Example sentences of "[noun] [noun] [vb pp] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | An inexpensive sweet Muscat which is from the Mediterranean coast of Spain , boasting sultana and honey notes tagged on to the familiar medley of citrus fruits . |
| 2 | He was on the airport tarmac waiting for me , his Mercedes sports drawn up to the foot of the mobile steps . |
| 3 | THE Phoenix Players stepped on to the Rialto stage last night with their presentation of O'Casey 's ‘ Juno and the Paycock ’ . |
| 4 | The Respiratory Quotient ( R.Q. ) of an organism is the ratio of the volume of carbon dioxide given off to the volume of oxygen absorbed during respiration . |
| 5 | He gave a thumbs-up sign then replaced it and manoeuvred his wheelchair round behind his desk where he tapped his security code into the IBM computer linked up to the central data bank elsewhere in the building . |
| 6 | However , he did admit that there is a get-out clause written in to the contract involving Hapag Lloyd who share facilities at the Royal Seaforth Container Terminal which has been negotiated on cheaper terms than the previous agreement . |
| 7 | Beyond the tree-fringed mouth of Bull Pot of the Witches , the path to Ease Gill cuts left on to the fell 's edge and passes close by a trap door covering a shaft that leads into Lancaster Hole , the first route into the main cave system of Leck Fell . |
| 8 | By mid and late Devonian times , the new mountains of Europe had been worn down and shallow shelf seas spread on to the continental margins . |
| 9 | It was too perfect ; a picture postcard blown up to the scale of real life . |
| 10 | Rounding a bend , she saw Water Gypsy tied up to the bank . |
| 11 | On landing , the Ashdown mob spilled on to the apron and surrounded Kinnock 's plane , still singing and trying to persuade the party leaders to shake hands like opposing troops on the Western Front at Christmas . |
| 12 | Peter Cazalet 's travelling head lad rushed on to the course to lead the horse away as a bemused jockey was taken back to the weighing room . |
| 13 | ‘ Debt ’ , with its overtones of fault and defaulting , embarrassment and mismanagement , gradually changed into the more significant ‘ overindebtedness ’ — though , of course , newspaper subs hung on to the monosyllabic short word which fitted more easily into headlines and made for more racy reading in the copy . |
| 14 | It was night , and as the wind gusted down the iron chimney pipe , a shower of metal flakes spattered on to the wooden floor . |
| 15 | With the volume level edged up to the danger zone , Rattle 's conception clicks into place . |
| 16 | ‘ Most of us were standing by the control tower when the Fortress guns opened up to the Northward , and coming through the Flak we saw a series of black dots approaching directly towards us and as they closed we recognised them as yellow-nosed Me109s . |
| 17 | The programme started as d1 with dance on a painted floor cloth ; d2 extended into the air in a later development ; and in Glasgow , entitled 3d , it will be made ‘ fully three-dimensional ’ , with a metal bridge structure built on to the stage . |
| 18 | This confirms that Rentokil Healthcare come up to the high standard expected and specified by BSI . |
| 19 | I had never heard Pike sing in real life , so I could n't tell how this spirit voice matched up to the real one . |
| 20 | The vaulting shafts run up to the full height of the building . |
| 21 | Because of the competition we face from the new union , UNISON , we need application forms geared up to the particular industries that we require . |
| 22 | York skyline painted on to the car by artist Paula MacArthur . |
| 23 | During a DHAC demonstration in the Guildhall , Alderman Hegarty of the Nationalist Party called out to the demonstrators : ‘ It is just unfortunate that you have come under the influence of card-bearing members of the Communist committee . ’ |
| 24 | Unless it was pouring with rain he wore no hat or coat , his shirt sleeves rolled up to the elbow and wearing a green baize apron . |
| 25 | An identical red position indicator points at flap settings coloured up to the 45 ° setting in white , thereafter up to the maximum 60 ° in red . |
| 26 | And I remember four stone steps led up to the front door , and we 'd what they called a parlour then . |
| 27 | If I could draw members attention to the supplementary papers erm and it 's page three which is the second report and it will become I will make it clear with regards to the er linking up of the two reports , both museums and Essex committee linked up to the museum registration . |