Example sentences of "and [vb base] [adv] to [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Dell became one of the world 's largest PC companies by using computers to avoid an expensive dealer network or salesforce and sell directly to consumers . |
| 2 | Pit heaps and mean back to backs are as much his ‘ monument ’ as the wondrous , bloated showcase he erected at Barnard Castle . |
| 3 | LONGER THAN the longest dusty trail , The Mekons ' history stretches back to punk rock primitivism and back up to date with C&W-flavoured pop that has gained them a pant-moistening popularity with the critics Stateside and a curiosity corner popularity in Britain . |
| 4 | LONGER THAN the longest dusty trail , The Mekons ' history stretches back to punk rock primitivism and back up to date with C&W-flavoured pop that has gained them a pant-moistening popularity with the critics Stateside and a curiosity corner popularity in Britain . |
| 5 | It is a typical Karajan project because in one respect it is enormously sophisticated — the technology is elaborate , expensive , and bang up to date — and in another it is very simple , inasmuch as its ultimate aim is nothing more or less than the lucid presentation of the music . |
| 6 | Light fittings : Remove covers , tubes or bulbs and bring down to ground level unless an access platform is used . |
| 7 | His brief was simple : charter a large cargo plane and bring back to Farnborough all the pieces of wreckage that will , in your judgement , need to be examined in detail in connection with this investigation , and do it at the least possible cost to the taxpayer . |
| 8 | Come over here and join us by all means — but not too many of you , so we 'll vet you as you come in ; and not make getting in pleasant or easy ; and just please stick to your own districts , and keep your own religion and dance away to tambourines , or bow to the East , or whatever you like to do to remind you of home — or home as it used to be a hundred years ago but certainly is n't now — and are n't we clever , and kind , and good , the way we give you your roots back ? , and with any luck your children will grow up well-behaved and pleasant ; ours certainly are n't ; because your children come of a society which , being somewhere else and a long time ago , is probably better than ours . |
| 9 | Its purpose was to perform acts of sabotage and to organise raids far behind the enemy lines , and ( later , in Europe ) to sustain local guerrilla groups , and send back to Britain intelligence regarding any situation with which S.A.S. troops themselves were incapable of dealing in the small numbers in which they operated . |
| 10 | The couple were ordered by station bosses to cut short their holiday and hurry back to work . |
| 11 | They planned to visit the Rockies and fly on to Vancouver and then down into the States . |
| 12 | sorting out and then I 've got to go down to that conference and fly up to Stone Haven |
| 13 | He left Princeton at the end of November , having decided to cancel his sailing and fly back to London before attending the Nobel ceremonies in Stockholm . |
| 14 | At the last minute the parent would abandon its charade and fly off to safety . |
| 15 | Brush with water and press on to bottom of cake . |
| 16 | And say back to Sarah confirm that she 's right but just use those words . |
| 17 | In my long experience of this species , I have noticed that as long as you have only a few juveniles over 1″ , these seem to stop growing at around 1.25″ , until an adult dies , whereupon a young fish will fill the gap and grow on to adult size at a remarkable rate . |
| 18 | But , feeling glad to have got him off the subject of how apparently her virginal innocence did not tie up with her being a married woman , ‘ Well , if you do n't mind , I 'll just collect my car and head back to England , and — ’ |
| 19 | The best known in the West is probably shakudo , which is a copper alloy with a deep black patina , but other copper alloys were patinated to produce colours ranging from shades of grey and brown through to green . |
| 20 | Pick up the 4 e-wrap stitches all across the row and place on to needles . |
| 21 | These tracks are also extendible and can be purchased in two diameters , 25mm ( 1in ) and 35mm ( 1 ⅜in ) and span up to 609cm ( 20ft ) although some of the narrower types only span up to 381 cm ( 12ft 6in ) . |
| 22 | Then Little Billy would slip into his dressing gown and climb on to Swan 's back and off they would go . |
| 23 | Now , Father McGiff told himself , I 'll be able to resume my old evening routine when I can stop my ears to the world outside and listen only to God within me . |
| 24 | You will meet the boat at the lock of Nag Hammadi and sail on to Sohag — the capital of the province of Girga . |
| 25 | Colour baths are a diluted form of permanent colour and cover up to 50% grey , but the more grey you have the more noticeable the regrowth will be . |
| 26 | From here follow a very soggy but level path to Angle Tarn ( 1.5 miles ) in an impressive glacial corrie , and walk up to Ore Gap ( southwards 0.5 miles ) — the high passway between Bowfell and Esk Pike . |
| 27 | After two days on the bus from Darjeeling to Yoksam , we were glad to stretch our legs and walk up to Dubtek , Sikkim 's oldest monastery . |
| 28 | You can then follow the Southern Upland Way back along the south bank of the Water of Trool and walk on to Minniwick Moss . |
| 29 | I sheathe the gun and walk over to Darius , and place my fist gently on his chest . |
| 30 | And said , oh , let's go and find a cup of coffee but , have a bit of a walk and walk down to conference but we 'll not walk down the prom |