Example sentences of "[adv prt] a [noun] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Daleks and Mechonoids fight a mutual battle of annihilation , the humans escape down a rope to the jungle below , apparently losing Steven Taylor in the hasty retreat . |
| 2 | They withdrew down a gulley to the beach under fire that intensified as they remained below the cliffs , a sea mist shrouding their signals to the landing craft . |
| 3 | One of the counters had fallen down a snake to the bottom of the pit . |
| 4 | On the left the slope broke off and fell down a cliff to the river . " |
| 5 | Formalities did not take long , and in no time they were riding upwards in the lift and then walking along a corridor to the door of Ven 's suite . |
| 6 | Anyway , he sees this fat cunt with some of his mates with some tea — and he 's moved along a bit to the end and he 's pissing down and out through the open bit and its all blowing down on these cunts ’ heads and into their |
| 7 | They tied up in a backwater under a sky black as old blood , and walked along a pontoon to the apron of an enormous dock . |
| 8 | He was there to hand over a cheque to the charity . |
| 9 | The place was empty , but for a cloak-shrouded figure bent over a rosary to the right of the door , and a man sitting alone in the front row . |
| 10 | They have the ability to determine a person 's needs and thereafter hand over a solution to the problem in terms of their own definition . |
| 11 | Go over a fence to the left of the house to a burn at the back . |
| 12 | The spokeswoman said the detectives will hand over a file to the Crown Prosecution Service . |
| 13 | After handing over a tray to the absorbed , absent man behind the desk , Leonora ate her own sandwich at the kitchen counter , staring mutinously at the sunshine pouring through the window . |
| 14 | Instead of having to cancel a trip to the Blue Mountains , she 'd had to put off a trip to the Blue Danube . |
| 15 | It comes in a long roll of 20m , and has a neat perforator which enables you to tear off a strip to the correct length . |
| 16 | The koonkies carry the tree trunks that will form the walls of the stockade and can even break off a branch to the required length with their feet if commanded to do so . |
| 17 | The picture sparked off a complaint to the Advertising Standards Authority which upheld the objection saying the ad was ‘ sexually explicit ’ . |
| 18 | If you opt for the minimum , contracted out personal pension , you will pay the full-rate of national insurance contributions , and the government will pass on a rebate to the firm providing the pension ( a bank , a building society , an insurance company , or a unit trust ) . |
| 19 | ‘ He wanted me to pass on a message to the police . |
| 20 | The rudder trim started at two thirds to the right and in level flight , with the power set at 24 ’ , manifold 2200 rpm , ended up a quarter to the left . |
| 21 | However , the most telling condemnation came from General Sir Garnet Wolseley , the Adjutant-General and the Commandant of Dover Castle , who argued that a tunnel would ‘ open up a route to the invader into England ’ . |
| 22 | Have you built up a debt to the bank ? |
| 23 | The program moves up a level to the assembly file and checks for possible interference between the selected part and other sub-assemblies contained within the assembly . |
| 24 | He developed many of these dramatic sketches , which embodied tricks and illusions : two of the most famous were ‘ Elixir Vitae ’ , which involved the illusion of decapitation , and ‘ A Spirit Case or Mrs Daffodil Downing 's Light and Dark Seance ’ which conjured up a ghost to the sounds of a violin suspended in the air . |
| 25 | On one occasion her piano was dragged up a hillside to the door of an isolation hut , where she sang for five rather surprised soldiers . |
| 26 | Visitors to the Stoke-on-Trent stand picked up a Passport to the Potteries leaflet which allows them a discount when visiting sites of interest such as the Wedgwood Visitor Centre . |
| 27 | She had ladders and broomsticks and poles for the broomsticks and had to climb up a ladder to the top of the roof to get the cobwebs and everything down . |
| 28 | Nicandra put up a hand to the loose hairpins in her bun , and looked rather miserable . |
| 29 | Hotspur put up a hand to the furred collar of his cloak , and let it slide from his shoulders ; and like a silent and attentive valet the girl came gliding out of the shadows and took it from him . |
| 30 | But a few moments later , in Simon 's cottage , when he pulled up a chair to the fire and gently pressed her down into it , she managed to say , ‘ You — knew … |