Example sentences of "to [conj] [adv] [prep] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Next in the expanding network is Lenin Strasse with assorted communist theoreticians and luminaries awarded a street closer to or further from the centre , depending on how high their star stood at the time . |
| 2 | Although the SMPAs last for 3–4 hours and move parallel to and ahead of the front , a theoretical explanation for the size of SMPAs is still required . |
| 3 | Stretching up to and away from the patio was a vast lawn , smothered with spring flowers — yellow daffodils and a parade of brilliant hyacinths . |
| 4 | Prior to and immediately after the operation , the weapon would be holstered erm and secured by means of a strap across er the hammer of the weapon . |
| 5 | The wind seemed to drive all ways at once , so that whichever way they turned , as they struggled to and fro across the yard , and from building to building , the snow was always directly into their faces . |
| 6 | Simply stretch the wire to and fro across the pond from picture hook to picture hook . |
| 7 | They bustled to and fro across the dock and swarmed on and off the ships . |
| 8 | Prostates , bypasses , hip replacements and renal surgery swung to and fro across the table . |
| 9 | He found that he could n't remain seated while she was striding to and fro across the office . |
| 10 | Incidentally , this picture of the working of Ashington suggests all sorts of local routes to and fro across the parish in performing these various activities . |
| 11 | While they waited , Lissa made hot drinks , then stood apart and listened as Rourke spoke quietly with the woman , who still rocked slowly to and fro on the settee . |
| 12 | Arms flick to and fro as the Winter Fairy and the Stars of Ashton 's Cinderella give the illusion of twinkling lights in the frosty air . |
| 13 | Most obvious were the southern giant petrels : huge , dark brown birds , some with paler heads , and resembling an outsize fulmar , they glide ceaselessly to and fro along the waterfront on wings which can be up to two metres across . |
| 14 | She stood up and began pacing restlessly to and fro along the balcony . |
| 15 | Its larvae bore voraciously to and fro along the grain of the wood , generally under a thin , intact surface . |
| 16 | There is no legal right to protect or demonstrate — merely a right for the present to say what one likes provided that it is lawful whether by way of ‘ protest ’ or otherwise ; or a right to pass to and fro along the highway in a reasonable manner and for a proper purpose , whether carrying a banner or not . |
| 17 | She added that the effect had been enhanced by Miss Minoprio 's " curious mannerism of waving the club to and fro above the ball instead of addressing it in the conventional manner " . |
| 18 | A pair of swans cruised , with cygnets , and swallows were zipping to and fro above the water . |
| 19 | He has to keep going all the time — to and fro about the world and walking up and down in it . |
| 20 | It would not be safe to have you going to and fro between the steerage and our quarters . |
| 21 | A commission of magistrates and theologians from the University of Louvain was appointed to examine him in a long-drawn-out process in which translations of his heretical works were prepared by Philips ; written charges and rebuttals in Latin passed to and fro between the Commission and Tyndale , followed by oral examinations . |
| 22 | Ryan was jumping to and fro between the room from which the ladder was to be launched and the corridor . |
| 23 | Ross actually said the words out loud , even as he took the cross-hairs to and fro over the scene by the lakeside . |
| 24 | The attack on the village along the road was still going on , wounded and dead Commandos were being placed against the walls of the cobbled farmyard , waiting their turn as the jeeps ferried to and fro through the village . |
| 25 | It not only covered ships passing to and fro through the Strait , but also included reports of Argentine air strikes , naval activity , including the sinking of the Belgrano , and even references to the British helicopter that had landed on the coast of the Magellan Strait almost opposite Punta Arenas , and had been destroyed by its pilot . |
| 26 | Overpowered by an intense sentiment of horror , unaccountable yet unendurable , I threw on my clothes with haste ( for I felt that I should sleep no more during the night ) , and endeavoured to arouse myself from the pitiable condition into which I had fallen , by pacing rapidly to and fro through the apartment . |
| 27 | This , he observed , ‘ is accomplished by lowering the head and gently drawing the tips of the antlers to and fro through the herbage . |
| 28 | Taking a long piece of string , she dragged it to and fro through the mud , heaping it up and turning that into men . |
| 29 | I ran to and fro from the kitchen for some time with saucepans and kettles of boiling water . |
| 30 | They ferried plates to and fro from the kitchen , where Rose and Victorine supervised what was to come next . |