Example sentences of "[pron] [adv] to a " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is because frictional drag ( from a boot or a ski , say ) melts them locally to a thin film of liquid water . |
| 2 | They happen to do something where there is an enormous organization geared up to pushing them on to a pedestal . |
| 3 | It is pesticide-free and traps male moths by luring them on to a sticky pad with the aid of a sex attractant ( a pheromene lure capsule ) given off by female moths to attract a mate . |
| 4 | They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland . |
| 5 | The complete task involved lifting a number of panels from their storage racks , loading them on to a jig , clamping them into position , arc welding a seam to join them , and then transferring the welded sub-assembly from the jig to another storage rack so that it could be transported to the next production stage . |
| 6 | Why not pass them on to a hospital or children 's home where they will be treasured . |
| 7 | Catherine 's anger was also aroused when a photographer took pictures of her topless on the French Riviera and sold them on to a men 's magazine . |
| 8 | But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’ |
| 9 | The reason for this may well be that the hospital consultant is reluctant to let go medical responsibility for former patients and thrust them on to a local GP , but he is not normally easily available when off duty or working in a clinic many miles away . |
| 10 | He nodded , and Lissa opened it , then added the key to her own set and tossed them on to a ledge next to her bag . |
| 11 | ‘ A person who receives goods on sale or return and at once passes them on to someone else under a like contract is entitled to demand them from that third person just as soon as the original owner of the goods has the right to demand them from him , but I am clear that , if he allows a period to elapse before he hands them on to a third person on sale or return , he has done an act which limits and impedes his power of returning the goods . |
| 12 | Vitor slept for almost an hour and so did Thomas , but both of them awoke as they neared the outskirts of Lisbon , just in time , for now Ashley needed directions , and Vitor navigated them on to a bypass and north along minor roads . |
| 13 | And but he can get them on to a disk . |
| 14 | My brother could make me cry just by lifting me on to a five-foot-high garden trellis and leaving me there , so I was hardly a miniature Chris Bonnington . |
| 15 | ‘ He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said . |
| 16 | Whatever information you can send me to help steer me on to a path to a more rewarding career would be most appreciated . |
| 17 | He admires in Horace ‘ the beauty , force and vehemence of Impression : which leads me on to a more rare and entertaining subject , not anywhere ( I think ) insisted on by others ’ . |
| 18 | When I was a schoolgirl some friends took me on to a farm and I used to watch the milking and think what a grand life it was , so healthy , not at all like life in the pits and the factories . |
| 19 | ’ You put me on to a good thing , ’ he went on , ’ with Ardakke . |
| 20 | ‘ This means I miss my connection and then it creates a scatter at Middlesbrough as they try to fit me on to a train to get to Hartlepool in time . |
| 21 | Many people say generally that ‘ there should be no whaling for ethical reasons ’ , but when you try to pin them down to a formulation of those ethics , you find it exceedingly difficult and , I am afraid to say , probably unconvincing to most people of the nations of the world . |
| 22 | Old bushes can be brought back to vigorous life by cutting them down to a foot from the ground at the end of winter . |
| 23 | As regards yeomen the statistics serve chiefly to emphasise the difficulty of pinning them down to a precise definition . |
| 24 | I and er told Lindsey if she 'd ever any problems never to write them down to a friend |
| 25 | And in the past , the , the nearest we 've got to that is taking them along to a fire station and telling them what sort of people we are , that has been proved in many cases to be counterproductive , because it 's actually an incentive if you wish to set fires from other districts than this . |
| 26 | If you have any friends suffering from depression do try to get them along to a Medau Class . |
| 27 | With marked reluctance , the elderly woman led them inside to a small sitting-room , which overlooked the garden at the rear of the house . |
| 28 | They took me along to a service at the North Shore Christian Fellowship on the Sunday after the Night of the Great North Wind . |
| 29 | She caught up with me and took me along to a paddock to see her horse . |
| 30 | On the day that Wilson was elected to office , he telephoned me , tracking me down to a restaurant in London , to enquire what to do about the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra . |