Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is pesticide-free and traps male moths by luring them on to a sticky pad with the aid of a sex attractant ( a pheromene lure capsule ) given off by female moths to attract a mate . |
| 2 | They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland . |
| 3 | The reason for this may well be that the hospital consultant is reluctant to let go medical responsibility for former patients and thrust them on to a local GP , but he is not normally easily available when off duty or working in a clinic many miles away . |
| 4 | But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 6 | ’ You put me on to a good thing , ’ he went on , ’ with Ardakke . |
| 7 | My brother could make me cry just by lifting me on to a five-foot-high garden trellis and leaving me there , so I was hardly a miniature Chris Bonnington . |
| 8 | As regards yeomen the statistics serve chiefly to emphasise the difficulty of pinning them down to a precise definition . |
| 9 | They did come in , and it took seven of them to get me down to a single cell . |
| 10 | ABERDEEN flirted with disaster at Kilbowie last night before two goals in the final 15 minutes from Scott Booth took them through to a Scottish Cup semi-final against Hibs at Tynecastle on 3 April . |
| 11 | The Everglades kite in Florida picks up snails and carries them off to a feeding perch . |
| 12 | Mothers no doubt think they are doing the very best for their children , getting them off to a good night 's sleep . |
| 13 | The taxi took them off to a small restaurant , and with everywhere seeming crowded to full capacity Fabia guessed , when they were straight away shown to a table , that Ven must have had the forethought to book in advance . |
| 14 | It 's a fast ascent on to the bealach , and then a right turn takes you on to a surprising flat little plateau sporting a tiny circular lochan . |
| 15 | The first stage of the programme is designed to get you on to a balanced , low-calorie diet , and to cleanse you system so that in Stage II you will be able to tell which foods suit your body the most . |
| 16 | from nowhere running , carried you in to a quiet room |
| 17 | This application itself can get you off to a good or bad start . |
| 18 | Giving a little thought to body language beforehand will get you off to a good start . |
| 19 | Why not the luxurious et cetera bath , and let me take you out to a decent dinner ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ They have the same basic EQ as a humbucker , so you can get that really crunchy sort of distortion , but we also found that when you linked them up to a Fender-style five-way switch they had this amazing ability to clean up , like a Strat , in the in-between positions . |
| 21 | He brings some out , we stew them up to a dark amber and sit sipping . |
| 22 | However , he has said : ‘ If social services want to keep some kind of data about the additional services which may not immediately be necessary , I do n't think the process is going to open them up to a legal threat . ’ |
| 23 | Incidentally , the last I heard , that weekly coach to the Upper Witham was still running — under the name of Heeley Angling Club and , even more surprising , I understand that ’ Jock ’ was still driving them up to a few years ago . |
| 24 | If their work is seasonal , do n't forget to change them back to a standard adult food ( so-called ‘ maintenance food ’ ) when they 're not working . |
| 25 | ‘ This will help to redress the balance and bring them back to a positive situation . |
| 26 | That is often the spur which gets them back to a proper relationship with the almighty car . |
| 27 | Eduardo took me out to a nearby restaurant on the Tuesday evening , saying he was too lazy to cook and that he does not often nowadays have any or many chances to take women out ( ! ) , so in return on the Wednesday I got food to make up the rest of a meal using two wild ducks had generously given me to roast , and we had the second one cold on the Thursday after my second meeting . |
| 28 | If he had hoped that a row might spur him on to a direct , hands on approach to murdering Elinor , Henry was disappointed . |
| 29 | He was approached by the Huddersfield directors early in 1921 and the offer spurred him on to a determined effort to prove his innocence in the Leeds City affair . |
| 30 | She was just getting used to the chestnut when Alejandro moved her on to a dark brown mare who , when it was n't bucking , shied at the ball , and then on to another chestnut , whom she had great difficulty in holding . |