Example sentences of "[noun] have [verb] [adv prt] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Each time she does so , the male has to dig down to the buried vegetation and cover it over again . |
| 2 | Harris Corp 's Fort Lauderdale , Florida-based Computer Systems Division has moved up to the second generation 88110 version of Motorola Inc 's RISC family with the Night Hawk 5000 series — which ca n't be called Night Hawk in the UK . |
| 3 | Suppose the night porter has gone through to the kitchen to make a sandwich . |
| 4 | It 's estimated the case trial has cost up to a quarter of a million pounds . |
| 5 | When the marsh has built up to an elevation such that it is covered only by the highest tides , it is usually reclaimed for pasture by building a simple embankment around it . |
| 6 | The effect of this change in responsibility has been that in many schools the provision of meals and the supervision of children during the mid-day break has drifted out to the margins of importance and there has been , in general , a gradual decline in the numbers of children receiving cooked meals on school premises . |
| 7 | When a cut has to extend up to a wall , for example , the sole plate can be moved back , out of the way , by turning just one central screw . |
| 8 | Many a Jewish courtship has got off to a somewhat greasy start over pickled brisket sandwiches and chips on fine evenings outside the deli . |
| 9 | The Clinton administration has faced up to the fact that NASA 's plans for the space station threatened to swallow the agency whole . |
| 10 | He looked apologetic. ‘ … since nightfall , the wind has backed around to the south , with sea swells of some ten to fifteen feet . |
| 11 | ‘ Our free newspapers continue to perform well with the North West Echo having got off to an excellent start . ’ |
| 12 | By 1912 , however , the influence of Matisse and the Fauves , which the Brücke had grafted on to a more purely native form of Expressionism , was definitely on the wane , and German painters were feeling the influence of both Cubism and Futurism . |
| 13 | His eyes had flicked up to the top of the small cliff to our left . |
| 14 | He then noticed Mrs Wilks at the telephone box and , in his rear-view mirror , he saw that the grey saloon car had pulled on to the hard shoulder and was heading towards her . |
| 15 | This beggar had come in to the fitting shop , corner at the back corner , where he should n't have been . |
| 16 | Back inside , Rafiq had gone back to the thousand-dollar question . |
| 17 | As I entered , Miss Kenton had turned back to the window . |
| 18 | Earlier a smaller number of Cardiff supporters had run on to the pitch in celebration of their side 's equaliser in a game which the Welsh club eventually won 4–2 . |
| 19 | At the 18th green Manuel and Andy had walked back to the marked circle . |
| 20 | Maisie had gone round to the passenger door of the Volkswagen and was standing , one hand poised to open it as soon as Henry should unlock it . |
| 21 | The Victorian stoneware ‘ suite ’ from Mr Twyford 's manufactory was decorated with flowers in willow-pattern blue but paint flaked off the walls and the linoleum had worn through to the floorboards . |
| 22 | We were ready , even to the pitcher of orange juice , bucket of champagne and iced flask of vodka that waited on a table Ellen had carried up to the cockpit . |
| 23 | Only one figure had subsided on to the ground , his face to the wall , and all their gazes were on him , terrified and arrow-sharp with hatred . |
| 24 | At least one bookseller remarked to me that so many ex-library books had come on to the market in the last few years that he had begun to realise what it must have been like when the great monastic libraries were being dispersed . |
| 25 | All the little steps have added up to a high achievement . |
| 26 | TWO student chefs from Darlington College have won through to the finals of a national catering competition . |
| 27 | As a rough guide two strands wound together make something approximately like three-ply in thickness and three together are usually reckoned to be about a four-ply. these fine industrial yarns used to be in the ‘ odds and ends ’ bins , but the manufacturers have caught on to the fact that they are popular with machine knitters , so now they can be bought under a brand name . |
| 28 | I was very pleased with the finished result , but I must confess , after wearing it several times , a few of the cut floats have worked through to the front . |
| 29 | Resident outside the airfield 's motel for nearly 30 years , it was beginning to look very much the worse for wear and , as other Ouragons have given in to the ravages of time , attract the nearest of museums . |
| 30 | The Swedish influence has continued up to the present day , where the Faunus Kennel has a great influence on the breeding stock in Norway . |