Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] to [noun prp] on the " in BNC.
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1 | It says that the discharges from the plant , which is run by British Nuclear Fuels ( BNFL ) , are carried upstream to Preston on the incoming tide and deposited in mudflats used by children to play . |
2 | Normally the ‘ illegals ’ are handed back to China on the border almost daily , but Peking now says it will check each case , a move expected to slow repatriation to a trickle and put further pressure on the Territory 's detention centres , which are already overflowing with Vietnamese boat people . |
3 | I 'd spoken frequently to Jamila on the phone , of course , and apparently Changez — solid , stable , unshakeable Changez — had turned quite mad after the naked-on-the-bed incident . |
4 | The words floated across to Caroline on the still evening air . |
5 | It was sent back to Machynlleth on the empty coaching stock , 0620 back to Aberystwyth , 0707 left Aberystwyth on the train . |