Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the [noun sg] [num ord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then , before she realised it , they had stopped and she was pushed down to the ground next to Sung , her back to him . |
| 2 | like for a kick off , he went down to the skip last Saturday , the tip , we had , er he was clearing out the back yard , he took some rubble and boxes and things down there , and he was talking to the fellow there they said oh , he said er they were shutting this skip , er they 're moving it down the road and you 'll have to pay , you 'll have to pay to tip your rubbish |
| 3 | Finish by saying ‘ now all fall over ’ and , as you do it , you lean in to the person next to you and everyone will fall over like a row of dominoes . |
| 4 | I think Paul Reaney would have had a job settling in to the defence last year . |
| 5 | That was why they had hoped he would drop in to the meeting next door . |
| 6 | You 're on , ’ said Susan , leading the way through to the studio next door . |
| 7 | There was no Madame Eglantine , only a garrulous old man who chattered like a magpie , took the package and said he would hand it over to the lady next time she visited the place . |
| 8 | She went easily , her trembling legs no longer capable of supporting her , watching in silence as he strode over to the table next to the window embrasure and stood with his back to her , leaning both fists on the oak surface . |
| 9 | first action on Goals Extra tomorrow tea-time … the live game on sunday comes from Filbert Street … it 's Leicester against Peterborough … we 're off to the rugby next … the big local game tomorrow is at Kingsholm … its Gloucester against Bristol … |
| 10 | ‘ Because I only found the portrait — I was only able to identify the man in her diary when I had to go out to the cottage last Saturday . |
| 11 | La Dolce vita had turned unimaginably sour and it was not long before the Italian stallions were heading back to the English First Division . |
| 12 | You 're preparing me to go out into the street , but I still have to go back to the system first . |
| 13 | Coming back to the council last year , some time in May last year , and er I was telling them about the noise and the situation , at the time . |
| 14 | It meant going back to the village first and taking another road out . |
| 15 | I had suggested in the note that , as it was then three-fifteen , rather than their breaking camp , one of them should drive back and take me to where they were for the night and back to the village next morning . |
| 16 | I 've committed myself to writing some notes on it in cooperation with you so that we can take them back to the group next week to discuss with the others . |
| 17 | I have to go back to the dentist next week but er erm er , in fact , it 's not this coming it 's the week after , it 's a week on Monday I have to go , that 's right . |
| 18 | After their walk across the Braes of Balquhidder , Shiona and Janice got back to the car first . |
| 19 | Her mind flew back to the moment last evening when Benedict had come at her out of the shadows of the hall as she had come downstairs with Lady Merchiston 's empty supper tray . |
| 20 | I took my skis back to the shop next morning , realising that perhaps the marginal snowbridges and crevasses of the Argentiere glacier were not an ideal nursery . |
| 21 | At the start a group of actors and friends are preparing a surprise party for the director , Michael Manx ( Stephen Moore ) , but it is his older brother Alfred , played by Finney , who strides on to the set first . |
| 22 | She watched him warily as he dropped his briefcase on to the chair next to her own and perched on the arm , stretching out long legs , and running his fingers through his hair . |
| 23 | About the papers in the portmanteau and Molly and how I 'm going on to the monastery next . ’ |
| 24 | Er , just this this woman came round to the door last night and said well er , you know the in bi English Dictionary ? |