Example sentences of "and [adv] to his " in BNC.
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1 | But this throws into high relief Leonard 's ( or at least Breavman 's ! ) denial of spiritual responsibility : if the onus had passed to his uncles , and thereby to his cousins , why should he care ? |
2 | Several weeks ago Victor came crashing down out of a tree and on to his back . |
3 | He flung his head to one side and muttered something , his face was twisted up ; he pushed himself away and fell out through the entrance and on to his knees , and she sat down on the floor for her legs felt weak and the wounded one was throbbing painfully , and she crawled over to Sycorax and lay down beside her and sobbed hot , dry grief until she at last fell asleep . |
4 | Bromhead was a subscriber to Green 's first memoir , published in 1828 , and the contact led to Green visiting Thurlby Hall and eventually to his career as a Caius undergraduate and fellow . |
5 | Across his scalp and down to his brows spread a searing pain . |
6 | He layered more mud onto his throat and down to his chest and across his shoulders . |
7 | For a moment she could n't believe she had actually struck , then she stared in horrified fascination at the dark red stain spreading diagonally across de Raimes ' belly and down to his thigh . |
8 | He went down to his car and down to his company stock and he says now what the money 's due to me you 'll get them in the post . |
9 | Dark , curling hair formed a letter T across his breast and down to his lean belly . |
10 | From Waterloo station , he phoned the offices of The Courier and somewhat to his surprise , found himself put straight through to Jonathan Minter . |
11 | I have blasphemed … and did exceeding wrong to King Henry VIII and especially to his wife , Queen Catherine . ’ |
12 | The air waybill was designed as an acknowledgment of receipt of goods from the consignor , and as a notice of shipment to the carrier ( and especially to his agent at the destination ) , a notice which would also enable the identification of the consignee . |
13 | He simply ran a wire from his bedroom under the carpet and downstairs to his mother 's phone , it was alleged . |
14 | It at the beginning of the second sentence refers to coming downstairs ( and not to his head , of course ) , and then the next it refers to another way . |
15 | It is a large sum of money and it is especially favourable to Maidenhead and not to his constituents , I will give him that . |
16 | It would obtain to the person who had gone out and not to his heirs and successors and it would involve his going out and someone else taking on his land . |
17 | This he continued to do until his illness confined him first to his room and finally to his bed . |
18 | He started as a part-time sales assistant , and in the space of just nine years worked his way up through store management to area and regional management and finally to his present position . |
19 | Then it was ‘ Fuckin' ‘ ell , is that the time ? ’ , back into the vulgar check suit and home to his little wife , who had been told that he had a business meeting in the City . |
20 | She had then bleached his hair along the side and at the temples … and the results , as she had promised , added ten years and more to his age . |
21 | The ideas were always Durance 's , he always initiated the paintings and when his hands permitted he carried out the work , but as he had become increasingly crippled the execution had been left more and more to his protégée . |
22 | Charles said he knew it well , being just off Eaton Square and close to his place of work . |
23 | Robin Dew equalled his personal best time of 15.4 secs. in the colts 100 metres , taking fourth place , and in the long jump he was also fourth in an excellent 4 metres 15 , the BAF standard for this event and close to his personal best . |
24 | Over his shoulder was hung a canvas bag which contained all his worldly possessions , and close to his left heel trotted a black and white collie . |
25 | For a long time he had held the envelope in his chubby fingers and close to his face . |
26 | At nine the headmaster , who had introduced him , escorted him back to his hotel and up to his room . |
27 | You will go into the barn and up to his studio . |
28 | In a daze , Carlson walked through the crowd and up to his senior officer . |
29 | The parents contended that though the injuries were sustained before birth , the child continued to suffer them on birth and up to his death . |
30 | Chancellor Fernandez will not have his contract renewed in June , thanks partly to his mishandling of the rainbow curriculum and partly to his boastful biography , ‘ Tales out of School ’ , which included some tactless remarks about the Board of Education . |