Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because frictional drag ( from a boot or a ski , say ) melts them locally to a thin film of liquid water . |
| 2 | It is pesticide-free and traps male moths by luring them on to a sticky pad with the aid of a sex attractant ( a pheromene lure capsule ) given off by female moths to attract a mate . |
| 3 | They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland . |
| 4 | The reason for this may well be that the hospital consultant is reluctant to let go medical responsibility for former patients and thrust them on to a local GP , but he is not normally easily available when off duty or working in a clinic many miles away . |
| 5 | ’ You put me on to a good thing , ’ he went on , ’ with Ardakke . |
| 6 | My brother could make me cry just by lifting me on to a five-foot-high garden trellis and leaving me there , so I was hardly a miniature Chris Bonnington . |
| 7 | As regards yeomen the statistics serve chiefly to emphasise the difficulty of pinning them down to a precise definition . |
| 8 | With marked reluctance , the elderly woman led them inside to a small sitting-room , which overlooked the garden at the rear of the house . |
| 9 | They did come in , and it took seven of them to get me down to a single cell . |
| 10 | ABERDEEN flirted with disaster at Kilbowie last night before two goals in the final 15 minutes from Scott Booth took them through to a Scottish Cup semi-final against Hibs at Tynecastle on 3 April . |
| 11 | He grew large and plump and round-cheeked , but he was without kittenish ways as if his sad experience had robbed him prematurely of his youth , yet when he sat on Lyn 's lap in the evenings he gave himself up to a drowsy and contented purring . |
| 12 | Then pulling himself up to a great height , he went on . |
| 13 | Staggering to her feet she looked back towards the wounded man ; he had slumped to the floor , and was trying to push himself back to a kneeling position . |
| 14 | Then slowly Father McGiff raised himself back to a kneeling position and , taking off his spectacles , he made the sign of the cross before closing his eyes in prayer . |
| 15 | He also emphasizes that the chief executive should take into account the power structure of the organization , be careful to choose the right time to promote initiatives , and , in particular , avoid committing himself publicly to a specific objective or action until he knows that it is definitely what he wants and that he can get the support . |
| 16 | The Everglades kite in Florida picks up snails and carries them off to a feeding perch . |
| 17 | Mothers no doubt think they are doing the very best for their children , getting them off to a good night 's sleep . |
| 18 | The taxi took them off to a small restaurant , and with everywhere seeming crowded to full capacity Fabia guessed , when they were straight away shown to a table , that Ven must have had the forethought to book in advance . |
| 19 | It 's a fast ascent on to the bealach , and then a right turn takes you on to a surprising flat little plateau sporting a tiny circular lochan . |
| 20 | The first stage of the programme is designed to get you on to a balanced , low-calorie diet , and to cleanse you system so that in Stage II you will be able to tell which foods suit your body the most . |
| 21 | from nowhere running , carried you in to a quiet room |
| 22 | It had quietened itself down to a low , continuous burble . |
| 23 | Perhaps for this reason , it rarely commits itself entirely to a humanist framework . |
| 24 | ‘ If you come up one by one , without weapons , I 'll take you home to a fair trial in England . |
| 25 | This application itself can get you off to a good or bad start . |
| 26 | Giving a little thought to body language beforehand will get you off to a good start . |
| 27 | I had no idea that what was happening was my body trying to bring itself up to a natural weight rather than the unnatural , low one that I kept it at . |
| 28 | Why not the luxurious et cetera bath , and let me take you out to a decent dinner ? ’ |
| 29 | Left hemisphere control of sequential motor activity which lent itself readily to a symbolic gestural system may have been the evolutionary precursor to present day lateralisation of language . |
| 30 | So we 're trying to bring everyone up to a certain level in certain selected topics — aspects of mechanics , heat , wave motion . |