Example sentences of "driving [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.

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1 She parked outside the high brick wall rather than driving on to the forecourt , and as if he sensed her reluctance to enter the house again he did n't attempt to invite her inside — but neither did he make any attempt to get out of the car , and they sat in silence in the light from an overhead street-lamp .
2 I 'm driving on to the train 's roar beat ,
3 ‘ Especially when they see you getting into your Porsche , and driving off to the flat you own in Putney ? ’
4 The sound of wheels turned in her ears again as she thought of Maman driving off to the railway station as if on some brisk pursuit .
5 A large black car was just driving up to the airport building .
6 I have done this myself , to ideal effect , getting into the car on a sunless July morning and driving up to the road tunnel of Bielsa , some dozen miles beyond Saint-Lary .
7 I remember driving up to the Hall one evening about three weeks before he died .
8 Her imagination visualised Luke — always an early riser — driving up to the house and immediately recognising Richard 's car parked outside .
9 ‘ I thought they 'd gone off my land and started driving back to the house but then suddenly felt a sharp pain in my back .
10 Driving back to the house through the small back-roads was more difficult than she 'd anticipated , and she took a couple of wrong turnings .
11 Christina left Stephen a message before driving out to the airport to make her delivery .
12 Mr Spiro is believed to have shot dead his wife and three children at their luxury rented home near San Diego , California , before driving out to the site .
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