 13 | and looking forward to a new year . |
| 14 | He looked at her , and she saw him come erect , the magical mechanism of the male penis , lifting and filling out to a great rod the colour of a dull sunset . |
| 15 | Daisy had brought her sketch pad , but found it difficult to capture the action and hold on to a straining Ethel . |
| 16 | Canada dominated the scoring , leading 22–6 at the interval and by 19 points in as many minutes with outside-half Gareth Rees , back after a winter in France , scoring the first nine and going on to a 20-point afternoon . |
| 17 | Later child psychologists have noted how older children find and hang on to a favoured object such as a rag . |
| 18 | We shall also be celebrating our 40th Anniversary in 1992 and look forward to a national celebration in or close to London . |
| 19 | Eventually , when he had slurped his way through the two cheeseburgers and large French fries , polished off an apple pie and a strawberry milkshake , he got out of the car and walked over to a litter-disposal unit . |
| 20 | The Prince , still shaking his head , rose and walked over to a carved bookstand which was similar to a lectern in a church . |
| 21 | Masklin got up and walked over to a large leather bag half-wedged under the seat . |
| 22 | He pushed away from me and stood up and stumbled over to a wooden chest , tearing one of its drawers right out so that it crashed to the carpeted floor and a load of jumpers fell out . |
| 23 | Then , assuming the visitor was given a guided tour of the manor , he would then leave the kitchen and find the WC directly opposite the front door ; just a WC , no bath , no wash-hand basin , no toilet-paper , no mod-cons ; if he did wish to ‘ spend a penny ’ , well , yesterday 's newspaper was cut neatly into 6 inch squares and nailed on to a convenient wall . |
| 24 | Colour a little piece of fondant brown and roll out to a small strip . |
| 25 | Take about three-quarters of the fondant ( about 675g/1½lb ) and roll out to a large area . |
| 26 | Colour a third of the fondant ( about 450g/1lb ) dark blue and roll out to a large square . |
| 27 | The whole assembly can then be given several coats of varnish to help hold the windings in place and glued down to a square mounting board , etc . |
| 28 | They reached the auto-route du Soleil and settled down to a steady ninety kilometres an hour . |
| 29 | Charlie followed Mrs Shorrocks into Number 110 , joined her in the tiny kitchen and collapsed on to a wooden chair . |
| 30 | Seedlings should be sown where they are to grow and thinned twice to a final spacing of 20cm ( 8in ) ; good plants occupy a square foot of space . |