Example sentences of "[verb] [conj] [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are not reasons for the impulses but causes that hark back to the primitive responses that we share with many animals ; yet qualified by noting that we , unlike dumb brutes , can reflect upon our impulses and resist them if we so decide , as happened in my example . |
| 2 | He pulled up at the pumps and the attendant , a young black wearing green coveralls and cap bearing the petrol company 's logo , approached and leaned down to the open window . |
| 3 | At a point with ‘ Arc ’ I said ‘ OK , we 're off and we 're flying , this is distorted and grunged out to the max ’ . |
| 4 | Then she rose and went over to the bed , pulled back the covers and slipped between the cool , fresh sheets . |
| 5 | He placed the ointment on the table beside her , rose and walked over to the window . |
| 6 | But she rose and walked over to the table , moving stiffly because of muscles chilled from sitting in the stone window embrasure for so long . |
| 7 | Tallis rose and walked over to the pile of nuts and berries . |
| 8 | At last , when all the stalls were full , Lady Amelia gestured to the cantor not to begin the usual psalms and caused a stir when she herself rose and swept up to the lectern . |
| 9 | He put the letter in his Out tray and moved on to another piece of paper , and then he stopped and went back to the first letter . |
| 10 | He 'd try to sneak us into the zoo without paying and we 'd get caught and taken down to the Police Station . |
| 11 | Some of the sites are enormously rich , however , and the history of palaeontology is punctuated by quite unscientific feuds between experts trying to find and hold on to the best sites for the most spectacular vertebrates . |
| 12 | I was rescued and brought down to the ground . |
| 13 | Barn owls used to breed in the hay bales but when these were shifted the birds objected and moved off to the nearby quarry . |
| 14 | He drew up an agreement in two copies , setting out the terms in ponderous detail : ‘ … referred to henceforth as ‘ the colony' ’ … which wheels shall be considered as handed over to the Economic Section of the Provincial Workers ' and Peasants ' Inspection after their reception by a special commission and the signing of the corresponding protocol . ’ |
| 15 | We also used to catch greenfinches that came on to the barley . |
| 16 | the other the black moment you know th the bit where I I put in the bit where the he broke his leg and the mortgage was gon na be foreclosed on him I mean that builds up to the black moment which is a necessary part of the story and then he got out of it erm because the house relented and showed him where the copper kettle was that was worth the money . |
| 17 | When this happens , the shot is either pushed or sliced out to the right with no distance . |
| 18 | It has stuck to an antiquated way of operating that harks back to the days of guild power , and has refused to countenance criticism . |
| 19 | The leaders turned and rode back to the inferno of a village . |
| 20 | It was absorbed and went in to the Carrick Herald and the Aire Advertiser , and now they 've all gone . |
| 21 | Corbett bathed in the guest-house 's one and only tub before dressing and going down to the buttery for ale and a bowl of bread and fish boiled in milk . |
| 22 | In Type I disease , the calves have usually been set-stocked in one area for several moths ; in contrast , Type II disease often has a typical history of calves being grazed on a field from spring to mid-summer , then moved and brought back to the original field in the autumn . |
| 23 | Then he drags his victim into the bushes or the trees , kills and cuts back to the other road and the car and makes his getaway . |
| 24 | Meanwhile , plenty of new flats are being built and coming on to the market : developers have rushed to get their projects completed in the hope of selling before demand dried up . |
| 25 | Later this year a third intake will be built and linked in to the system which will automatically transfer raw materials to the mill . |
| 26 | Then we 'd dress and go back to the bar , order |
| 27 | All the cans of food and money , which came to more than £50 , has been collected and passed on to the County Durham Kostroma Appeal . |
| 28 | If you do not reply , the PP does not repeat but goes on to the next question . |
| 29 | Thus the goods will normally be unconditionally appropriated when handed over to the carrier . |
| 30 | The term 's work was not to be seen as leading up to the audio tape . |