Example sentences of "[adv] [adv prt] [prep] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | With their sophisticated radio equipment they were able to use satellites to call up airstrikes , then talk the pilots right on to their targets with devastating accuracy . |
| 2 | Their offices faced right on to our living quarters and they were always staring at us . |
| 3 | She decided to get right on with her article and also to seek Ana out and make a friend of her . |
| 4 | Having deliberately taken her time , Luce descended the stairs some half an hour later , looking flower-fresh , her wispy fringe brushed to one side , her hair curling loosely on to her shoulders . |
| 5 | Most of my friends collapsed thankfully on to their beds , but I slunk down the long flights of stone stairs and took up a position in the foyer where I could watch the front door . |
| 6 | ‘ The thing is , I was thinking of going to Prague myself , ’ she hung grimly on to her self-control to get started again . |
| 7 | The douce denizens of Edinburgh looked up in sudden amazement as a Heinkel thundered low across the rooftops beloved of Baillie Nicol Jarvie and disappeared beyond the hills , a spitfire hanging grimly on to its smoking trail and blazing away at it with all four guns . |
| 8 | Is it possible to arrange that they be given blanks and do n't know which are the blanks and which are the real , because otherwise there 's a risk after you 've done this the schools will suspect that they 're low , and therefore they will add a little on to their blank or something like that . |
| 9 | The Citation rolled slowly on to its left side as Duncan fought to keep it flying and to keep it away from the airliner . |
| 10 | Raise up slowly on to your toes , as high as possible , keeping your body upright . |
| 11 | Yet she did n't think she had imagined that , when her head had dropped wearily on to his shoulder , his arms had tightened about her . |
| 12 | Then he kissed her — a long slow kiss that set her tingling right down to her toes . |
| 13 | The excitement seemed to spread all down her , in fiery threads , right down to her fingers and toes . |
| 14 | There was a glorious sunset rush of pure-blooded warmth all over her back and right down to her fingertips . |
| 15 | But the other was swollen and half closed , with a Technicolor bruise below it right down to her razor-sharp cheekbone . |
| 16 | Now this emphasis on focusing and honing everything right down to its simplest form can sound a bit like naked capitalism , treating rock ‘ n ’ roll as nothing more than a game . |
| 17 | Although it is rare to see a carpet that 's been worn right down to its backing they can often look worn . |
| 18 | Even those who slim right down to their goal weight will always find parts they wish were even slimmer ! |
| 19 | They had finally calmed down , smiled sheepishly — albeit damply — at one another , and Joanna had demanded the whole story , from Isabel 's meeting with Guy right down to their arrival at Ashby Chase . |
| 20 | Green Believers are now pressing the priests of rich-world industry to scan supply chains right down to their poor-world beginnings . |
| 21 | The wind had an icy tang to it : it swirled about them right down to their feet , disturbing any loose leaves it could find ; and for a minute or two its voice was the only sound they heard , until Charlie 's broke into it , saying , ‘ Well , do n't worry , at least about me . |
| 22 | And before Mala could lash at him again , he explained , and terrified me right down to my boots . |
| 23 | And right down to my fingers . |
| 24 | It must go right down to your boots . |
| 25 | Black dresses right down to our ankles . |
| 26 | Then he heaved in a breath that must have gone right down to his toes , and his whole body arched and stiffened , and then relaxed on as prolonged an exhalation . |
| 27 | The benefit of this one as well is if , let's just say we , that you knocked him right down on his money force as cheap a buy as possible then ask if you can do a hundred percent . |
| 28 | right down into her tubes . |
| 29 | Taking the biscuit though was Mr Andy Preston who donned a ridiculously extravagant full length [ right down over his board ] Easter Island statue disguise and dropped in . |
| 30 | His hair came right down over his face but his eyes gleamed through it , and when he saw me he grinned a wide toothy grin , like one of those gibbons Vern was so neurotic about at the zoo . |