Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The schoolmaster of St. Andrews was ambitious ‘ and aspires eagerly to the dignity of being professor of humanity in this university ’ . |
| 2 | The tentative Taif agreement , on the other hand , sets no timetable for a total Syrian withdrawal and refers only to a pull-out from the Beirut area within two years . |
| 3 | A hole saw looks like a hacksaw blade curled into a circle and fits on to a twist drill ( typically 6mm ) and can be used with an electric drill . |
| 4 | The decisive customer knows what she wants and goes straight to the counter to ask for the item she requires . |
| 5 | First , do we really accept that a man in the act of undressing suddenly decides halfway through that he will hang himself and goes up to the garret without his boots on to carry out the terrible act ? |
| 6 | He turns his back and goes over to the chest of drawers , his brown bottom wiggling at Mark . |
| 7 | She takes out this dark red dress with these big white dots and goes over to the mirror . |
| 8 | She lifts her eyebrows at me and then stands up and goes over to the sink . |
| 9 | Howard escapes from the hospital and goes back to the scene of the robbery where everything is strangely familiar . |
| 10 | She loses interest and goes back to the television . |
| 11 | She turns and goes back to the house . |
| 12 | Roy , 37 , even leaves Janette in the dead of night and goes down to the bar hoping to catch a glimpse of his beloved spirit . |
| 13 | After a further mile towards Chapel-le-Dale , a track turns off the road to the left and goes down to the beck in the valley bottom , arriving at a section roofed by a natural arch of considerable length . |
| 14 | Cross the road and take path going north-north-east which then bears left to Stoke Ridge and goes down to the bend in the road at Stoke Pero . |
| 15 | And turns again to the stove , furiously stirring . |
| 16 | The social side of the group is very important and adds considerably to the enjoyment of the meetings . |
| 17 | This aids relaxation and adds greatly to the enjoyment . |
| 18 | The quality of graphics in Death Watch is breathtaking and adds greatly to the atmosphere of fantasy and adventure . |
| 19 | She should have ticked off Miss Vine 's name on her list and been ready to carry the empty plates and covers back to the van . |
| 20 | It turns from Proust 's text and looks outward to the language system in general ; and at the same time it represents de Man 's voice speaking from outside and intruding into Proust 's text . |
| 21 | There is no doubt she feels that she has paid a high price for her royal life and looks forward to the day when she can spend a weekend in Paris or , as she says , ‘ I can run along a beach without a policeman following me ’ . |
| 22 | — ‘ in thought I see my past madness ’ ; these two cries are from the Arnaut Daniel speech ending Purgatorio XXVI , where the poet condemned to the circle of lust prays for the hearer 's consideration and looks forward to the release from the to tortures meted out to the lustful . |
| 23 | Between December and April , the temperature averages between 15°C and 21°C ( 59°F to 70°F ) ; it then gradually increases to around 21°C to 24°C ( 70°F to 75°F ) between July and September , and drops again to an average between October and December of 18°C to 21°C ( 64°F to 70°F ) . |
| 24 | Close provides a perfect English accent and mimes convincingly to the singing of Dame Kiri Te Kenawa but not all the dubbing has been done with such care . |
| 25 | My eyes are respectfully downcast while this paunch on legs breaks his wrist , blows a kiss , and sashays off to the tea-machine ? |
| 26 | There are numerous walks ; directly from Blacklands you can follow the East Malling stream which runs through its garden , through the East Malling village conservation area , and leads right to the source of the stream in the pretty hamlet of West Stree ; you can also join the Pilgrims Way , the medieval route from Winchester to Canterbury which can be reached 2 miles away . |
| 27 | This begins with the concept of interrupts introduced in 1.2 , and leads on to the idea of interconnecting a number of processors . |
| 28 | Oak woodland covers the next stretch of hillside on the right and leads on to the Forestry Commission conifer forest . |
| 29 | The gully is steep and rough but not beyond the ability of an average walker , and leads unerringly to the depression on the ridge , whence a simple climb up to the right leads to the summit cairn of Caisteal Liath . |
| 30 | Sam scrambles up and wades out to the bird . |