Example sentences of "[coord] [adv prt] to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There 's something about this matter which could lead us to the gallows or on to the knife of some hired assassin . |
| 2 | Or on to the point of someone 's sword ! ’ |
| 3 | Bring the water to a simmer and put the platter of fish into the steamer or on to the rack . |
| 4 | She went up on the hills or down to the beach . |
| 5 | The feeling is that no amount of legislative safeguards can entirely eliminate the risk of a chemical spill , wreaking havoc in this watery landscape where a network of mountain streams fed by high rainfall could quickly wash the damage into the drinking water , or down to the mussel farm and salmon fishery at the mouth of Killary harbour . |
| 6 | Wander down to the Etangs d'Ixelles or over to the Square Marie-Louise to admire the lush art-nouveau mansions built from fortunes amassed in the steamy Belgian Congo . |
| 7 | After all , there were only two ways that Harry could come on to Grace , the gangplank across from Maurice , on which Stripey lay digesting uneasily , or back to the wharf and round by the afterdeck . |
| 8 | Or back to the dealer . |
| 9 | It looks just like smalltown America — the kind of place where you could set Twin Peaks or Back To The Future 4 — but it 's bigger . |
| 10 | It looks just like smalltown America — the kind of place where you could set Twin Peaks or Back To The Future 4 — but it 's bigger . |
| 11 | Do they want to fall in or out to the sides ? |
| 12 | Sometimes I 'd have to go off and strip off to fight straight after a caddying session , off the course , drop the bag and on to the fairground . |
| 13 | His body leaped like a salmon , airborne , as he turned and crashed down again , then rolled off the scarp and on to the clearing . |
| 14 | She turned her head away , scalding tears coursing down her cheeks and on to the pillow which had absorbed her earlier grief . |
| 15 | Corbett muttered curses but followed Selkirk up the ladder and on to the deck of the ship . |
| 16 | Ian shook himself free from his bunk , pulled on his flannels and swung himself up the companionway and on to the deck . |
| 17 | I thought that perhaps something came through the air-vent , down the bell-rope and on to the bed . |
| 18 | Olten is where the line from Zurich to Bern and on to the resorts of Lac Leman and to Geneva crosses that from Basle to Lucerne , the famous , is St Gotthard Pass , the Italianate Ticino , thence to Milan and Italy itself . |
| 19 | He got up , went out into the courtyard to piss and on to the kitchen to beg for a cup of watered ale and a slice of greasy bacon to silence the hunger pangs of his stomach for he had not eaten since leaving Holy Rood Abbey the previous day . |
| 20 | Quite apart from the time demanded by the town itself , a visit to the Rhine Falls and another to Stein-am-Rhein , you should reserve a day for a trip by steamer down the Rhine , and on to the Untersee and Konstanz and back . |
| 21 | After a hair-raising careen out of the park , through the backstreets of Muswell Hill , Bounds Green , and on to the North Circular Road ( only in the broadest interpretation of the term could the Apostate be described as knowing how to drive ) , Rainbow persuadesd Anya to untie her hands and feet , and let her get back behind the wheel . |
| 22 | Steve Hinton , flying the T-33 Red Baron pace aircraft , led the racers down the ‘ chute ’ and on to the race course at about 400mph . |
| 23 | Afterwards , the actor was swept from the courtroom and along the corridors , closely pursued by screaming fans and on to the court steps , where he said in a prepared statement : ‘ This has not been a case about homosexuality and I resent any suggestion that it was . |
| 24 | Without speaking they walked through the gap of the east window and on to the edge of the cliff and saw only the moon-bleached beach stretching north and south , the thin fringe of white foam . |
| 25 | Christina was pleased to get her into the car without being mobbed , and drove quickly out of town and on to the coast-road . |
| 26 | Bella was very old now and would probably be glad of a rest , George considered , so he drew the pony to a halt and walked her off the road and on to the quarry floor . |
| 27 | Our long-term aim is to shift the burden of taxation away from the things the country needs more of — income , savings and value added — and on to the things we want less of , such as pollution and resource depletion . |
| 28 | ‘ Now the chief priest is going to say a prayer for the boats on the beach , ’ he explained , as they went with other spectators to join in behind the end of the procession and follow it across the square and on to the sand . |
| 29 | If you had any energy at all , you could keep height and continue to Sgurr na Sgine and on to The Saddle , but you would need thighs like Graeme Souness 's . |
| 30 | I was proud and delighted when Shimi Lovat invited me to join him as piper , and later , on the morning of 6th June , to pipe his 1st Commando Brigade through the surf and on to the Normandy beaches , where so many men were killed or seriously wounded . |