Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] to a " in BNC.

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1 They happen to do something where there is an enormous organization geared up to pushing them on to a pedestal .
2 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 .
3 They went down a narrow lane called Smugglers ' Gully , which led them on to a wild rocky headland .
4 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 .
5 Why not pass them on to a hospital or children 's home where they will be treasured .
6 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 .
7 But then to pass them on to a third party is heinous . ’
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 ‘ 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 .
11 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 .
12 And but he can get them on to a disk .
13 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 .
14 ‘ He shoved me on to a toilet seat and punched me , ’ Claire said .
15 Whatever information you can send me to help steer me on to a path to a more rewarding career would be most appreciated .
16 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 ’ .
17 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 .
18 ’ You put me on to a good thing , ’ he went on , ’ with Ardakke .
19 ‘ 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 .
20 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 .
21 Old bushes can be brought back to vigorous life by cutting them down to a foot from the ground at the end of winter .
22 As regards yeomen the statistics serve chiefly to emphasise the difficulty of pinning them down to a precise definition .
23 I and er told Lindsey if she 'd ever any problems never to write them down to a friend
24 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 .
25 If you have any friends suffering from depression do try to get them along to a Medau Class .
26 They took me along to a service at the North Shore Christian Fellowship on the Sunday after the Night of the Great North Wind .
27 She caught up with me and took me along to a paddock to see her horse .
28 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 .
29 They did come in , and it took seven of them to get me down to a single cell .
30 In the intimidating atmosphere of the Mararios Stadium they silenced the partisan crowd with an early goal and then came so close to getting a second which would surely have put them through to a money spinning meeting with Paris St Germaine .
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