Example sentences of "[adv] [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few days ago , we saw the appalling spectacle on television of Vietnamese asylum seekers being dragged forcibly on to a plane to be sent back to Vietnam , a very poor country that has suffered economic embargos since 1976 , which have caused great poverty there . |
| 2 | Gertrude stopped working , and collapsed ponderously on to a seat . |
| 3 | Well , she went right down to a size ten when she lost all that weight before . |
| 4 | Bravura camerawork conspires with a scarce script and some edgy cutting to exploit every ounce of tension , right down to a killer ending . |
| 5 | A belief in daemons or evil spirits led on naturally to a need for exorcists ; exorcism , it is reasonable to assume , became one of the priestly functions . |
| 6 | Which brings us on nicely to a discussion of pyroclastic rocks themselves . |
| 7 | ‘ More wine ? ’ she asked , throwing her coat carelessly on to a sofa in the drawing-room . |
| 8 | Melissa put an arm round her and , at a sign from Madame Delon , led her into the salon , pushed her gently on to a couch and sat down beside her . |
| 9 | I also set up snares and trip-wires linked to glass bottles in the grass on the dunes over the creek , so that if anybody tried to sneak up they would either catch themselves or snag the wire , pulling the bottle out of its hole in the sand and down on to a stone . |
| 10 | He moved to her side and took her hand , pulling her down on to a sofa facing his brother . |
| 11 | Shrugging off the severely cut navy blue linen jacket of her new designer suit , she tossed it over on top of her briefcase , before sinking down on to a sofa and sighing with relief as she slipped off her high-heeled blue court shoes . |
| 12 | ‘ I told you to sit down ! ’ he ground out through clenched teeth , and when she did n't immediately obey him he placed his hands on her shoulders , pushing her firmly down on to a sofa . |
| 13 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 14 | I was feeling so tired that I just sank down on to a bench , and — ’ |
| 15 | Robyn sank down on to a chair . |
| 16 | The road drooped gently down to a ford . |
| 17 | The small roof slopes gently away to a curving , foot-high parapet . |
| 18 | Enough to remind her of the consequences of submitting so easily to a man who despised her . |
| 19 | But one could never speak so directly to a woman . |
| 20 | Polite win for Pompey FOOTBALL : Portsmouth , who went so close to a promotion and Wembley double , have finished the season with a trophy after all . |
| 21 | I mean , can you think of any other situation , Pop , when a man gets so close to a woman except when he 's actually making love to her ? ’ |
| 22 | It would n't be on walking much further to a bus stop somewhere else , especially in the winter when it 's raining and snowing . ’ |
| 23 | A few weeks after his escape from a film disaster , Dustin came shatteringly close to a disaster of a more fatal kind . |
| 24 | Moving averages would normally be used for short term forecasting , perhaps up to a maximum of a few ( say 3 to 6 ) months ahead . |
| 25 | But only up to a point , you see . |
| 26 | Only up to a point : without oil Saddam Hussein would not have invaded Kuwait ; nor would his invasion have threatened the West 's security . |
| 27 | McFarlane took it to heart also , but only up to a point . |
| 28 | Tolkien 's opinions here are clear only up to a point . |
| 29 | Burton 's local fame grew in contradicting this up to a point — but only up to a point . |
| 30 | An American president can decide to focus on domestic policy only up to a point ; events in the wider world , leaders of other countries , have a habit of eating into time that the president thought he would spend on other things . |