Example sentences of "running [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Within a week Little Chef was running the yard , bringing in the ponies from the fields , doing tricks for pony nuts , retrieving lost balls from the undergrowth , then running on to the field and dropping them when there was a pause in play . |
| 2 | Bottles and cans started to fly as the Indians were stopped from running on to the pitch to mob the batsmen by burly stewards . |
| 3 | Running on to the pitch I attempted to dissuade Twink , but he remained distraught and adamant . |
| 4 | He nodded at her now , and again said , ‘ By ! ’ before turning and running on to the stage . |
| 5 | One particularly exposed ravine running down to the Meuse was nicknamed the ‘ Bowling Alley ’ by the Germans , and indeed the image was an apt one . |
| 6 | It was a bright day with thin sunshine burnishing up from the snow and men blinked and rubbed their eyes as they crossed the open space between the two compounds , tramping over the road running down to the village and the railway line that stretched far the other way to Pot'ma . |
| 7 | and there 's also there 's a usual crack between the plasterboard and ceiling over the door and a little crack running down to the door . |
| 8 | The slope running down to the quarry-cliff was not steep , but its surface was very treacherous , consisting mostly of loose stones and shale , which were apt to slip under any movement . |
| 9 | " I am going down , " she whispered , and before Maria Candida could stop her , had gathered her skirts and was running down to the hall . |
| 10 | I feel like jumping out and running down to the sea 's edge with bucket and spade . |
| 11 | In former times George 's Lane , starting close by the church , toll-house and former inn and running down to the river , was the village 's main link with the outside world and the river Lynher the main artery for trade and industry . |
| 12 | Elegant and impressive detached residence with large well-stocked garden running down to the river , said the card in the window of the village 's estate agent . |
| 13 | We 're all running down to the river like you said , they may not find us down there . |
| 14 | The wide eighteenth-century street running down to the riverside has grass verges in front of two long terraces of brick cottages . |
| 15 | She started to get up but he said , ‘ Do n't go , do n't go , ’ and hurried out of the bar , running with his body crouched and his right hand holding the newspaper low down , like a soldier carrying a slung rifle running in to the attack . |
| 16 | Phil came running in to the street saying : ‘ He shot my granddad ’ . |
| 17 | When challenged by the head gardener the Americans pretended to be a press gang , which was sufficient to set ‘ all the stout young fellows ’ on the estate running off to the town for safety , but he also informed them that their intended victim was taking the waters at Buxton , and Jones set off back to his boat , until the two officers with him pointed out that , having left Whitehaven empty-handed , the crew should at least be allowed to loot the house . |
| 18 | and then you go I 'm gon na get that one at the top and they were running up to the top picked it and they , and ran down again |
| 19 | The wall running up to the skyline beyond Middle Washfold points the way to the summit of Ingleborough and is the route usually followed by Three Peaks walkers , but others not committed to this arduous marathon , especially if inspired by what they have seen at Great Douk and Middle Washfold , may wish to linger on the easy ground below the steepening slopes . |
| 20 | There 's no buses running up to the centre . |
| 21 | Mark 's only mention of the Holy Spirit for Christians is , as we have seen , placed in the Apocalyptic Discourse in chapter 13 , where Jesus is looking ahead to the tribulations which will face his followers in the years running up to the fall of Jerusalem , and , interwoven with that theme , up to the end of the world . |
| 22 | Message-sending and letter-writing went on , and they were always running up to the telephone booths at the station . |
| 23 | It is also a good idea to secure the section of pipe running up to the ball-valve itself to a stout timber post fixed between the loft floor and the roof slope . |
| 24 | running up to the house |
| 25 | He kept running up to the cross-street turned right back towards M slowing but glancing at his watch to excuse a half-jog |
| 26 | You 're running up to the thing , yeah ? |
| 27 | In the days running up to the match Rough had been cruelly accused of stealing meat from a local supermarket . |
| 28 | Well , it was actually started by a few railway men , th right opposite Street there used to be hand laundry , and then there was a row of houses , from there , running up to the corner of Street where the club stands originally , but in the beginning it was just a row of small houses , and it started with a few railway men having a meet holding the meetings in this house , in these houses , and I 've got very dim memories of how it actually started but it was a real event when they were first , before they actually built the club it was run in the row of houses that ran from up Street as I say there was a little hand laundry corner of Street heading onto Street on the left hand side was the greengrocers , and that , they kept that greengrocers for as long as I can remember . |
| 29 | She came running up to the van and climbed in beside him . |
| 30 | He did n't know why he was saying these words ; deep down he knew that he should be running back to the truck and getting the rescue organized . |