Example sentences of "[coord] have [vb pp] [adv] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | But any ( unmoving ) object placed between the half-silvered mirror and the screen will now occupy a larger area of the image and therefore appear either to have grown larger , as if swelling , or to have come closer to the camera , even though it has not actually moved at all . |
| 2 | The situation in Powys reflects that in Wales as a whole and has contributed especially to the threat to upland broadleaved woodlands but also to the losses of heather moor , rough grassland and to the degradation of species-rich pastures . |
| 3 | In the case of one interactional variable , the agreement-marking " you know what I mean " , it seems fairly certain that this originated in the Caribbean community and has spread outwards to the wider community of LE speakers . |
| 4 | Clearly this was no place for me , and having tiptoed back to the sitting-room , I switched on a light and picked up the evening paper . |
| 5 | Thus Cameron Hall Developments , who built the Gates head Metro Centre , seem to have done so on borrowed money and to have sold out to the Church Commissioners , although they remain in charge of operations . |
| 6 | Straightening , he turned to Lori , who had gone as white as a sheet , and had backed up to the door like an animal at bay . |
| 7 | Bob Sclater , Orkney 's harbours director , reported yesterday that the ship had listed 20 degrees to starboard and had shifted closer to the cliff face . |
| 8 | Miss Foley was ready to go now and had come up to the desk to clear his out tray . |
| 9 | He had arrived at the Laboratory over an hour late , at ten o'clock , looking terribly tired because he had been up that night at the scene of crime , and had come over to the reception desk to collect his personal post . |
| 10 | The Jew had left Judaea , where the capital has a name difficult to pronounce ( they call it Ierusalem ) and had come down to the sea . |
| 11 | He says a boy had gone away for a weekend and had come back to the school with the tablets and then sold them . |
| 12 | Sonny , alarmed at the deathly pallor of his half-sister 's face , had jumped into the trap and had driven furiously to the village for the doctor . |
| 13 | The court was told she had ignored a Give Way sign at a junction and had driven on to the main road at about 40 mph . |
| 14 | Similarly in Rex v. Bishop of Ely , 5 Durn. & E. 475 the applicant had been removed as a fellow of Jesus College , Cambridge , and had appealed unsuccessfully to the bishop as visitor . |
| 15 | Aggie had taken her hat and coat off and had dropped on to the settle , and as he entered the room she said immediately , ‘ Somethin' will have to be … ’ but paused as Millie came in on Ben 's heels , and she nodded towards her saying , ‘ Go and take your things off and set the tray . ’ |