Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I know , yes but I mean it 's interesting at lunch time I had a , I had a working lunch with someone and a month after we had finished all the work and stuff , we got on to a whole pile of other things and , and I was talking about some of the -ists and one of the -ists I was talking about was feminism and how I 'd been in an amazing meeting a few weeks ago where you know I used that word and the women , it was all a meeting with women , the women there had absolutely freaked at the use of the word feminism and feminists . |
| 2 | ‘ Once I got on to a main road I would n't have any trouble getting a lift . ’ |
| 3 | His first one-man show was at The Artists Gallery 1941 and he showed with Peggy Guggenheim 's Art of this Century in 1944 which led on to a one man-show at the Guggenheim in 1947 . |
| 4 | It was painted while and there was an untidy hedge in front of it , divided by a rickety gate which led on to a short path to the front door . |
| 5 | Below , uneven steps carved out of the cliff led down to a small sandy cove . |
| 6 | There was a trap-door in the centre of the kitchen floor , which led down to a deep cellar . |
| 7 | A trail of ash led down to a ragged , greasy jacket , buttoned with extreme strain over two pullovers which reached to just above the knee of oiled and dusty denims . |
| 8 | Outside them , by an open area and a covered section , a small flight of steps led down to a low outbuilding which faced the open area . |
| 9 | Lindsey was n't entirely sure she 'd agree as they moved on to a gleaming operating theatre . |
| 10 | Hendrie moved on to a perfect Payton pass , went round goalkeeper Keith Welsh with ease , and shot into the empty net . |
| 11 | Hendrie moved on to a perfect Payton pass , went round goalkeeper Keith Welsh with ease , and shot into the empty net . |
| 12 | A minute later Payton moved on to a sloppy Jobling pass and shot into the side netting as fans jumped to their feet in anticipation of a goal . |
| 13 | The man who entered a monastery did so , in principle , for life ; there were of course apostates ; there were also a number who moved on to a stricter way of life ; and a few who were promoted to abbeys elsewhere , or to bishoprics , or even to the papacy . |
| 14 | ‘ It was important that I moved on to a bigger stage , with a club in the top bracket of the English First Division , or Celtic and Rangers . ’ |
| 15 | There was no room with Jimmy and Sean , and Marcus and Pete moved on to a different table . |
| 16 | She shut the trunk and moved on to a large cardboard box . |
| 17 | As it howled on to a new course , the river bank no longer protected Trent and Mariana from the worst of its savagery . |
| 18 | ) A tunnel of netting stretched over semi-circular hoops narrowed down to a small catching area . |
| 19 | but Bob and I did , I could , I could remember the day we moved in to a hundred and eleven er we 'd never , never been upstairs in a house before you see we 'd been brought up in a bungalow and we 'd never ever been upstairs and the thoughts of going upstairs to bed , you know , was fantastic |
| 20 | One memorable day I wandered along to a municipal course and sat waiting while they fixed me up with a fourball . |
| 21 | She had a friend who kept them caseless in huge straw baskets and crunched the loose cases to bits , muttering ‘ Oh , shit ’ as he wandered through to a five-by-eight foot kitchen where nine wires ran from the central lightbulb . |
| 22 | As she did so , she noticed that the heath adjoining the road rose up to a small hill , on top of which stood an old and dilapidated windmill . |
| 23 | They were closed , but just beyond them he cut the engine and drew up to a short flight of steps with a small studded door at the top . |
| 24 | On past trips to Japan and Saudi Arabia Philip Somerville created up to a dozen hats for her . |
| 25 | I staggered back to a cold bed but Margot and Phoebe had fled . |
| 26 | Then he dropped his arms as the music changed back to a funky disco beat , and without his support she stumbled , only just managing to catch herself in time before she fell against him . |
| 27 | ‘ He was a young man , and I am sure that his message got through to a great many people . |
| 28 | They did n't stop at the nearest building , but drove on to a bigger one with many more vehicles outside . |
| 29 | Two minutes after the interval he darted on to a long through ball and scored with a low shot . |
| 30 | However , setting this aside and taking parent-authorisation at face value , the high percentage of absent pupils came down to a small percentage perceived to be casual or persistent truants . |