Example sentences of "[noun] [v-ing] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Minnis decided to do something for others who might similarly be afflicted which resulted in the Kenilworth Club and the PGL contributing annually to a fund . |
| 2 | There was , as far as he could see , nothing that need be identified or admired or paused over : just bare grey rock sheering down to a narrow track which was used for the most part by packhorses and even then not often . |
| 3 | The very wide shoulders narrowing sharply to a slim hip on a longer jacket was the biggest influence on menswear at the time and he took the world by storm . |
| 4 | They went round the corner , and the child stopped in front of a flight of steps leading up to a dilapidated house , one of a number in the street . |
| 5 | Potted shrubs of sombre green flanked a flight of broad , shallow rockfoam steps leading down to a doorway covered by thick curtains of the darkest purple . |
| 6 | There 's an underground thing — you know , steps going down to a station , so I go down there and wander around for a bit . |
| 7 | The sight of the brigade turning out to a call , pulled by magnificent black horses , drew every child within half a mile of the Works main gates when the warning hooter sounded . |
| 8 | Introduced last summer to bring stock car racing back to a more affordable level , their early outings showed promise , with the Christmas meeting at Foxhall producing 30 starters and some excellent racing . |
| 9 | Either course of action leads to a constricted ledge and , to its right , a horizontal break leading out to a stance on the crest of Froggatt Pinnacle — yes , a two-pitch out-crop route ! |
| 10 | We got talking and strolled along the riverside path too engrossed to hear the rumble of thunder getting nearer , or note the wind getting up to a blustery gale . |
| 11 | If the stimulus conditions start with a spectrally pure red light shining on to a red area the cell will fire even though the area looks like a washed-out red to a human observer . |
| 12 | Swell waves running on to a coast break when the forward motion of particles at the wave crest exceeds the forward movement of the wave as a whole , a state of affairs caused by the wave retarding as it runs into shallow water and sometimes over-naively attributed to friction with the sea bottom . |
| 13 | With a twinge of conscience it occurred to her that it was not often Omi got out ; a rare trip to the theatre or a concert , Wannsee in summer , or Potsdam , but in the winter she was trapped in the flat , passing long , lonely hours looking on to a street where little happened . |
| 14 | Artist Janet Margrave has created a window opening on to a scene of flowers , ivy-clad trellis , a rush fringed pool and trees . |
| 15 | In this latter regard , a distinction must be drawn between , on the one hand , Bills of general application — Public Bills , and Bills applying only to a particular area or person — Private Bills . |
| 16 | Left : VIP visitors listening intently to a presentation during their tour of Kitsuregawa . |
| 17 | The struggle between these two classes was for Marx the key to understanding modern society and its likely future , which he envisaged as the revolutionary overthrow of capitalism by the proletariat leading ultimately to a classless communist society . |
| 18 | She had a vague impression of a small room , of stone walls and light from a narrow window falling on to a table . |
| 19 | Her descriptions tell of a village changing slowly to a motorcar age , and perhaps forecasts the future in references that smithies have been replaced by garages and advertisements for petrol from the ‘ golden pump ’ . |
| 20 | Such children should not be working in conditions where there is glare , such as bright light from an unshaded window streaming on to a child 's face . |
| 21 | Minutes do not in any case include discussions leading up to a decision but only the decision itself . |
| 22 | Obviously , it is never easy to disentangle the process leading up to a particular credit transaction from the general buying process . |
| 23 | The Treaty went on to state : ‘ This Treaty marks a new stage in the process leading gradually to a union with a federal goal ’ . |
| 24 | Recriminations over the sound and an equivocal audience response ( some pogoed , most stared blankly on as a repeat offender dove on to dance to ‘ Motown Junk ’ ) sees the set and with the bass ricocheting off the backdrop , the drum kit going down to a repeated kicking and singer James making messy love to his gorgeous white Gibson . |
| 25 | No woman feels her best during the period leading up to a period . |
| 26 | The days leading up to a major championship meeting are always very tense , very difficult , and the second World Championship in Rome was no exception . |
| 27 | There again is the brave Boris Nikolayevich facing up to a murderous convict who has been given work on a building site and is threatening foreman Yeltsin with an axe ; sheer strength of will sends the man packing and the construction team gets the work done on time . |
| 28 | Jane had had wide imaginings of everybody 's abilities coming together to a common end , but fortunately she had kept her thoughts to herself . |
| 29 | ‘ Drop the gun ! ’ screamed Liz Spalding , her body dropping slightly to a crouch , the gun she held coming instinctively up to the fire position … |
| 30 | It was simply grey water in a steady stream falling on to a sea the colour of metal , on to a grey town . |