Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The calls come via three sources : personal requests made by members of the public at the station 's enquiry desk ; telephone calls made directly to the station ; and messages relayed from BRC , the central communications network . |
| 2 | The search for new policies led additionally to the widespread adoption of monetary targets in most economies , including the UK , apparently giving some acceptance of the monetarist claim that inflation is a consequence of a rapid growth in the money supply . |
| 3 | A ‘ Slaven for Scotland ’ number was followed immediately by the striker 's selection for Ireland ; the ‘ Pears for Sweden ’ shirt led inevitably to the goalie missing his England B call up with a fractured cheek bone . |
| 4 | The massive shoulders and chest tapered down to the lean cowboy hips and long legs . |
| 5 | When Sarah got back to the attic bedroom in Newcastle Place the first thing she did was open the window , letting in damp , wintry air . |
| 6 | A white T-shirt clung faithfully to the contoured steel of his pectoral muscles . |
| 7 | Blair crept down to the bank whilst I rehearsed various reasons to explain why he had not caught the trout : lack of experience , bad casting technique . |
| 8 | The money announced today would be a one-off payment made automatically to the victims which would not imply any acceptance of liability on the part of the Government . |
| 9 | Cecilia got on to the platform . |
| 10 | Kolchinsky was waiting in the foyer when Whitlock got back to the hotel . |
| 11 | Compared with the ICC — whose point was brilliantly proved by strong refereeing at Bridgetown in April by Raman Subba Row — the English Board got close to the root of the problem but unaccountably jibbed at the final fence . |
| 12 | Allan got away to the best start and led for the opening thirty metres ( the commentators were going berserk ! ) . |
| 13 | A few weeks later the boy complained of a further assault ; the tailor was again convicted and once more fined £5 , but on this occasion the clerk to the Board applied successfully to the magistrates for the boy to be discharged from his indentures . |
| 14 | Mr Wishart hurried off to the refreshment room , luckily got served straight away and with difficulty got back to the compartment just as the guard was blowing his whistle ; the old lady took one of the paper cups of tea and murmured her thanks . |
| 15 | Hun Sen sold out to the Vietnamese , and is now selling out to Thai businessmen as well , it says . |
| 16 | Tony Rickardsson cruised through to the Nordic Final stage of the World Championship when he finished third in the three-leg Swedish heats last week . |
| 17 | ‘ Go for the girl , ’ ordered Randy Sherwood , as South Sussex rode on to the field . |
| 18 | A narrow stairway led up to the third floor where an unmarked door opened onto a plush modern office reception area with a deep-pile fawn carpet dotted with pot plants . |
| 19 | The play moved over to the other side of the field and they stopped their conversation for a moment to follow it . |
| 20 | After a moment or two Hosanna moved back to the step again . |
| 21 | During Charles 's reign , lay-abbacies contributed significantly to the maintainance of royal power . |
| 22 | Trent swam back to the catamaran dragging the fish behind him . |
| 23 | Village communities anywhere are notoriously conservative , so when two young cyclists wandered in to the Gasthof Löwen with shoulder-length hair and matching headbands , they received some doubtful glances from the table where five farm-workers sat steadily drinking their way through the evening . |
| 24 | The village of Arrington in Cambridgeshire moved sideways to the improved Old North Road ( A14 ) in the eighteenth century . |
| 25 | Ben moved across to the other side s ) f the window , trying to keep them in sight , but he lost them in a moment . |
| 26 | It comprised , for each wing , a 2.5-inch wide curved aluminium strip fastened chordwise to the upper and lower wing surfaces to cover the inboard and outboard attachments for the wing fuel tank ; shaped fairings covering the three flap hinges beneath the wing lower surface ; a 2-inch wide thin aluminium sheet pop-riveted to the wing undersurface and covering the gap between the flap and the wing undersurface ; and a similar 4-inch wide sheet covering the gap between the aileron and the wing undersurface . |
| 27 | When they 'd finished their simple meal , obeying Michele 's instructions , Luce moved back to the couch while he cleared away the dishes and brought in coffee , glasses , and a crystal decanter . |
| 28 | Herr Nordern sank on to the sofa and , astonishingly , found himself holding his wife 's hand , and feeling hers firmly gripping his . |
| 29 | Having handed over her letter and waved goodbye , Perdita wandered down to the stables . |
| 30 | Isabel sank back to the grass , beginning to shake . |