Example sentences of "run [adv] [to-vb] [art] " in BNC.

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1 He does not run off to become a bandit in Smyrna ; instead , he summons the useful Bishop of Smyrna to live within his skin .
2 The moment he went back into the house the gardeners would run out to eradicate the tracks left by his coming and going .
3 For Wasps , there was no chance of making a recovery — even though their duck was eventually broken when Rick Brevant passed to Robert Forbes with 13 minutes remaining — Pandas running on to complete a comfortable victory with three goals in 90 seconds .
4 They had to run constantly to complete the first tapping of their three hundred and fifty trees in the five hours before ten o'clock .
5 And when the twins were babies and shat in Chola 's lap , she 'd call out , ‘ Chu chu chu , ’ and the red bitch would come running in to clean the mess .
6 In the midst of concrete towers and slabs , the office blocks and apartment buildings of the new Perugia , stood an old stone farmhouse , squat and sturdy , with its attendant chicken coops and vegetable garden , the walls dyed green by years of sulphur sprayed on the vines running up to form a pergola .
7 I sort of start running now to find a way out quick , but this wire fence goes all the way down to the wall at the other end and I ca n't find no door in it .
8 And the woman in a sunhat running out to save the washing ,
9 This came with time running out to stop the 200% US trade tariffs on £200 million of imported European goods .
10 Experienced teams are constantly moving back and forth , speeding up by pulling hard on the lines or conversely running forward to slow the kites .
11 It was , to his delight , leaking but still seaworthy ; but an interested crowd of MacIans had gathered on the shore , and even Lachlan could see that to row up Kentra Bay to attack Arivegaig , with an audience eagerly running ahead to arrange a warm welcome for him , was scarcely sensible .
12 These castings-on involved the whole lost-wax process , the missing parts being first modelled in position in wax , the whole enveloped in clay and metal run in to replace the wax .
13 Continuous running of these facilities is not recommended and should be avoided unless the offline system is run concurrently to service the store/restore requests .
14 Martin was supported by tailenders Hughes , who made 15 in 55 minutes , and Mike Whitney , who equalled his best Test score of 13 before being run out to end the Australian innings .
15 No one could argue they did n't deserve it though … and they made the match their own with a second try … a good one too … skipper Ian Smith made the break … number eight Paul Ashmead started a charge to the line and full-back Martin Roberts ran on to finish the scoring …
16 Murlough Blue ran on to grab the other place in the £2,500 final .
17 Ritchie passed to Irwin and then ran on to head the cross past Lukic .
18 The girls chattered briefly in Thai and the scent of coconut oil blurred past Jezrael as the younger ran down to catch the sea in her bucket .
19 Colin Calderwood ran in to hit the winner …
20 She laid down her rake and ran in to administer a good belt of a stick to whoever might be making little of her darling .
21 As East Fife pushed forward hoping to reduce the deficit , they were caught on the break by Paul Tosh , who ran through to add a fourth ( 83min ) .
22 One night , alarmed by her screams , I ran downstairs to find the lounge in disarray and my Mother pinned to the floor with a bloodied face and bulging eyes , straddled by George who had his hands around her throat .
23 Excitedly he tied his red neckerchief to the plant 's stem and ran home to fetch a shovel .
24 ‘ The popular story is that he was so heartbroken he ran off to join a religious order , and has since been ordained . ’
25 In racing terms the going was good for the championships which were split into four age groups … in all of them the start was like a cavalry charge as they ran off to tackle the 6000 metre long course … the best local performance came in the girls race where Nicky Slater from carterton who runs in the Radley colours came second …
26 The jogger ran off to call the Police .
27 The thing is we did it right , we did it in the nappy , then we fucking put him spread-eagled on a bench and me mate ran off to get the shaving kit stuff and this fucking this people who 's erm , looking wom , girls in there and everything , real fucking pissed up
28 Early one morning , I ran up to find the horses had the same idea .
29 It was a place of moss and mud and standing pools , myriads of flies twirled in the sun-rays , and dogs and children ran out to greet the newcomers in a raucous chorus .
30 Philip ran out to fetch the guttering and the pipe and came in again .
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