Example sentences of "[adv prt] to [det] [noun] [conj] [art] " in BNC.

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1 Such rhetoric was backed by a proper concern for the freedom and order of the House , down to such details as a successful motion ( 16 December 1606 ) that the adjournment of a committee on a bill should be announced in the House .
2 He do n't have no tower himself , but Khor said he had like some socket on his finger , just plugs it in to some surgery-box and the machine fixes you up real good .
3 He walked over to another table where the contents of the undertaker 's pockets had been laid out .
4 I 'll see that your salary is made up to this date and a cheque posted on to you . ’
5 My dad was once testing me on my biology and we came up to these films and the subject of drugs and I said just , you know , just as a joke and I thought he would just laugh it off , I said have you done any ?
6 The Fish got us a good position at the back of the club , where we stood on wooden beer crates holding on to each other as the floor seemed about to crack open with heat and stomping .
7 Pickers were diverted on to another plot after the theft was discovered .
8 For example , she uses Let's go on to another topic where a literal translation of the Hebrew would be ‘ Perhaps we shall/should go on to another topic ’ and Let's begin with the question of defence policy where the Hebrew is literally ‘ Perhaps we shall start with the question of defence policy ’ .
9 ‘ I think it 's time we ventured out on to some grass and a semblance of the real thing , ’ Biddy remarked , fastening her crash-helmet .
10 Our own sonar is now locked on to this device and the sonar room has suddenly become the focal centre of interest in the Kilcharran .
11 The wind-sucker is similar to the crib-biter , but manages to swallow air without latching on to any object so the teeth do not suffer abnormal and excessive wear .
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