Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The complete task involved lifting a number of panels from their storage racks , loading them on to a jig , clamping them into position , arc welding a seam to join them , and then transferring the welded sub-assembly from the jig to another storage rack so that it could be transported to the next production stage . |
| 2 | He nodded , and Lissa opened it , then added the key to her own set and tossed them on to a ledge next to her bag . |
| 3 | They happen to do something where there is an enormous organization geared up to pushing them on to a pedestal . |
| 4 | Why not pass them on to a hospital or children 's home where they will be treasured . |
| 5 | And but he can get them on to a disk . |
| 6 | Vitor slept for almost an hour and so did Thomas , but both of them awoke as they neared the outskirts of Lisbon , just in time , for now Ashley needed directions , and Vitor navigated them on to a bypass and north along minor roads . |
| 7 | ‘ He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said . |
| 8 | Whatever information you can send me to help steer me on to a path to a more rewarding career would be most appreciated . |
| 9 | ‘ This means I miss my connection and then it creates a scatter at Middlesbrough as they try to fit me on to a train to get to Hartlepool in time . |
| 10 | When I was a schoolgirl some friends took me on to a farm and I used to watch the milking and think what a grand life it was , so healthy , not at all like life in the pits and the factories . |
| 11 | Many people say generally that ‘ there should be no whaling for ethical reasons ’ , but when you try to pin them down to a formulation of those ethics , you find it exceedingly difficult and , I am afraid to say , probably unconvincing to most people of the nations of the world . |
| 12 | Old bushes can be brought back to vigorous life by cutting them down to a foot from the ground at the end of winter . |
| 13 | I and er told Lindsey if she 'd ever any problems never to write them down to a friend |
| 14 | If you have any friends suffering from depression do try to get them along to a Medau Class . |
| 15 | And in the past , the , the nearest we 've got to that is taking them along to a fire station and telling them what sort of people we are , that has been proved in many cases to be counterproductive , because it 's actually an incentive if you wish to set fires from other districts than this . |
| 16 | They took me along to a service at the North Shore Christian Fellowship on the Sunday after the Night of the Great North Wind . |
| 17 | She caught up with me and took me along to a paddock to see her horse . |
| 18 | On the day that Wilson was elected to office , he telephoned me , tracking me down to a restaurant in London , to enquire what to do about the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra . |
| 19 | In the intimidating atmosphere of the Mararios Stadium they silenced the partisan crowd with an early goal and then came so close to getting a second which would surely have put them through to a money spinning meeting with Paris St Germaine . |
| 20 | I picked up my briefcase , started out the door and asked the FBI agent on the case to see me downstairs to a cab because I did n't feel very safe in Chicago . |
| 21 | That 's where fellows called to pick them up , or to take them over to a pub for a pint . |
| 22 | Our Georgia guests used the small flat-bottomed craft to go bonefishing one afternoon , and Thessy , well trained by his father , led them unerringly to a sea-flat by a mangrove swamp where , in just a few heart-racing moments , they landed four of the gleaming and elusive fish . |
| 23 | Of course , Benjamin hustled me away to a corner by ourselves and that was n't hard , everyone now distanced themselves from us . |
| 24 | As I left my GP — he was passing me over to a surgeon — and he shook my hand and wished me luck — that in itself was a bad sign — neither the truth nor the meaning had really sunk in . |
| 25 | They grabbed my arms and swung me over to a mat lying at the side then undid the strap around my ankles . |
| 26 | The sound of a running stream invited me over to a bridge . |
| 27 | What had happened was that , having marched in straight lines over open flat ground for a while , their paths had taken them close to a pebble . |
| 28 | We could send them off to a university or something like that so the . |
| 29 | Evening : invited me home to a buffet meal with a group of friends and colleagues , including , ( Linguistics CIEFL ) , ( Linguistics CIEFL ) , ( Correspondence Course , CIEFL ) , ( Materials Production , CIEFL ) . |
| 30 | Betty had met me at Bellanoch , whisking me off to a venison dinner at her friend 's at Ford . |