Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] to [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She bit her lip hard as cool sun lotion was smoothed on to her hot skin . |
| 2 | Love ( 68 ) and Couples ( 71 ) clung on to their overnight lead , three shots ahead of host nation Spain . |
| 3 | Walking through Ricky 's woods , Daisy noticed ruby-red sticky buds thrusting out on the chestnuts , although many of the trees still clung on to their shrivelled brown leaves . |
| 4 | There are four essentially different things a process can do on its first step : ( i ) it diverges ; ( ii ) it communicates with its environment ( and goes on to its second step ) ; ( iii ) it stops because , even though it has not terminated , it can not agree with its environment on any communication ; ( iv ) it terminates in some state . |
| 5 | You may also need to lay on a messenger service to deliver the film to the newspaper building while the photographer goes on to his next assignment . |
| 6 | Governors should recognise their power to co-opt on to their working groups , in a non-voting capacity , any member of the local community who could offer specific expertise and skills which they may be lacking . |
| 7 | Not having the culinary skills to extract nourishment from this household item she passed on to her second request ; could she have money to buy uniforms for her kids to go to their new school ? |
| 8 | Although I was n't brought up in the Jewish faith — my mother would n't hear of it — he still passed on to me all those standards that were part of his own upbringing and would never tolerate what he from time to time described as my ‘ unacceptable behaviour ’ . |
| 9 | The days were truly apocalyptic ; sadly , many of the commentators and reviewers , the would-be art leaders , were merely apoplectic ; not least in fastening on to his overt sexuality , their criticisms of him shielding their own neuroses . |
| 10 | Of late , though , after his meetings with Eleanor , he had had to go on to his third level of fantasy . |
| 11 | When she had said that before she had meant it , but now she realised she was lying ; she was wanting to make him feel better and she was also hanging on to her old life to feel safe . |
| 12 | But the interpretation from dealers and experts is that motorists are hanging on to their ageing cars instead of buying new ones . |
| 13 | " Nice to hear of someone hanging on to their old family possessions . |
| 14 | Mr Corcoran had stared stonily at him through the pince-nez fastened on to his thin beak of a nose . |
| 15 | Kynaston nodded and got down to his familiar routine . |
| 16 | Why not zoom down to your nearest Radio Rentals Shop and you could be watching your memories on video again and again ! |
| 17 | During the refurbishment period , the kiln was stripped down to its basic frame , shot-blasted and painted . |
| 18 | His reaction had bewildered her , but she did n't want to dwell on it , because she knew that she would inevitably end up spending the entire evening thinking of him , and then feeling frustrated and angry with herself for having given in to her private weakness . |
| 19 | He proceeded to remind her verbally as she followed him sheepishly out through the dining-room to a wide archway that led to the terrace , though she did n't need this painful reminder of the way they 'd given in to their wild passion every evening in Seville . |
| 20 | He could have given in to his sympathetic side at any point but he was adamant that Charman had to go , even though he knew the hurt it would cause to someone with whom he had previously been close . |
| 21 | When the Daily Telegraph thundered on to his front doormat , he could get up and do the crossword over the pot of tea that served as his breakfast . |
| 22 | The Berlin Festival in February will show Skylarks On A String and other once proscribed films , and Gilles Jacob of the Cannes Festival has asked Juraj Jakubisko , the best-known Slovak director , to put a newly shot ending on to his banned Birdies , Orphans And Fools . |
| 23 | Turner , who was helping old mate Barry Fry at the time , moved on to his present job . |
| 24 | Sometimes these were ad hominem arrangements-that in Kefe was dissolved after a year and that in Kutahya when the holder moved on to his next post , though Kutahya was recreated a mevleviyet in 989/1581 — but many of them had become permanent by the end of the century . |
| 25 | Having started the design ball rolling and given himself some idea of cast requirements , Barry moved on to his foremost task that of constructing the camera script . |
| 26 | He moved on to his own fight and talked about Bowe . |
| 27 | At first Mike worked as Tom 's assistant but he soon moved on to his own assignments . |
| 28 | The airlines clearly believe that they can hang on to their lucrative business market despite evidence from France that high speed trains can have a major impact on travel preferences . |
| 29 | The outgoing Lord Mayor , Ulster Unionist Herbert Ditty , was today anxiously waiting to see if he could hang on to his threatened seat in the Court electoral area . |
| 30 | Eventually , as the song wound on to its thirtieth verse , the bridegroom presented Chaman with 1000 rupees ( about £25 ) . |