Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the tarn , I followed my nose down to a cairn that stands on the shoulder above Deepdale Side where the view down Deepdale into Dentdale was so good that I sat and looked at it for a good half-hour until the thought that I needed to be home by late afternoon pushed me on down to the green lane of the old Craven Way . |
| 2 | She snapped her glass down on to a small side-table and stood up decisively . |
| 3 | This is quite easy to do on an animation stand , with the camera pointing down on to a flat board which supports the artwork . |
| 4 | He was ‘ jumped ’ by a Focke Wulf FW190 flown by the German ace , Robert Spreckels , and forced down on to a Danish beach . |
| 5 | We stood at the railed-off observation platform at Bartlet Nab and looked down on to a spectacular scene . |
| 6 | In desperation Odd-Knut suggests we go down on to a frozen lake , Devdisvatn , the Lake of the Dead Man . |
| 7 | ‘ Although I must say , Julie , ’ she added , throwing her briefcase down on to a nearby chair , ‘ I do think that you might have given me the ‘ Gypsy 's Warning ’ before I left for work today ! ’ |
| 8 | He sank down on to a convenient chair and shook his head dolefully . |
| 9 | She turned to look at him , and he drew her gently down on to the cool grass . |
| 10 | Each morning trucks from the factory bumped along a dust road and turned down on to the low gravel bank where we were moored . |
| 11 | Move down on to the second page then . |
| 12 | She flopped down on to the padded driver 's seat , planning to catch up on her sleep . |
| 13 | One hand was tangled in her hair , holding her down , and with the other he traced a line past her collarbone and down on to the softer flesh beneath , tugging the neckline of her dress lower and lower , until Folly could feel it brush the swollen aureoles of her breasts under the silk of her bra . |
| 14 | Their tusks were gnarled and they differed from the older Daurog in one remarkable and savage aspect : ridges of long , black spikes grew from the fronts of their bodies ; the central , vertical line of thorns ran down on to the twisting , restless sex organs that hung from their rotund bellies . |
| 15 | On other JAR matters , the Library staff restructuring has pushed a lot more work down on to the front desk staff , and I 'm sure that the effects will be noticed in future . |
| 16 | And , after the two of them had slipped down on to the expensive and discreet rug , the rest of his body also demonstrated its unimpaired mobility . |
| 17 | I picked up my cup and saucer and flopped down on to the half-moon hearthrug , curious as to what the desired effect of the substance was supposed to be , and wondering why it had n't worked , when I noticed the saucer felt thicker . |
| 18 | The thinning veil of cloud eddied in a gust of wind , and suddenly we were below it , looking down on to the flat roofs of a town spread out in a broad valley of rain-washed green . |
| 19 | Joe now withdrew his hand from the desk and , rising to his feet , he looked down on to the upturned faces of the two men and said , ‘ My mother may remain in the house as long as she wishes , but the running of it , the accounts and such , I wish to leave in your control . |
| 20 | ’ He tossed them down on to the small saucer on the table . |
| 21 | Shadows wavered backwards through the green railings and down on to the sunken slipway leading to the chain-ferry . |
| 22 | Huy 's job was to tamp this second layer down on to the first . |
| 23 | We reached the edge of the cliff and flopped down on to the soft turf . |
| 24 | But there was nothing , and with a quick twist of her body she hoisted herself over the wooden rail to slither down on to the deserted deck . |
| 25 | He heard a gasp from the crowd of people gathered below , he seemed to hang forever in mid-air and then , miraculously , he was crashing down on to the opposite roof . |
| 26 | I revived as I felt myself go hurtling through the air and crashed down on to the wooden planks of the scaffold . |
| 27 | She did not weep silently like her mother in a web of hands and hair , but noisily , like a child , with great sobs and huge tears that splashed down on to the brown wool of her skirt to which little bits of hay still clung from the afternoon . |
| 28 | The move to Apollo Place brought Minton to an area long associated with artists ; through a circular window half-way up the stairs he looked down on to the next door studio which had once belonged to Turner . |
| 29 | We came out of the beach-hut belt and slid down on to the barrelling freeway . |
| 30 | The doctor looked down on to the younger children 's heads and his teeth clamped down even harder on his cigar . |