Example sentences of "and [adv] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If your upper muscles ( head , shoulders , neck and jaw ) are tense , then that tension is being transmitted to the rest of your body and thence to your mind . |
| 2 | only the most conscientious ( and , frankly , those with nothing better to do ) dutifully plough through everything that flops out of a jiffy bag and on to their desk . |
| 3 | Several weeks ago Victor came crashing down out of a tree and on to his back . |
| 4 | In addition , the Royal Society of Arts offers somewhat similar Teacher 's Certificate courses in Office Arts and in the Teaching of English as a Foreign Language for about l , 100 and 2,000 candidates and the College of Preceptors operates a relatively small programme leading to its Associateship and eventually to its Licentiateship , a qualification which is recognized as degree equivalent . |
| 5 | This led , in turn , to a re-definition of the nature of the paper and eventually to its closure . |
| 6 | Bromhead was a subscriber to Green 's first memoir , published in 1828 , and the contact led to Green visiting Thurlby Hall and eventually to his career as a Caius undergraduate and fellow . |
| 7 | Amazingly , perversely , and rather to her regret ( a flat battery would have been a cast-iron excuse to abort the visit ) the engine fired . |
| 8 | And suddenly to my horror I saw our delightfully edited little film of The Seekers and Georgie Girl . |
| 9 | And so to our sporting travels across the world . |
| 10 | She strolled by some quite lovely nineteenth-century architecture — charming four-storeyed buildings of white , of yellow , of yellow and white , and red-roofed , green-roofed , immaculately lawned — and down to her hotel . |
| 11 | He went down to his car and down to his company stock and he says now what the money 's due to me you 'll get them in the post . |
| 12 | He layered more mud onto his throat and down to his chest and across his shoulders . |
| 13 | For a moment she could n't believe she had actually struck , then she stared in horrified fascination at the dark red stain spreading diagonally across de Raimes ' belly and down to his thigh . |
| 14 | I talked occasionally to my father and less to my sister , but I was mostly silent . |
| 15 | From Waterloo station , he phoned the offices of The Courier and somewhat to his surprise , found himself put straight through to Jonathan Minter . |
| 16 | Their work returned afresh to the problem of social waste in education , and especially to its manifestation in the selective and divided system of secondary education . |
| 17 | ‘ Yale has made a profound contribution to my life and especially to my interest in the arts and letters ’ , he explains . |
| 18 | I have blasphemed … and did exceeding wrong to King Henry VIII and especially to his wife , Queen Catherine . ’ |
| 19 | The air waybill was designed as an acknowledgment of receipt of goods from the consignor , and as a notice of shipment to the carrier ( and especially to his agent at the destination ) , a notice which would also enable the identification of the consignee . |
| 20 | He revised the work very thoroughly , and much to its improvement , in 1880 — two years after completing not only ‘ Eugene Onegin ’ and the Fourth Symphony , but his disastrous marriage as well . |
| 21 | Danielle was all smiles in the arms of her beloved nanny and much to my distress did not have the good grace to shed a single tear as I walked out of the door and out of her life … for a whole day . |
| 22 | Our participation was well received and much to our satisfaction all three visitors found the Royal Bank 's level of co-operation and commitment far superior to that offered by our competitors within the City . |
| 23 | Picking up her skirts , she hurried out and along to her mother 's room . |
| 24 | He simply ran a wire from his bedroom under the carpet and downstairs to his mother 's phone , it was alleged . |
| 25 | My mother softened at once at the words ‘ Do you remember … ? ’ when they referred to her youth and not to her knowledge . |
| 26 | ‘ You know you love it , ’ said Scarlet , who was referring to Constance 's single state and not to her lover . |
| 27 | Accountants are expected to be loyal first and foremost to their company , and not to their profession . |
| 28 | Thus we need to be especially careful what we do with young horses so that the habits they establish are in their interests and not to their detriment . |
| 29 | When it is passed on , the Client Money Regulations will cease to apply , although before passing the money on the firm must : ( a ) notify the exchange or clearing house that the firm is obliged to segregate clients ' money in a margined transaction bank account ; ( b ) instruct the exchange or clearing house to credit the margin into the firm 's client transaction account ( and not to its office account ) ; and ( c ) require an acknowledgement that the client transaction account may not be combined with any other account and that no right of set off may be exercised . |
| 30 | ‘ It is extraordinary , ’ she said , when her sister appeared , ‘ very , how your ears are attuned to the noise of the letter-box and not to my voice . |