Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [adv] [adv prt] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bernice moved purposefully over to the corner of the passenger section where their meagre supplies were stored . |
| 2 | He did n't want Mrs Wright driving right up to his house . |
| 3 | A little later from his bedroom , where he had retired for a rest , he watched through his daughters ' brass telescope as the grey shadow of what had once been the sleek and lively Hari moved slowly over to the sepoy lines with , as usual , the Prime Minister dodging along behind am . |
| 4 | IAN WRIGHT grabbed a superb 73rd-minute winner against his old club Crystal Palace as Arsenal moved menacingly up to third place in the Premier League just a point behind leaders Blackburn . |
| 5 | And when Cadfael came slowly back to her across the empty court , she stood in his way great-eyed , fronting him gravely as if she would penetrate into the most remote recesses of his mind . |
| 6 | In the second half , Thame came more in to the game and created a couple of chances , however in the sixty fifth minute , Sean Liden won the ball on the halfway line , his long ball found Gary Weaving who turned and placed a low shot past Mayhew to make it one nil . |
| 7 | They encountered no difficulties en route , although they had to traverse one of the most dangerous ambush points in all South Scotland , at Pease Dean , where the Lammermuirs came directly down to the coast in steep wooded slopes cut up by deep ravines , and round which travellers had to wend their narrow , devious way . |
| 8 | As he walked up beside the 17th Patrick met O'Grady trudging disconsolately back to the tee to play a second ball . |
| 9 | Lina went straight up to her as she opened her eyes , and said , ‘ Señora , I am Lina . |
| 10 | But this time Hardy went straight on to the attack , putting Holmes on the canvas with a right over the top for an initial count of seven . |
| 11 | Turin 's Juventus marched right up to a triumph in this week 's UEFA Cup . |
| 12 | The Deeside buttoned right up to the neck and was finished with a neat ‘ ghillie ’ collar . |
| 13 | After a couple of years the clump , will be looking a little shaggy so in March cut hard back to the developing basal shoots and feed as new growth develops . |
| 14 | Feeling very grown-up and wise , Maud and Mildred sauntered casually over to the two pathetic little girls . |
| 15 | Fenella clambered cautiously on to the oak log and grasped the ledge . |
| 16 | Ruth looked doubtfully out to sea , wondering what he meant ; but then she began to see something , more with her mind 's eye than in reality , though she knew at once it was very real . |
| 17 | New Zealand all-rounder Aaron Barnes cleared late on to play in the North Wales County Championship after queries over his amateur status had a dream debut for Caernarfonshire . |
| 18 | There were conflabs in the typing pool and that bossy Marianne going importantly round to areas she normally never trespassed in and June — had felt it was on account of her . |
| 19 | The Ranger got safely out to sea , with three prisoners aboard , some others who had been taken having been released , and by 6 am was making course for Kirkcudbright Bay in the Solway Firth . |
| 20 | Far from being just another Rolls-Royce clone with winged ‘ B ’ badges , the Mulsanne went straight back to the first act where raw performance and driving reward shared equal billing with cossetting comfort and refinement . |
| 21 | Max was putting his bag into the boot of his BMW as Morse walked slowly up to him . |
| 22 | She burst into tears and Morse walked diffidently over to the settee , where he temporarily displaced the teddy-bear , put his right arm along her shoulder , and held her to him as she sobbed away the storm . |
| 23 | Sheila walked slowly over to the window and watched Cedric as he wheeled his bicycle across Beaumont Street towards St Giles ' . |
| 24 | Once through the boulder field , a grassy sward high above picturesque Crummack Dale led steadily up to a broad plateau near Long Scar , from where we had our first view of the distant and brooding Ingleborough rising from a vast array of moor and limestone pavements , shimmering in the summer heat like a huge field of cotton grass . |
| 25 | Cedric sank happily on to the tattered hearthrug at his feet and gazed up adoringly at his new master . |
| 26 | Sachin Tendulkar moved quickly on to 19 at which stage the Indian was twice put down , first by Mark Nicholas at short cover and then by David Gower who could not hold on to a hot left-handed chance at second slip , the unlucky bowler on both occasions being Connor . |
| 27 | Noting the gesture , Joseph moved smartly over to his daughter and escorted her back aboard . |
| 28 | Mr Malik walked swiftly over to them and aimed a shrewd blow at their ears . |
| 29 | Rose looked helplessly down to where the old lady still flailed against her pillows , catching her breath on each series of cackles as they left her throat . |
| 30 | Jo ran straight up to her room and fell on the bed . |