Example sentences of "and [vb -s] [adv] to [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | First one child sidles up to the teacher with some trinket to show in order to allow the warm , cheerful voice of teacher questioning and encouraging to wash over the beginning of their school day ; then another , more venturesome , rushes into the teacher 's arms , with breathless news to convey ; and finally a third arrives preoccupied with the task in hand and refers inadvertently to teacher as ‘ mum ’ . |
| 2 | Beachcombing soaks up the hours , punctuated with crisp swims during which my scarf unknots itself from my breasts and drifts out to sea like a directionless jelly fish . |
| 3 | He feels tired and goes straight to bed . |
| 4 | A major work in the field remains A Dictionary of British Surnames by P.H. Reaney , in which the relevant entry reads , ‘ Fursey , Fussey , Fuzzey , Forsey ’ , and goes on to instance John Forshay 1431 ( Dorset ) and Roger Fursey 1583 ( Surrey ) . |
| 5 | One advantage of Chinese celebrations is that they do not linger on , as everyone knocks off and goes home to bed at about 9 p.m . |
| 6 | Slightly irritated he thinks that there is something wrong with the lock and goes down to reception for assistance . |
| 7 | This wealth is independent of production relations and owes more to household structure and position in the life-cycle . |
| 8 | A side road leaves here and climbs steeply to Dent Station , four long miles from the town it was intended to serve , and continues at a high level before descending to Garsdale Head . |
| 9 | When the Greeks begin to use it , it is also part of their interest in mastering the appearance of nature , and leads on to perspective and chiaroscuro , to European painting . |
| 10 | I felt I could whizz it round the country lanes on school runs and trips up to town . |
| 11 | Each hair vibrates mainly in one direction and responds most to air moving in that direction . |
| 12 | The best preserved of all , beautiful and often illustrated , shows Herakles supporting the sky while Atlas brings him the golden apples and Athena prepares to help them exchange roles.93 This comes from the east end and conforms strictly to pattern : figures ranged against the flat ground , in simple postures , frontal or profile . |
| 13 | In the south west of Alaska , the volcanic chain picks up again strongly , and swings out to sea to form the long arcs of the Aleutian and Kurile Islands . |
| 14 | Even if part of the tail is lost , the victim survives and swims away to safety . |
| 15 | And I say if she sits watching Neighbours and pops in to town to book a holiday for Brittany and well I sha n't , I sha n't say |
| 16 | However , the skin is a living material and reacts differently to disinfection . |
| 17 | ( What power resides in the hands of a journalist who wants his story , and knows how to needle his man till he gets it ! |
| 18 | President , conference , as I say , up twice in the first day it 's a cracking conference that starts with motion three seventy and works backwards to number one it 's better than Thunderbirds really . |
| 19 | The Way then leads to Langstrothdale over to Oughtershaw and carries on to cross a section of the Pennine Way , giving fine views of the Three Peaks en route . |
| 20 | Stops the music-hall turn , and comes down to earth . |