Example sentences of "to [coord] [prep] [pron] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Nothing further was said either to or by our guests , and they drove off the next day with many felicitations and expressions of gratitude . |
| 2 | The plaintiff sought a declaration that the use of Bridge Road and the section of Medway Road between Bridge Road and its junction up to its junction with Mill Road by heavy goods vehicles coming to and from the premises of the fourth and fifth defendants at the Chatham Dockyard between the hours of 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. constituted a public nuisance ; an injunction prohibiting the fourth and fifth defendants from causing or permitting heavy goods vehicles coming to or from their premises at Chatham Dockyard to use those roads between 7 p.m. and 7 a.m. ; an injunction prohibiting the dock company from permitting heavy goods vehicles to enter or leave the Chatham Dockyard by the Gillingham Gate between those hours ; and a mandatory injunction requiring the dock company to take all steps within its power to prevent the use of those roads by heavy goods vehicles of the fourth and fifth defendants between those hours . |
| 3 | They exhibit no commitment , no leadership and no ambition on the part of the Government to and for our children . |
| 4 | You were up to and over your knees in water in the trench : it was supposed to be our dug-out and it was coming through these bits o' wood and we were a-sodden wet through and cold . |
| 5 | There are particular signals which enable speakers to get into — and to get out of — conversations , to pass the turn to somebody else , varying according to whom one is talking to and in what circumstances . |
| 6 | The initial impetus for the development of the railway came from British planters who wanted a cheaper and quicker way to transport goods to and from their plantations . |
| 7 | It 's suggested that you should linger on the great avenues and squares in the morning and afternoon , to see the swarms of officials and experts who administer the universe hurrying to and from their offices ; or sit a while in the shady walks of the various public gardens , and watch these same officials ' wives proudly taking the baby out for an airing . |
| 8 | Bees , ants and some other Aculeate Hymenoptera remember the visual landmarks they use in following routes to and from their nests . |
| 9 | She knew them in crowds passing to and from their nests , like ants or beetles . |
| 10 | Plod could herd them all together into a group , march them to and from their destinations , depriving them along the way of all alcohol ( not to mention all civil rights ) and beat the living daylights out of any who still insisted on stepping out of line . |
| 11 | Waiters scurry to and from their cafes and tavernas , weighed down by great trays of food and drink , tripping over cats and noisily claiming right of way over passing cars . |
| 12 | Work at B.P. went on twenty-four hours a day , in three shifts : 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. , 4 p.m. to midnight , and midnight to 9 a.m. , and added to this was the time spent in travelling to and from our billets some twenty miles away , which usually took just over an hour . |