Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv prt] to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This central role for private property has a long history in European thought and goes back to the eighteenth-century notion of the social contract . |
| 2 | Once or twice a week Howard climbs into the station wagon and drives over to the little market town fifteen miles away . |
| 3 | Perhaps it is repetitive , but not for the sake of repetition , as each phrase carries a different emphasis and builds on to the prior phase for effect . |
| 4 | On the night of Friday , 8th September , the barrier was broken through and rescue workers wearing breathing apparatus were able to take hot food and drinks through to the trapped men . |
| 5 | The ion enters the membrane forming a complex with the ligand , and passes through to the pure water on the other side where it is oxidised back to Cu 2+ ( in other words , it loses the electron ) by dissolved oxygen from the air . |
| 6 | A short flight of stairs adjoins each entrance door and leads down to the central sleeping area . |
| 7 | The path traverses round this peak and leads down to the Old Church of Martindale ( 2.5 miles ) . |
| 8 | Then he drags his victim into the bushes or the trees , kills and cuts back to the other road and the car and makes his getaway . |
| 9 | The Grand National course narrows approaching the winning post and bends round to the left immediately after , and with crowds manically screaming at him in the stands and on both rails and directly in front of him it would hardly be surprising if Devon Loch had suddenly been startled by the deafening noise . |