Example sentences of "and [verb] to [art] [noun] " 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 The edict of Guntram issued at Péronne , and appended to the canons of the Council of Mâcon of 585 , continues royal involvement in ecclesiastical legislation , with an attack on Sunday work , and by backing the force of the canons with secular sanctions .
4 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 .
5 And change to the C drive so if you type C col
6 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 .
7 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 .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 Some does , and some comes from contributions and grants to the ADAA Foundation , a separate corporation .
12 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 … .
13 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 .
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 A cold damp hung about the beechwood furniture and clung to the velour drapes .
18 The ground dipped and swayed beneath her ; she felt dizzy and clung to the rails , forcing herself to go down , to keep looking up , away from the void below .
19 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 .
20 Madge had offered to carry her bag but she drew away and clung to the bannister rail .
21 He stopped and had a cup of tea himself and explained to the Covent Garden porters , who wanted to know what he 'd got in the back , that it was the Sleeping Beauty .
22 Before doing so all offers received should be examined and explained to the client with a recommendation as to which offers to proceed with .
23 It is rolled into a pellet and fastened to the end of the needle and lit so that it smokes .
24 ‘ 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 .
25 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 .
26 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 .
27 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 .
28 Twice stone broke off in his hand ; once a chunk of battlement fell and plunged to the ground .
29 Molecules of galactoside ( β in the figure ) enter the cell , and bind to the repressor molecules .
30 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 .
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