Example sentences of "to the [noun] with [art] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She looked at herself , practised an attitude , widening her eyes and sucking in her cheeks , then another , chin up , head to one side , Madonna-like in pious ecstasy , then shaking her head to dismiss the bridal vision she had attempted , plucked the lace mat from her hair and added it to the pile with the others she had finished . |
| 2 | She 'd gone down to the seashore with the dogs and there he 'd been , following her . |
| 3 | Holding down the latest addition to the incinerator with the prongs of his rake , Morpurgo slowly turned his head to look at Harry over his left shoulder . |
| 4 | He walked me to the door with the kids in tow and said that we could all have a look inside , the kids as well , but even though I was shaking from head to toe , I said eventually , after we walked past the place at least four times , if I was going to do this I might as well do it on my own . |
| 5 | Add half the sesame seeds to the casserole with the tomatoes , peanuts , aniseed , cloves , pepper and stock . |
| 6 | When Dad went off to the pub with the bottles the following day I followed him . |
| 7 | A particular manager will hold more than one metaphor , but in negotiation the truce metaphor is brought to the fore with the others held in abeyance . |
| 8 | Late one afternoon on my way to the kennels with the dogs ' bowls I passed the lighted kitchen window and stopped because I heard his voice . |
| 9 | He says a boy had gone away for a weekend and had come back to the school with the tablets and then sold them . |
| 10 | Although it seemed very efficient , one improvement I might suggest would be to mount the covers on spring rollers , because the drivers found it difficult to get to the bikes with the covers pressing on them while they worked . |
| 11 | The Feldwebel waved impatiently to the man with the keys . |
| 12 | EVERY day of the year , blue Hong Kong police buses with barred windows climb to the border with the Peoples Republic . |
| 13 | EVERY day of the year , blue Hong Kong police buses with barred windows climb to the border with the Peoples Republic . |
| 14 | This will help to prevent the build-up of harmful plaque on the teeth , especially close to the border with the gums . |
| 15 | Today we 're taking to the road with the stars . |
| 16 | When the two children got back to the tunnel with the men from the farm , they found Bobbie and Jim asleep . |
| 17 | Well , of course , it did not take very long for people to realize that if someone wanted to sell his company and retire to the country with the proceeds , these provisions could be used to postpone payment of capital gains tax almost indefinitely so long as he was prepared to continue to hold the shares issued to him and to treat them as an investment . |
| 18 | Currie Brig unites the two parts of the village , the kirk , school , schoolhouse and farms to the south with the farms and settlement on the north bank and along the Lanark Road . |
| 19 | These , framing the scene , are surely thought of as asleep in another part of the palace , roused by the tumult in the hall , as Penelope and her women listen to the fight with the Suitors . |
| 20 | The colour of his neck faded as he returned to the table with the drinks . |
| 21 | ‘ To the pigs with the slops , where you should have been this mornin' , ’ replied his wife . |
| 22 | ( SCENE : A huge golden tub , studded with emeralds and filled to the brim with the tears of baby narwhals . |
| 23 | Fit the grooved shelf to the supports with the screws provided |
| 24 | The first night 's long walk up to the moor with the hives , Ruari glanced back at the wee lass trotting along behind Ranald 's lurch , gamely holding up her end of the staff . |
| 25 | As the younger one was reaching up to the mantlepiece with the flowers , her frock caught fire ; her sister ran to her aid , and soon both girls were engulfed in the flames . |
| 26 | The children gave the same simple obedience as they had given to the men with the megaphones . ’ |
| 27 | She wanted to go along the side passage and up the back stairs to the bedroom with the toys where she could safely hide . |
| 28 | And then there is the hypothesis put to the A 's Tony La Russa , the lawyer-manager and quiet ringmaster of what can be a wild Oakland circus troupe : ‘ What do you do if Will Clark ( the Giants big-hitting first baseman ) comes to the plate with the bases loaded ? ’ |
| 29 | We went on to the marshes with the soldiers and found the escaped convicts fighting each other . |
| 30 | And there was the fiki who had gone to the tomb with the women to chant the readings . |