Example sentences of "[vb base] [adv prt] [prep] [noun] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | They drag on from generation to generation and emigration to Britain makes very little difference . |
| 2 | He would have liked to stand on the roof of the train and leap along from car to car like one of the bad guys in that Western . |
| 3 | Unless one has followed the rug-making process through from clipping to completion , the only way to assess the quality of the wool is to rely on the " feel " of the item and the reputation of the individual weaving group . |
| 4 | We urgently need a promotional video — one of the most effective tools to communicate with a wide audience — which we can show to groups and visitors within RBG ; send out on loan to groups , schools and other organisations , and use as a vehicle to promote ourselves to potential sponsors and supporters . |
| 5 | There are grypesh out in force to the north . ’ |
| 6 | As we read our participants ' accounts , the severity of retribution is to be understood against a background of the degree to which they feel let down in relation to their expectations of those they feel they should respect . |
| 7 | But thy silk twist let down from heav'n to me |
| 8 | Such errors show up from time to time as inconsistencies in the records , but much worse are those that go undetected , and which could lead to the wrong conclusions being drawn when the records are analysed . |
| 9 | Your two crystals grow visibly : they break up from time to time and the pieces also grow . |
| 10 | Hold up to needles to estimate number of stitches required then deduct two at each end . |
| 11 | To a very large extent this is what Ashton does in A Month in the Country where the non-dancers speak out from time to time in explicit gestures . |
| 12 | The streams of some hanging valleys drop down over waterfalls to the main valley . |
| 13 | Good tactics , whether planned or not — the more gentry were pinned down here , the fewer were left to muster the Volunteers or ride off with news to the Deputies at Blairgowrie . |
| 14 | The Mad Hatter and the White Rabbit ( alias Trevor and Erika Payers ) pose for the perfect shot ( above ) and then ride off in tandem to their reception , a distance of eight miles ( left ) |
| 15 | I just pop up from time to time to see if Bob 's all right . ’ |
| 16 | Stand back from time to time and take a look at the big picture . |
| 17 | If we consider Out with respect to the conception of metaphor examined above , the desperate sputterings of the main character can be seen as active or ‘ verbal ’ in their metaphoric function : his discourse mobilizes and metaphorizes all others and has only tenuous links with any reality outside its field of operation . |
| 18 | These ‘ fireside ’ monologues emerge from an assortment of inter-related characters and jump back through time to poor white Adam , ( Nature 's mistake ) . |
| 19 | Thus , negotiations will include representations and " other dealings " which extend back in time to when the debtor or hirer reads an advertisement inserted by the negotiator . |
| 20 | " Dom João has asked that you travel back to Lisbon to be married there . " |
| 21 | Look out for signs to Federation Cup Park and Ride at city approaches . |
| 22 | I valued his judgement highly , and look back with pleasure to the several visits I made to him-and his equally delightful wife Elizabeth at their cottage in Cambridge where he was a fellow of Churchill College . |
| 23 | In this chapter I look back over responses to the challenges of curriculum planning and development in Africa in the ‘ sixties and ‘ seventies . |
| 24 | As I look back over visits to schools in recent years , the impressions , the differences , the experiences come crowding in . |
| 25 | Pivot up to 90° to the right or left |
| 26 | So , for example , with 4 points a Steam Tank can move forward 6″ , pivot up to 90° to its left and then shoot . |
| 27 | Finally , he makes considerable use of ‘ natural experiments ’ , the sociological , or in this case literary , device , of studying those natural contrasts which crop up from time to time . |
| 28 | It may just be a question of getting up ten minutes earlier in the morning or taking ten minutes when you get in from work to be alone and to reflect and relax . |
| 29 | Not a pleasant task but the men get a bit browned-off sitting on their hunkers here , doing precious little but dig , and insecure grumbles to their wives and girl friends creep in from time to time . |
| 30 | Rich men in gowns , dresses and Roman robes set off on foot to north , south , east and west . |