Example sentences of "[vb past] [adv prt] to an [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A beautifully open and controlled solo from Andrew Coy ( clarinet ) led on to an expansive string sound and a rollicking dance . |
| 2 | He passed on to an empty table . |
| 3 | We got in to an unreserved seating area for 13 quid . |
| 4 | Beyond this , four short steps led down to an oval door let into a solid steel bulkhead . |
| 5 | She stood looking after him for a moment ; then she dropped on to an upturned box , and bending her head into the folds of flesh under her chin , she asked of herself why she had to do this . |
| 6 | I ran towards it and flopped on to an old bench . |
| 7 | And he boobed when he sneaked off to an isolated toilet for a crafty fag — because his foreman was in the next cubicle . |
| 8 | It added up to an emphatic win by 137 runs , in the first of the tourists ' warm-up matches before Sunday 's opening Nehru Cup match against Sri Lanka . |
| 9 | Green Realignment 's independent existence got off to an uncertain start when one of the six members of its steering group , Lou Betts , announced that he had decided to rejoin the Green Party . |
| 10 | DEALINGS in BDM , the storage and retrieval company recently brought to market , got off to an uneasy start , standing at 117p against the 125p issue price . |
| 11 | The new service got off to an inauspicious start when the unit earmarked for a media preview on Friday had to be substituted due to technical problems . |
| 12 | But many marriages , like that of the writer J. A. Symonds , got off to an unsteady start as mutual ignorances and shyness inhibited consummation . |
| 13 | The arched door , bearing the same lion and shield as Nicolo 's plane , opened on to an enclosed atrium . |
| 14 | Its front door opened on to an average Cotswold high street . |
| 15 | For example , we would expect to find cells that give an excitatory response to long wavelength light shone on one part of the retina and an inhibitory response to long wavelength light shone on to an adjacent part . |
| 16 | Lord Harris agreed to be chairman and a group of academics , about half of those whom Robertson had approached , turned up to an informal first meeting at Dean 's Yard , Westminster ( ‘ Suddenly all these distinguished geezers I had spoken to on the phone were there in this room ’ ) . |
| 17 | Nigel got back to an empty house with no Gina . |
| 18 | There was only one last contretemps before the hotel settled down to an uneasy sleep . |
| 19 | It was strange that this wild young man settled down to an exemplary career as a Marine and on retirement became a probation officer . |
| 20 | Gomes went on to an unbeaten century , thanks to Malcolm Marshall . |
| 21 | We went down to an awful Wimpy Bar opposite Chagueramas — which later became The Roxy . |
| 22 | Once in the vagina it 's a different story , with the progress of the sperm reined in to an average speed of two feet every twenty-four hours . |
| 23 | He went over to an ornate walk-in fireplace surmounted by heraldic animal heads carved in stone and pulled a fraying red cord . |
| 24 | But Rose 's looks went back to an earlier time with big , wide eyes and strong yet delicate profile . |
| 25 | She glanced towards the window to catch a glimpse of Mrs Hollidaye 's car but the windows , though clear glass , gave on to an enclosed garden with bare rose bushes poking up like black twigs through the slush . |
| 26 | Before the British destroyed the surrounding buildings in 1857 , the Naqqar Khana gave on to an enclosed courtyard leading up to the Diwan-i-am , the forty-pillared Hall of Public Audience , the site of the Imperial Durbars . |
| 27 | One morning he batted on to an unbeaten hundred . |
| 28 | Towards the edge of the wood , where the ground became open and sloped down to an old fence and a brambly ditch beyond , only a few fading patches of pale yellow still showed among the dog 's mercury and oak-tree roots . |
| 29 | At each town the Captain had to greet the mayor and they tucked in to an excellent meal afterwards . |
| 30 | Persson dominated the first game and his venomous top spin attack proved too strong for even Chen 's defences as they were breached 21–8 but Chen held on to an even scoreline in the second game . |