Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] [adv] to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bakker also argued that the brontosaur footprints found in the 1930s in the Cretaceous Texas limestone showed left and right footprints close to the trackway centreline , hinting that they walked upright . |
| 2 | Tending to follow market values , heriots might form realistic death duties , but other seigneurial perquisites , such as profits of the court , rarely added much to the total income . |
| 3 | Gower needed just two runs to reach 7,000 in his hundredth Test and got them , only to fall immediately to a quite unnecessary flick down the leg side . |
| 4 | The edition of Boswell 's Tour now generally available only refers obliquely to a lack of warmth , and to Boswell 's own ‘ spleen ’ while staying there — all this notwithstanding that the beautiful ( and pregnant ) Lady Macdonald was a cousin of Boswell 's . |
| 5 | Start off with the highest SPF cream and only change gradually to a lower rating . |
| 6 | This pipe , called the discharge pipe , soil pipe or soil stack , runs vertically down to connect directly to the drains ; the top of it is open to the air at least 900mm above the top of any opening windows which are within 3m of the stack , unless a relief valve is fitted to the top of the stack ( see drawing ) . |
| 7 | Until now the commanders had all reported upward to the Shah , who himself made all decisions . |
| 8 | He was particularly careful of any involvement with the Mamur Zapt , which was why Owen not only reported formally to the Khedive but was nominally subordinate to Garvin . |
| 9 | I had greatly looked forward to the meeting , hoping to hear words of wit and wisdom about the law , and perhaps a few good legal anecdotes . |
| 10 | I hurried along keeping close to a wall and waiting for the inevitable mortar burst that would follow in the path of the jeep . |
| 11 | ‘ But he so looks forward to the Bois . |
| 12 | All you need for each one is a piece of knitting beginning with a hem at the wrist , wide enough to go round the hand and long enough to reach easily to the base of the fingers . |
| 13 | ‘ She will be delighted , ’ Alida Thorne said , ‘ she 's so looking forward to a visitor . |
| 14 | Such a shame really , since I was so looking forward to the day . |
| 15 | ‘ You see , I was so looking forward to the prince 's return from Ludlow . ’ |
| 16 | The Aged was obviously looking forward to the evening ceremony of firing the gun . |
| 17 | I 'm real excited , as you can imagine , and greatly looking forward to the adventure . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I am greatly looking forward to the challenge . ’ |
| 19 | In the late 1960s and early 1970s the activities of the CNAA were obviously related closely to the complex developments of the polytechnics . |
| 20 | All students should be encouraged to take an active part and not merely listen passively to the tutor and one or two loquacious individuals . |
| 21 | THESE four happy boys were eagerly looking forward to a fun-filled family Christmas . |
| 22 | In addition , they can perhaps bring home to the community just how much education needs and deserves better funding . |
| 23 | Even though they had all agreed beforehand to the principle of a supranational institution , the six states of ‘ little ’ Europe — France , West Germany , Italy , Belgium , the Netherlands and Luxembourg — faced nine months of hard bargaining after they formally began negotiations in June 1950 . |
| 24 | So your students will relate to their coursebook and will eagerly look forward to the next activity ! |
| 25 | ‘ Interesting point ! ’ remarked Morse , suddenly turning again to a now distinctly uncomfortable-looking Stratton . |
| 26 | The gangway lamps seemed to give no light , only add further to the gloom of the dusk . |
| 27 | Irish rugby is notorious for peaks and troughs , so look forward to a few peaks from now onwards . |
| 28 | ‘ Had been suddenly called away to the funeral of a close relative ? |
| 29 | And ensure that your client prepares the plans to a reasonable scale , not too small or too large — if on a size A4 page that will not only annex conveniently to a lease or transfer of part but will also facilitate the taking of photocopies . |
| 30 | Inevitably this proximity involved a fair amount of touching and occasional pressures , which the man found very much to his taste , and which the young woman at least did not object to sufficiently to draw away to the limits of her corner . |