Example sentences of "[v-ing] [adv] to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He called out : ‘ I ca n't hold on any longer , ’ then fell straight on the ledge below , bounded out into the air , turning a somersault backwards , and pitching on to a grass projection some 30′ lower down … |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , ’ Delaney finally said , hanging on to a handle to steady himself , ‘ only what were they working on ? |
| 3 | ‘ It was never like this in the Store ! ’ said Nisodemus , climbing on to a half-brick . |
| 4 | Clytemnestra agreed vociferously , leaping on to a stool and screeching hysterically at sight of her lead . |
| 5 | Hours on , a patch of green deep in a valley : and the valley opening on to a maze of broken fields . |
| 6 | Artist Janet Margrave has created a window opening on to a scene of flowers , ivy-clad trellis , a rush fringed pool and trees . |
| 7 | At Hamilton Terrace Minton used as his studio and bedroom an airy ground-floor room with french windows opening on to a balcony that overlooked the large garden . |
| 8 | Half convinced , she shrugged philosophically and turned to leave the apartment 's square entrance hall in which they were standing , aware of Luke following her into the luxuriously appointed lounge , a long elegant room which ended in sliding glass doors opening on to a balcony with a view she had spent part of the afternoon enjoying , pretty green parkland dotted with ornamental ponds linked by a winding , deeply cut stream that was spanned by the occasional arched stone bridge . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes — bedroom , bathroom , a door opening on to a section of enclosed veranda , and an open veranda beyond that , looking down on to a rather beautiful tropical garden . |
| 10 | It is n't large , like his château in Brittany , rather it is a charming summer pavilion , with French windows opening on to a terrace all along the façade of the house . |
| 11 | The greatest benefit of the deal for BA comprises the sharing of flight codes which means that transatlantic passengers booking on to a USAir flight in the US would automatically transfer to a BA flight for the Atlantic crossing . |
| 12 | The major benefit of the deal for BA was described yesterday as the sharing of flight codes which meant that transatlantic passengers booking on to a USAir flight in the US would automatically transfer to a BA flight for the Atlantic crossing . |
| 13 | It was happening only to a minority . |
| 14 | The deep rumbling of the explosions dying down to a hissing of falling dust , everything grew quiet , and the twenty or so survivors collapsed against a low wall to get their breath back . |
| 15 | Minnis decided to do something for others who might similarly be afflicted which resulted in the Kenilworth Club and the PGL contributing annually to a fund . |
| 16 | I hurried along keeping close to a wall and waiting for the inevitable mortar burst that would follow in the path of the jeep . |
| 17 | On Friday George Tinsley and John Warnock , of The North Yorkshire Brewing Company , are jetting off to a trade fair in Tokyo to promote the pride and joy of Teesside 's real ale enthusiasts . |
| 18 | HOLIDAY HEARTBREAK : But returning home to a burglary can be avoided |
| 19 | The only problem was the , term , drug content , a problem Dr Thompson planned to solve personally , by an ingenious change in his ending ; instead of driving up to a plane , he would drive into it , and explode . |
| 20 | Wiping or scrubbing with the arm fully extended is less efficient than squaring up to a job and wiping an area slightly offset from the vertical bodycentreline . |
| 21 | ‘ We are not playing kick and rush , ’ he insisted when driving out to a friend 's hotel in the Derwent Valley below Consett , pausing now and then to savour the uncluttered Durham landscape , his heart for ever in the North-east of England . |
| 22 | At 10.40 on 20 January a climactic explosion occurred , with a huge ash-laden cloud climbing upwards to a height of 13,000 metres in two minutes . |
| 23 | Only as the car was crunching softly to a halt in the gravel of the yard did Charlotte ask suddenly , but in a tone so subdued as to suggest that she had been contemplating the question for some time , and refrained from asking it only for fear of the answer : |
| 24 | With a twinge of conscience it occurred to her that it was not often Omi got out ; a rare trip to the theatre or a concert , Wannsee in summer , or Potsdam , but in the winter she was trapped in the flat , passing long , lonely hours looking on to a street where little happened . |
| 25 | No longer will you find yourself pushing on to a point where you say " that will do " and hastily include a few rounding off sentences . |
| 26 | It projects beyond the face of the house fronting on to a highway . |
| 27 | Then they were gliding in to a crown of diamond lights and it was time . |
| 28 | I took a quick breath of relief as I heard it ; the engine of another boat , throttling down to a murmur as she crept into the bay . |
| 29 | I can not imagine a more uplifting experience than listening through to a sequence of Brahms 's chamber compositions such as if offered here . |
| 30 | The BMW 525i is 16% more powerful than its predecessor and capable of pushing up to a speed of 143 mph . |