Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 31 | SESSION 30 watt , 2 channel amp , loud enough to gig , footswitch , cover , as new , £80 . |
| 32 | Leith was angry enough not to back down . |
| 33 | Her best coat would perhaps have been better because it would make her look as though she had n't let herself go , but on the other hand her frightful old lumber jacket would have suggested , what was true enough , that she was worried enough not to care . |
| 34 | He gripped her upper arms , his fingers pressing cruelly into her tender flesh as he shoved her none too gently away to arm 's length . |
| 35 | Cos I could n't be bothered and I was n't dressed and it would be going all over to south London . |
| 36 | ‘ Of course , if I were with you , Nancy would have us all over to dinner . ’ |
| 37 | ‘ If we were in funds , I 'd never leave so soon to Christmas unless there was a disaster somewhere . |
| 38 | We could n't go so easily to theatre , opera or ballet , for it was painful for Michael to remain long in one position . |
| 39 | But it , too , addresses itself much more to feminism than to psychology . |
| 40 | We need to ensure that we get a ferry between Rathlin and Ballycastle which can operatate the whole year round and open the island much more to tourist traffic and economic development . |
| 41 | A rock awash outside the reef entrance was 100 metres or so off to port . ’ |
| 42 | So to lower the cost of capital and raise the firm 's value , should you not fill your boots with it , at least until you get so close to bankruptcy that shareholders and creditors start to demand higher returns to balance the risk ? |
| 43 | Not since the Second World War had Congress remained in session so close to election day , and with mid-term elections on Nov. 6 rapidly approaching , a compromise budget was at last finally agreed . |
| 44 | Only Babylonia has given us a story so close to Genesis that the question of borrowing or of direct influence is seriously considered . |
| 45 | The game was already lost in Berne when Gough went and I think the reason for that was that the Scots had failed to find the fire that brought them so close to success in Sweden . |
| 46 | Even so close to shore , the sea is full of the souls of the drowned . |
| 47 | And in the far distance beckoned the possibility of marriage , a state so close to paradise that he hardly dared imagine it . |
| 48 | ‘ I did n't know I could have such a good time so close to home . |
| 49 | If you can get so close to barbel , with or without them knowing it , you should take the opportunity to study how they use the available cover to sneak under ; how they move like silent wraiths across the bottom , and how they rake over the gravel on the bottom with their barbules . |
| 50 | Some regard it as so close to bribery it should be banned . |
| 51 | We have arrived at chapter 22 , but before we deal with it in detail , we must look quickly at another story that lies between Isaac 's birth and his coming so soon and so close to death . |
| 52 | She had come so close to death . |
| 53 | Khrushchev could never forgive him for the cruelties and stupidities that brought Russia so close to defeat by Hitler . |
| 54 | ‘ It 's a terrible thing to happen so close to Christmas . ’ |
| 55 | ‘ But could I get an appointment so close to Christmas ? ’ |
| 56 | And all I know is he 's getting literally close to home and he works for you , if you include disabling your barmen in the conditions of employment , that is . ’ |
| 57 | Granting that the Beowulf reference , though tantalisingly close to unambiguity , can not be unequivocally accepted as a primary source for Hercule Poirot , the directness of the next reference brooks no denial . |
| 58 | Draw all the below carefully to scale . |
| 59 | The list referred only briefly and somewhat obliquely to classroom practice , recommending ( but not defining ) : a stimulating and challenging learning environment ; flexible teaching strategies to meet the identified needs of individual pupils ; and specific practical help for individuals and small groups . |
| 60 | Community midwives used to have to visit every mum , as a minimum , twice a day up to postnatal day three , and then daily up to day ten . |