Example sentences of "[art] [noun sg] to where [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | After they 'd finished their lunch Valerie Stevens took her husband off across the field to where a little knot of donkeys were assembling to take part in the donkey derby , an important annual event at the OBEX Family Day . |
| 2 | They walked across the field to where the wall stopped , sliced in its eternal stride by some giant wire cutters . |
| 3 | Well after a while the bricks got hot enough that you could just adjust the valve to where the stove would get almost cherry red and it was a very nice fire . |
| 4 | Hari sat up in bed and stared through the window to where the light from the street lamp paled into insignificance against the rising sun . |
| 5 | Wycliffe walked the length of the waterfront to where the road petered out in a footpath to the headland . |
| 6 | The wood in the barn was soaked and we stood there in our dripping combat jackets close to despair ; we had been made to wear our helmets for the duration , and the oversized tin hats kept slipping over our faces , as we scrambled in the mud taking the wood to where the petulant staff were demanding hot coffee . |
| 7 | Jonathan 's still in his football boots , laces trailing , so I have a head start as I rush across the playground to where the crossing lady stands with her lollipop . |
| 8 | Then he moved a little up the canyon to where the jutting rocks made a rough natural staircase and held out his hand . |
| 9 | Nick looked across the room to where a fat man in jeans stood by the bar and ticked the side of his forehead like a taxi driver acknowledging a tip . |
| 10 | He looked across the room to where a famous actress held scornful court . |
| 11 | D'Arcy left Nadirpur perched on a bar stool with a glass of Victor 's best vintage champagne and made his way across the room to where a large figure in black suit and shirt was seated , almost invisible in the dark alcove . |
| 12 | He put these with his haul from the kitchen and crossed the room to where a pile of mail lay on the mat inside the front door , pausing on the way to look at some of the framed photographs and certificates that were arranged along the mantelshelf . |
| 13 | Lucy looked across the room to where the older man sat at the corner table . |
| 14 | She walked further up the hill to where the golden light still came unhindered , following from one patch of sunlight to another as they fell through gaps in the houses , until she was in a little cul-de-sac quite open to it , ending at a railway . |
| 15 | I followed his gaze down the hallway to where a Kawasaki was parked on a spread-out copy of the Evening Standard . |
| 16 | There were no roads direct from the station to where the world began , but the carriage drivers , squatting over their breakfasts , directed us to an abandoned railway line which cut across country . |
| 17 | We all stood up and walked around the wall to where the car had been . |
| 18 | There is still a skid mark from one end of the runway to where the ‘ Fury left it at the other end . |
| 19 | Turning her back on the sunset , she crossed the yard to where a track , wide enough to take a vehicle , led down to the river . |
| 20 | A great urgency gripped Gabriel , who unlatched the gate and ran off round the barn to where the moor streamed towards him like downhill water . |
| 21 | But by then she was so inwardly tense at the deception which through love and loyalty she had to perform that she barely noticed the grand buildings as she drove up out of the valley to where the town ended and a tarmacked road through woodland began . |
| 22 | I kept walking , past the old mill , right up around the bend to where the council property starts , and I thought , oh , shit , council houses . |
| 23 | He frowned as he gazed down the road to where a black limo was parked . |
| 24 | I did not know what it could be , but I tried to reassure her and went up the road to where the policeman lived . |
| 25 | They turned and made their way along the platform , through the small waiting-room and so into the road to where the horse and trap waited . |
| 26 | A cardboard box banged her knees as she blew across the road to where an old lady was hopping on the spot and poking at a plastic bag on her foot . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ’ said the corporal at last , looking out over the river to where a low mud shoal raised its back above the water , grey and wrinkled like a hippopotamus , ‘ it was there . ’ |
| 28 | From the start , pick up a crate and kill the policeman , continue right , dodging the dog on the way , climb the ladder to where the mugger prowls , dodge him and grab the ‘ ? ’ ( 50 points ) and the records , climb upwards , collecting records on the way , kill the workman with the crate and thus gain access to the roof of the building , avoid climbing the crane ( there 's nothing of interest there ) , climb up the ladder and kill the policeman , run right and jump off the edge to the end of the building . |
| 29 | I managed some breakfast , met up with Colin 's coach Malcolm Arnold who was taking me down to the track , and we walked in the sunshine to where the buses waited to run the shuttle to the Olympic Stadium . |
| 30 | They rounded the corner to where the car was parked . |