Example sentences of "[adv] and to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 His eyes narrowed thoughtfully and to her surprise and confusion he suddenly sat beside her on the settee , turning to her and looking at her closely , his gaze roaming over her flushed and beautiful face .
2 The three volumes of The Dynasts , published in 1904 ( printed 1903 ) , 1906 and 1908 , were of the greatest importance to Hardy personally and to his career .
3 M my view about this is that it 's it it is it is that this exercise is that it is er something which has been done very quickly and to my mind is not capable of providing the level of assessment that would be required .
4 He had written letters home and to his fiancée with poems asking them not to weep at his grave .
5 Behind and to her right , impassive but occasionally smiling at a legal point , Richard Ingrams sat on his own .
6 Back a yard or more — here where the covert is thick , someone struck him down from behind and to his left — here on the left side of the path , from ambush . ’
7 Finally , every provision of Community law must be placed in its context and interpreted in the light of the provisions of Community law as a whole , regard being had to the objectives thereof and to its state of evolution at the date on which the provision in question is to be applied . ’
8 Her brother rowed across and to his dismay saw that the man was wearing convict 's clothes .
9 No sooner had I laid back down when the sound of the buzzer broke the peace again and to my amazement it was the boilie rod .
10 At approximately 1,500 feet I opened my eyes again and to my joy realised that I was very much lower down .
11 He saw ahead and to their left a wedge of earth fallen from the bank .
12 The only other Hurricane of which I was aware at this time was flown by Hamish Hamilton , which was ahead and to my left .
13 Ahead and to our right a head breaks the surface .
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