Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to [adv] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the cold half-light the rock looked stark and forbidding ; as we cruised slowly to leeward the most appalling stench drifted down wind . |
| 2 | Having been dismissed from parade , the children race downstairs to where the Rangers ' 22 horses and Ponies are housed in splendour . |
| 3 | He parked close to where the land sloped downwards to a narrow pebble beach , and switched the engine off . |
| 4 | An engineering expert in stress told me that it has recently been discovered that two pieces of metal , indistinguishable unless subjected to sophisticated tests , react differently to precisely the same amount of stress . |
| 5 | Finally this procedure calculates empirical corrections to be applied later to both the subject and the reference measures and these are saved in the record savedValues . |
| 6 | Begin by listening carefully to how the bereaved speak about their loss . |
| 7 | ‘ What is it ? ’ he answered , standing , looking across to where the captain was kneeling over the fallen man . |
| 8 | A massive collection was made in local towns , and two crosses were erected close to where the men met their tragic ends . |
| 9 | Consequently , many of the seeds land close to where the diners collected them and the plants ' purpose is largely thwarted . |
| 10 | Viking slipped away from the shelter of Sula Sgeir and turned eastward to where the distant hump of North Rona beckoned across a grey , breaking swell . |
| 11 | For them , crying is enjoyable , therapeutic , something to look forward to when the relationship matures . |
| 12 | They were heading westwards to where the land rose more precipitously and broke into a grey surf of scattered granite . |
| 13 | Cleo , however , leapt from Contralto 's back and , paying no attention to Dauntless 's warnings , walked smartly to where the children played . |
| 14 | Their behaviour patterns can also be extremely individual , so that two autistic children with exactly the same characteristics may react differently to exactly the same situation . |
| 15 | He glanced across to where the women sat . |
| 16 | The broad , richly green leaves of lotus choked the water , while , in a thatched ting on the far side of the lake , a group of musicians began to play , the ancient sound drifting across to where the Seven sat . |
| 17 | I opened my eyes and realised the barge had only half-turned and we were now running parallel to both the island and the shore . |
| 18 | His speech made clear that he had been brought reluctantly to much the same view as his Director of Propaganda . |
| 19 | The niece went downstairs to where the ancient sewing-machine was kept . |
| 20 | Jackson got up abruptly and went across to where the bottles were . |
| 21 | He straightened and looked across to where the men from the ambulance were advancing with his father and his wife . |
| 22 | I looked across to where the Hamilton house must stand in its shadows . |
| 23 | She looked across to where the lawyer stood , quietly detached by one of the windows of her large saloon , gazing out on to the extensive gardens . |
| 24 | John had gone forward to where the batteries were kept . |
| 25 | He looked ahead to where the road curved openly up to the left , free road ahead , that 's where he was going up on that open road ahead with this great sense of power behind his eyes , behind his shoulders , in his thighs . |
| 26 | I gasped and leaned my back against the car while I buttoned the coat up under my chin , then I struggled forward to where the gate shook and rattled . |
| 27 | The crack is straightforward and I move right to below the overhang . |
| 28 | They 're then taken upstream to exactly the same stretch of river they were picked up from two weeks ago and released — clearly happy to back in the territory they recognise … until this time next year , when they 'll be collected once again for another short break in their unlikely holiday location , just off the M25 … |
| 29 | A spokesman for Essex Ambulance Service said the rescue operation was hampered because no vehicles could get close to where the girl had fallen . |
| 30 | He jerked his head up , astonished , but before he could utter a word in his defence , Fei Yen had whirled about and stormed across to where the two girls stood . |