Example sentences of "and [verb] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He stepped back from the console and whispered to the Cell . |
| 2 | To do this exercise , put the carriage to E , where you 'll find it tucks to the right and knits to the left . |
| 3 | When the fish are well on feed I will put one rod away and change to a butt-indicator which allows me to fish more quickly and efficiently . |
| 4 | Thus a peroxide-bleaching process produces a less obnoxious effluent than a kier-boil-hypochlorite bleach , and change to the peroxide method might be advantageous provided that the resulting textile product and the costs were acceptable . |
| 5 | But the commission accepts that since the simple offence would cover deliberate foolishness which caused cost and inconvenience but which did not damage property or seek dishonest gain , the penalty should be modest and limited to a maximum of three months ' imprisonment . |
| 6 | An executive President would be head of state ; holders of this office would in future be elected directly for a maximum term of five years and limited to a maximum of two such terms . |
| 7 | The head of state is the executive President , elected directly for a maximum term of five years and limited to a maximum of two such terms . |
| 8 | At times my sleepy little daughter was brought down from the nursery and stood on a stool while John draped pieces of material on her and showed me how he wanted the costume move and flow , and so help to illustrate what he wanted to express and convey to an audience . |
| 9 | Some does , and some comes from contributions and grants to the ADAA Foundation , a separate corporation . |
| 10 | She curled up in the darkest corner , pillowing her head on her arm , and clung to the memory of four hours before , when the time had stilled and she had been not , sweet tearing bliss … . |
| 11 | He crouched down and clung to the rail with his right hand and reached out with his left as if to punch a hole through the wall . |
| 12 | We watched the emergence of one moth ; it crept out from its pale yellow papery cocoon , and clung to the stem of grass to which the cocoon had been fixed with silken threads . |
| 13 | And yet the various integrationist movements , brash or hesitant , in the 1940s looked to Britain for leadership , and clung to the hope that Britain would be absorbed , not least because of concerns over security . |
| 14 | There was the taste of death in the kiss , but she accepted the price with the prize , and clung to the bitterness and the bliss alike , knowing them for ever inseparable now . |
| 15 | A cold damp hung about the beechwood furniture and clung to the velour drapes . |
| 16 | A string of mucus hung from her left nostril and clung to the curve of her lipsticked mouth ; the waitresses kept looking across at the table . |
| 17 | Madge had offered to carry her bag but she drew away and clung to the bannister rail . |
| 18 | Before doing so all offers received should be examined and explained to the client with a recommendation as to which offers to proceed with . |
| 19 | It is rolled into a pellet and fastened to the end of the needle and lit so that it smokes . |
| 20 | ‘ Silly old bugger , ’ she says suddenly , as Fairfax , in the way of elderly men who have once been very athletic , hobbles and skips to the lavatory , trying to shake the easily accumulated stiffness out of his limbs , as though by this display of sprightliness he can somehow leap out of the tethers fi-xing him to the earth . |
| 21 | It is evident that the prosecuting authorities also had in mind to prosecute the applicant for implication in some of Mr. Turner 's offences , but a decision was taken in 1988 , and communicated to the applicant 's solicitors , that proceedings would be put back until after the B.M.F.L. trial . |
| 22 | Charlotte stood on the spot where Maurice 's car had stood that morning and gazed to the north , her coat buttoned to the collar , scarf wound around her neck . |
| 23 | EIGHTY years ago tomorrow , on the night of 14/15 April 1912 , the ‘ unsinkable ’ passenger liner Titanic , steaming at high speed on her maiden transatlantic voyage , ran headlong into an iceberg off Newfoundland and plunged to the bottom of the ocean , taking more than 1,500 souls with her . |
| 24 | Twice stone broke off in his hand ; once a chunk of battlement fell and plunged to the ground . |
| 25 | Molecules of galactoside ( β in the figure ) enter the cell , and bind to the repressor molecules . |
| 26 | Oxygen can just get into the pocket and bind to the iron but , due partly to the absence of water , ca n't oxidise it . |
| 27 | 7 The attacker 's right leg is then snapped back and kicks to the body of the downed opponent . |
| 28 | The move , which the Germans refused to discuss , reversed the outflow of funds and led to a fall in Finnish interest rates as the market opened yesterday . |
| 29 | At the economic level , prices of strategic raw materials soared and led to a rise in cash earnings : in Africa and Asia , large numbers of people acquired a certain purchasing power and savings . |
| 30 | This , coupled with a return to high monthly inflation , precipitated fears of growing economic and political instability and led to a run on the austral and the resignation on Jan. 28 of the Economy Minister [ see p. 37959 ] . |