Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] [pers pn] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | The fingers were long , unnaturally thin , the skin on them so clear it seemed he could see right through them to the bone itself . |
| 2 | He looked thoughtfully from her to the dresser . |
| 3 | Isabel 's gaze skittered nervously past them to the two men-at-arms , now held at the end of a very businesslike sword attached to the hand of the young man she had seen with Guy at the church . |
| 4 | This can now be seen at Scotland 's only Thai restaurant , Buntom 's in Nelson Street , the proprietors having given most generously for it to the cause . |
| 5 | And he picked up Gabriel with just one arm round his hips , and stumped stolidly away with him to the privacy of the inn . |
| 6 | If you are n't as good as if you were in church , the train wo n't come , and we sha n't go away in it to the ends of the earth . |
| 7 | At first this was hard to prove , since local authorities were now given many new relief duties : at the same time a number of extensive taxation rights were transferred away from them to the Centre . |
| 8 | The summons of Winchelsey to Rome only served to redirect baronial irritation away from him to the pope . |
| 9 | He examined the long split-level room stretching away from him to the tall windows at the far end . |
| 10 | The ravine widened and opened upon the sly , the curtain-wall with its vast bulk of darkness curved away from him to the right , and left him . |
| 11 | I measure sixty paces along the wall and then walk away from it to the nearest tree . |
| 12 | Before Rachel could reply , Ace walked quickly past them to the communications terminal . |
| 13 | Now they have developed , with the help of Professor Van Aken of Utrecht University , a simple method of Roentgen photography , whereby a low-powered X-ray ( 220 volts exactly , which are converted to 5000 volts ) passes through the paper and exposes the negative directly behind it to the exact amount of radiation needed to show up the detailed structure of the impression left by the mould and the watermark . |
| 14 | In 1913 , Liam Murphy did sail for New York without Nellie , promising to send for her ‘ as soon as he was settled ’ but Nessie O'Neil was n't sure and took her daughter home with her to the farm ‘ for company ’ . |
| 15 | ‘ We have therefore suspended the Winchester Group as an appointed representative of the Norwich Union to take effect immediately and to continue until such time as they hear further from us to the contrary . |
| 16 | I could see straight through him to the muddy , catpaw marks on the back door . |
| 17 | While it declined to say how much money it got this time , its four backers , the Mayfield Fund , Institutional Venture Partners , Menlo Ventures and St Paul Venture Capital , are now into it to the tune of $12.2m total . |
| 18 | From 25:10 onwards the description moves from the inside to the outside : first the furnishings , the ark , table and lampstand ( 25:20–40 ) , then the tent-covering ( 26:1–37 ) , then beyond it to the altar and the court ( 27:1–19 ) . |
| 19 | Making an effort , Albert told Bella where they were going , and she sent a pair of children 's ski mitts ahead of them to the pension . |
| 20 | In Cairo , exhausted by the traumas of recent weeks , she had been concerned not only about the Shah and his morale , but also about their four children who had gone ahead of them to the states . |
| 21 | Holly-jack waved , then pointed ahead of them to the north . |
| 22 | He went ahead of her to the concert hall , bought the tickets , and stood waiting for her in the foyer . |
| 23 | Frank , going ahead of her to the boat , turns for her . |
| 24 | In the event , the decision proved premature and the UK equity market had another 11% appreciation ahead of it to the end of 1992 . |
| 25 | We sent a small plane load of things ahead of us to the States . |