Example sentences of "[adv] [vb pp] [adv prt] to [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The regions — they have since come up to London — were miles away from that sort of thing . |
| 2 | ‘ You had better come up to Lady Merchiston , ’ Theda said , leading the way to the stairs . |
| 3 | But if Montini was so indispensable in the later stages of the pontificate of Pius XII , why was he suddenly packed off to Milan without the cardinal 's hat that routinely went with the office ? |
| 4 | On the morning of the ceremony , Olivia , the mali , Balvinder Singh and myself all set off to Village Shahpur Jat in Mr Singh 's taxi . |
| 5 | It was only shipped up to Paris recently when the house had been emptied of furniture . |
| 6 | On hearing of the don 's disappearance , she 'd naturally rushed up to Oxford in the hope of tracking down her precious notes . |
| 7 | Scots-born ( in Elgin ) , educated at Aberdeen University , qualifying as a CA , then joining Alcan Aluminium , he realised his experience and qualifications were ‘ quite narrow ’ and so headed off to Manchester Business School and an MBA which then took him into international consultancy with McKinsey . |
| 8 | Even though my children 's reading has long since moved on to Roald Dahl , C S Lewis and Judy Blume , the story ‘ template ’ is there , the dubious role models of their best-loved tales are firmly entrenched and I 'm beginning to wonder if they are there for life . |
| 9 | Army Group E had included seven army corps , one of which , the 15 SS Cossack Cavalry Corps , had already broken through to Austria and surrendered to the British . |
| 10 | Fortunately the couple had had a telephone number for the party Lori had left with , and a telephone call this morning had vouchsafed the unwelcome information that Lori had already flown on to Medellín . |
| 11 | He was not available for comment , however , as he had just flown off to Australia . |
| 12 | In the summer of 1617 Best travelled back to Yorkshire to manage the family estate at Elmswell , near Driffield , which had been bought by his father in 1598 , and to supervise the upbringing of his young siblings and half-siblings . |
| 13 | Since he had not come back to Møn he must be dead — there could be no other explanation . |
| 14 | Why not come along to Saughton Sports Centre where the ladies running club meets every Tuesday from 7–8 pm . |
| 15 | Others present included Lord David Cecil , who had lately come back to Oxford to teach English Literature at New College , and Adam Fox , the college chaplain . |
| 16 | One of the men has already come back to Britain voluntarily , the older one is fighting extradition |
| 17 | I remember the sinking feeling still : 1964 , having just moved up to Leeds and my first day at Almscliff — then , and probably still , the best swather of tall poppies in the land . |
| 18 | He stayed in Moscow for two months before he returned to St. Petersburg and soon sailed back to Scotland . |
| 19 | I 'd just turned on to York Way when I spotted the two city gents who 'd been drinking in the pub . |
| 20 | Flames and smoke from nearby chestnut-sellers and the bare-chested fire-eaters flickered and drifted into the dark grey sky , and Meredith just hung on to Lucenzo , lost for words , overwhelmed by the volume of sound , the bustle , the glamour , as they walked along beneath the arched walkway of the Procuratie Nuove . |
| 21 | ‘ My family were Huguenots , my lady , and therefore unwanted in la belle France , ’ D'Alembord 's contemptuous scorn for France made the Countess bridle , but he had already turned back to Lucille . |
| 22 | Tim found out the appalling details of his wife 's killing when he finally got through to Elizabeth 's fiance Cuan Cronje . |
| 23 | As he had finally got back to Mrs Lorimer 's and was washing his face , he was wondering how much of the dirty water of the drug scene had washed over Rose and Steve . |
| 24 | I 've just got back to England . |
| 25 | They were soon summoned back to London . |
| 26 | ‘ We have a tail already locked on to Tweed . |
| 27 | ‘ She could have gone to friends , or just driven up to London , ’ Fraser defended himself . |
| 28 | Why had Parr not gone back to England ? |
| 29 | When he rang Joanne to check Nigel 's movements in the week before Steen 's death , a strange female voice answered and informed him that Miss Menzies had already gone up to Scotland for her Christmas holidays . |
| 30 | ‘ As I heard it , my lord , he 's already gone back to Hereford . ’ |