Example sentences of "[adv] to [noun sg] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | He has contributed much to music in the Farnham area during the last 20 years and the many supporters of the Tilford Bach Festival will no doubt want to hear what will be only the second performance of his work . |
| 2 | ‘ Sure my music is techno-based , ’ says the breathy jazz-house diva from Glasgow , ‘ but the house and rave scenes owed much to jazz in the first place . ’ |
| 3 | The neck pickup was warm and fat , the middle slightly brighter but still with lots of depth ( ideal for clean rhythm playing ) , while the bridge unit was sharp enough to create a nice shimmer through an outboard chorus , but warm enough to solo with the amp overdriving slightly . |
| 4 | There was no sign of either Ferdinando or Annunciata in the kitchen so she was bold enough to tip-toe towards the drawing room where she hesitated again and peered round the door . |
| 5 | As guests sat down to lunch in the company 's magnificent dining room earlier this week , the fellow with his back to the window was asked if there was too much of a draught . |
| 6 | I 'd only met Mrs Tuckett twice , once when she drove Billy down to university at the start of a term and once when she turned up to see him get his degree . |
| 7 | Catch a bus from the Lamb Inn down to Seaside for the shopping precincts . |
| 8 | He used to come down to school in the afternoon sometimes , to stay a while talking generally , and I found his visits very helpful . |
| 9 | If a country does not have control over its tax and expenditure , then it can not be said to have control over anything , since everything comes down to money in the end . |
| 10 | I dressed and shaved and went down to breakfast under the colonnade . |
| 11 | We sat down to breakfast in the garden , and listened to the World Service news . |
| 12 | His mother would find him still at it when she came down to breakfast in the morning . |
| 13 | Whole communities were being , so to speak , lifted out of the mother country and planted down in villages already prepared for them , even down to food in the larder . |
| 14 | ‘ We intend to have the barrier brought down to block off the car park at nights , ’ he said . |
| 15 | The Cheshires received medals from commanding officer down to sergeant for the courage and leadership they displayed during their harrowing tour of duty in Bosnia . |
| 16 | And the Midland actually goes down to sort of the top of erm Cambridgeshire , |
| 17 | I do n't know maybe it may just be come down to sort of the individual theatres I suppose |
| 18 | Er when it comes down to application at the local sense then at the local level , I think my colleagues might be able to er give more enlightenment on that . |
| 19 | But , when they get down to business with the British , it is at least certain that they will not be as difficult as Mr Haughey 's government was . |
| 20 | Benny 's mother was back in the kitchen , her coat off and down to business with the icing sugar . |
| 21 | Fourteen people sat down to dinner at the house , a local man , Thomas Jones , being employed to wait on them at table . |
| 22 | Bring arms back down to side on the out-breath ( steps 4–6 ) . |
| 23 | I do n't think I 've come down to earth since the day I met her . ’ |
| 24 | The leaders were brought down to earth in the Hanson Cup when Darren Crumpton 's half century steered Goodlass to victory . |
| 25 | In terms of social importance , festivals contribute greatly to cohesion within the community and provide welcome sources of entertainment . |
| 26 | Monsters are beasts brought along to fight beside the army . |
| 27 | Monsters are beasts brought along to fight beside the army . |
| 28 | Monsters are beasts brought along to fight beside the army . |
| 29 | And the f the the younger apprentices used to plunk on a Monday afternoon and all go along to Street to the this and she says , You did n't need to buy sweeties it was the rails of the gallery were sticking with toffee . |
| 30 | So to stay in the frame is Virgin going to have to get in there and |