Example sentences of "and [noun pl] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Forests , coniferous , deciduous and mixed , sometimes in villages and large cities , often hunting by day for mammals up to the size of a red squirrel and birds up to the size of a Hazelhen. 24 in. ( 61 cm . ) . |
| 2 | Mark Raggett , a businessman spearheading the effort , said : ‘ If I was to take some of these materials and technologies back to the Soviet Union , I would probably be breaking the law . ’ |
| 3 | The convoy turns and heads back to the warehouse at Zenesa . |
| 4 | She groped her way across and landed the doctor on the mud and he slithered on hands and knees up to the bank . |
| 5 | But Mr Tomlinson built his own bonnet , mudguards and steps up to the cab and set in louvred vents either side of the bonnet to let out the heat produced by the massive engine . |
| 6 | Using a paint brush paint blue eyes and whiskers on to the rabbit 's face and pink ears and a nose . |
| 7 | Soon after he returned Sigarup took the rams and he-goats back to the mountain pastures . |
| 8 | It is a thin sheet of plastic , covered with a shiny coating of the metal alloy , virilium , and folds up to the size of a handkerchief . |
| 9 | Alternatively you can turn right along the forest road then go left and drop down off the road to follow a track and waymarkers down to the car park . |
| 10 | Long before the doors of the Chinese empire opened to the West , travellers in other parts of the globe were sending plants and seeds back to the motherland to enrich or replace those native collections which had existed in some cases from early times . |
| 11 | Place royal icing in a piping bag with a tiny nozzle and pipe eyes and fangs on to the head . |
| 12 | A bit complicated : you have to get a hard core of guests and relatives over to the Register Office first ; then rendezvous at the church ; then get back to the drink-up . |
| 13 | Alida began to think about where she might go , as she piled sheets and blankets on to the floor . |
| 14 | He placed the wine bottle and glasses on to the table beside her — two glasses , she noticed suddenly . |
| 15 | ‘ We 've been stopped from coming into the Park because of people throwing paper and things on to the ground . ’ |
| 16 | Temptation proved too strong one night when there were some naval cadets in the audience who threw flowers and chocolates up to the troupe and were waiting at the stage door after the show . |
| 17 | All the Brownies were invited to go home and think about what the Pack could do for the fete and bring their ideas and suggestions along to the next Pack Meeting . |
| 18 | This would mean dropping the roads and footpaths on to the bed of the quarries which would be covered with topsoil and be returned to agricultural use . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't believe it , ’ Jane gasped as they piled cases , coats and respirators on to the luggage rack . |
| 20 | Her ‘ antarctic polar deserts ’ region covers the continent , peninsula and islands up to the northern limit of pack ice , and is divided into southern and northern subregions separated by the 0°C summer isotherm , which approximates to the isoline of zero radiation balance . |
| 21 | Place the royal icing in a piping bag with a fine writing nozzle and use to pipe tassels on to the towel , ties on to the shorts and arms on to the sunglasses . |
| 22 | Pinch a mouth and eyelids on to the head , and press tiny balls of icing into position for the eyes . |
| 23 | ‘ Take this tray of fruit and nuts through to the dining-room and try to act sensible , ’ Salt said , following Sally with a huge silver dish set with delicate jellies she would n't entrust to anyone else . |
| 24 | Rather it is the text that ‘ works ’ , and the text is not something that the author creates and hands over to the reader , but that the reader produces in the act of reading it — and by writing his own text about it . |
| 25 | She began to fiddle with some clothes from an open machine , dropping pairs of briefs and socks on to the floor . |
| 26 | After the first interval she took Freddie Reynalde 's coffee and biscuits down to the band room under the stage . |
| 27 | Rose and Michael brought tea and sandwiches out to the field . |
| 28 | Around most of the walls are black stone excrescences which take the form of a rib-cage projecting from a central spine which grows up the north side of the room and arches up to the centre of the ceiling . |
| 29 | Well I think it 's a case of just er being prudent and keeping all risks and doses down to the minimum possible . |
| 30 | Then we left , through the old city gates , skirting its wall as we hastened along alleyways and runnels down to the river quayside at East Watergate . |