Example sentences of "[num] [noun] [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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1 | If your travel from the UK for your outward journey or from Holland for the return journey is delayed for over 12 hours ( due to strike/industrial action , weather conditions or mechanical breakdown ) from the scheduled time , then a benefit of £20 for the first 12 hours and £10 for each subsequent 12 hours up to a maximum of £60 . |
2 | To reach the sea below guests can take the lift , footpath and flight of 177 steps down to a small private beach . |
3 | When Billy finally opened , it was an immediate hit , the lavish production opening spectacularly with Crawford descending forty feet on to the stage by parachute , with the help of a harness . |
4 | Yep , someone behind the goal had it , about 30 yards down to the left of where we were sat . |
5 | But you must wait for good weather to appreciate the mighty Picos de Europa range of mountains , just follow the river Deva through the dramatic La Hermida Defile ravine to the pretty Alpinesque town of Potes and on the Fuente Dé , where a cable car ascends the last 800 metres up to the sheer rock face . |
6 | The rescuers had hoped to bring forty children back to the region to be fostered by families here . |
7 | There were six steps up to the tiny stage , Gary would be playing the intro , and with each of the steps Madame would say a woman 's name , fingering one of the rings . |
8 | Luckily , Andy cottoned on to what I was trying to say and took the cradle to the top of the building , where we had to jump six feet on to the roof . |
9 | They 're usually purchased over the counter with no instructions , but last week I bought one in a plastic sleeve , on which the following instructions were printed : ‘ This voltage indicator is suitable for testing AC voltage from 100 volts up to a maximum of 500 volts against earth The metal part on top of the indicator must be touched to operate it , and the earthing position of the user largely determines whether it lights up or not . |
10 | For six years up to the war , they had raised millions to help their German cousins and had absorbed over 60,000 refugees , not all of them living off charity by any means , but with the great majority owing thanks to Jewish organisations for giving them a new start . |
11 | After two months in kennels they move on to the dog supply unit for 11 months , during which time they will be required to train at least six dogs up to the blindfold standard , and pass the guide dog trainer examination . |
12 | A formal post-sample forecast statistic for the six quarters up to the end of 1988 was obtained using the Salkever ( 1976 ) dummy variable analogue of the Chow test . |
13 | Alarmed by their disappointed Bonington descended the mountain and , with an increasing sense of foreboding , trekked the 45 miles over to the Kangshung glacier with expedition doctor Charlie Clarke in the slim hope that they had somehow descended the mountain by that side . |
14 | The only gain she 'd got was it was about another two or three foot up to the ceiling . |
15 | And erm take them and down two two or three loads down to the station . |
16 | When everyone has been checked , a senior Ranger leads about a dozen riders over to the park where less experienced riders are given lessons . |
17 | Fuchida ordered his remaining 324 aircraft back to the waiting carriers but stayed as long as he could over the target . |
18 | He motioned Karlinsky forward and with a generous flourish directed him up the three steps on to the small platform in front of the Ark of the Law where a lectern had been placed . |
19 | It has a thirty-five-foot living-room , with — mouth open — ’ Vitor ordered , and gave her another piece of chocolate ‘ — a flight of three steps up to a generously sized dining area . |
20 | He carried the pot and three mugs through to the front room . |
21 | After hammering another three wood on to the green at the 36th , Faldo 's position seemed impregnable . |
22 | From these thrashing heights they would then shin ninety feet down to the decks again on single frayed and rusting wires . |
23 | Spooning the garlic and ginger paste into the snapper and over their skin , he dropped the first three fish on to the grill and called down to the other Latinos to bring plates and cutlery from the galley . |
24 | The ditch seemed a long time ago : two weeks and three days back to the lonely silent abandoned struggle in the attic , to the life that seemed now to be the dream , with Shellerton the reality . |
25 | Bosch will be able to buy them out in 1996 for 20.4 times average earnings per share in the previous three years up to a maximum of 394p . |
26 | ‘ Still at it ? ’ grunted Jacko , slamming a tray laden with three tankards on to the table . |
27 | The match was moved three sections down to a stretch where carp would not figure quite so much . |
28 | The cycle chain came off twice on the three miles back to the van , but I could n't be cross . |
29 | And they 'll come from oh two or three miles back to the same tree . |
30 | Why I 'm yes that that might be a bit more complicated because that means we 've got to get a thousand a thousand reject up to a thousand reject ball bearings which are all the same . |