Example sentences of "ran [adv] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A thick , yellow stream ran on to the chicken and trickled down its sides , until it lay in a pool of custard . |
| 2 | Then , to his astonishment , the video ran on to the beginning of the same film — which was , of course , quite ‘ impossible ’ . |
| 3 | Deaf to his shouts , Ashley ran on to the service road . |
| 4 | The Sun reminded its readers that ‘ it was his flag which helped cover topless streaker Erika Rowe [ sic ] after she ran on to the turf at Twickenham during a rugby international in 1982 ’ . |
| 5 | Trent could n't see whether the track ran on to the quarry or stopped at the cabin . |
| 6 | A groundsman ran on to the course waving his arms in a vain attempt to head the horse off but Heraldic was panicking even more now . |
| 7 | They followed the track which ran on to the road . |
| 8 | The control room door slammed shut behind Atrimonides as he ran on to the gallery and hurled himself at Christine . |
| 9 | He paused a moment , staring about him , and then ran on to the bend . |
| 10 | The players ran on to the field and the roar was heard five miles away at Kelvin Park , where preparations were already in hand for another Great Exhibition to be held in 1901 . |
| 11 | Some 20 home fans then ran on to the field in response , but police were able to keep the two factions apart . |
| 12 | In fact , after going three goals down , in sheer desperation Mr Singh ran on to the field , dispossessed an Alborne forward , rounded two defenders and netted in the top left corner . |
| 13 | She ran on to the line , waving her two flags . |
| 14 | The same wire then ran on to the pulse-receiver hidden inside the buckle . |
| 15 | About 100 fans from two sections of the ground allocated to away fans ran on to the pitch after Cardiff took a 2–1 lead . |
| 16 | During the match a three-legged dog ran on to the pitch and devoured Joe 's shorts . |
| 17 | He has also concussed two linesmen and shot a dog that once ran on to the pitch at Leech . |
| 18 | Furious Saints fans ran on to the pitch in anger just before the final whistle as their team headed for a 2–1 defeat by QPR . |
| 19 | A large number of jubilant Boro fans ran on to the pitch to congratulate Pollock , a gesture which is now a criminal offence . |
| 20 | When he heard someone opening the bedroom door , he jumped out of the window and ran on to the roof . |
| 21 | Springy , sheep-cropped turf , crisscrossed with dry stone walls , ran down to the back yards of the houses . |
| 22 | They stopped only to pick up Cheryl , who saw them coming a long way off and ran down to the road to meet them . |
| 23 | Traffic grew closer and trees sparser until she entered a glade which ran down to the road . |
| 24 | But from the sides of their mouths projected the glistening tusks of boars , and they were crowned with great , bristling manes of stiff hair that ran down to the base of their spines . |
| 25 | Jessica got to her knees , holding herself and snorting , then staggered to her feet and ran down to the water . |
| 26 | This charming villa was spacious and comfortably furnished with a well-stocked library ; the large garden ran down to the lake where there was both a motor boat and a sailing boat . |
| 27 | And he took off his glasses , tucking them into the pile of clothes , and ran down to the edge of the water . |
| 28 | But , as she gazed around at the chintz sofas , and the French-provincial-style velvet-upholstered dining-room chairs — which she could see through a far open doorway — it occurred to Laura that maybe it was the only way to preserve such sumptuous furnishings on a shoreline likely to be damp and salty in the latter part of the year , while , outside the large windows , she could see automatic sprinklers drenching the fine green lawns that ran down to the beach . |
| 29 | Like the sand under Argyle Street where the new subway ran down to the river , the fortunes of the future were already shifting . |
| 30 | Behind him , beyond the open door , the green hillside ran down to the river and the spring sunshine touched the broad sweep of the shallows with a million dancing lights . |