Example sentences of "[adv prt] to the first [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Under the new policy , anyone working on the twelfth floor will need to go down to the first floor to clock out , to the fourth floor to find a smoking room , down to the first to clock on again and back to the twelfth to carry on working . |
| 2 | So anyway , after fucking weeks and weeks and weeks I had come out to me one day , and Mr came out and he said to me he had a wee bucket and shovels and he says er bring me down to the first floor so I opened to let him out and he gets out and he says to me , now take her half way between the first and second floor and stop her . |
| 3 | ‘ Okay , ’ she walked with him down to the first landing . |
| 4 | Red and white signs , showing an izard 's head , are the only indication that you are entering it , the izard being a sort of chamois native to the Pyrenees which is now doing well there again after having earlier been hunted almost out of existence — its survival has been put down to the First World War , when men turned to killing one another and the animals had an armistice which enabled them to breed again . |
| 5 | I do n't believe in wasting time , so if Fran is free for lunch I shall take her out and we can get down to the first lesson . ’ |
| 6 | Then I saw an advert for a new consciousness-raising group in Spare Rib , and went along to the first meeting . |
| 7 | So it 's automatically built in to the first life assured , but it is an option for the second if they want it . |
| 8 | If you remember your , from , from your history at school the , the , the first world war the Americans in the historic role of arriving at wars rather late erm came in to the first world war to win it for us erm and after it President Wilson who used to be professor of politics at Princeton , just put that in , er President Wilson created , essentially cos we were all bankrupt at the time as usual er the Americans the only ones who had any money left at the end of the wars , erm President Wilson helped to create the League of Nations , the forerunner of the United Nations but the U S senate refused to ratify the agreement . |
| 9 | Twenty-eight years ago Liverpool beat Arsenal 3-2 and 20,000 people tuned in to the first edition to hear Kenneth Wolstenholme describe the action . |
| 10 | I have played all the way through to the First Division , where we lasted only one season before relegation . |
| 11 | us through to the first week of September . |
| 12 | Harold , through to the first quarter-final of his professional career , said : ‘ This is obviously my best ever win , and while Stephen did n't play well I like to think it was something to do with the way I played . ’ |
| 13 | They 've won their way through to the first round of the FA Cup where they 'll be away to West Bromwich Albion . |
| 14 | He quickly ran over to the first hangar . |
| 15 | Do n't bring it over to the first character , leave it exactly where it is . |
| 16 | I bought myself some fruit and wandered over to the first tee where Brian Harley was about to drive off . |
| 17 | On a nod from Richie , Patrick left them to it and moved over to the first tee . |
| 18 | After a quick breakfast we set off to the first address on the list . |
| 19 | The drummer gave a few bangs on his big drum , the accordionist struck up a lively tune and the procession moved off to the first house . |
| 20 | He was a miner and he went off to the First World War and got killed . |
| 21 | Two medics arrived and carried him off to the First Aid Post . |
| 22 | So she goes up to the first man and she goes , hi , handsome , and he goes , hello , hello and he 's erected , right . |
| 23 | I hurried up to the first floor and on turning at the landing was met by a strange sight . |
| 24 | The only way up to the first floor from inside the works was via a ladder , which had started life as one of The Salisbury Volunteer Fire Brigade escapes , probably acquired by Mr. Farr during his service as a fireman in the early years of the century . |
| 25 | He puffed his way up to the first floor and , finding the outer door open , knocked on the inner one . |
| 26 | Part of the east front of the West Wing , with stairs leading into area VI ( right ) and up to the first floor ( left ) |
| 27 | Patrick took his tea and went up to the first floor , to the long landing window which looked over the village green . |
| 28 | An interesting feature of the mill at Lower Glenastle is an earth ramp up to the first floor . |
| 29 | They struggled up the steps , through the entrance hall , rested in the main hall , then took him up to the first floor . |
| 30 | A bare wood staircase led up to the first floor , which comprised a bathroom and two bedrooms . |