Example sentences of "[verb] to [conj] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Further along , Simon could see Mr Bishop 's kiosk , abandoned to the elements , its shutters still down , its back door flapping open , banging to and fro in the wind . |
| 2 | Strudwick , still desperately trying to put rugby league on the map in the capital , said : ‘ It 's been hectic this week , having to dash to and fro from the training ground to the hospital . |
| 3 | There is no legal right to protect or demonstrate — merely a right for the present to say what one likes provided that it is lawful whether by way of ‘ protest ’ or otherwise ; or a right to pass to and fro along the highway in a reasonable manner and for a proper purpose , whether carrying a banner or not . |
| 4 | One " rule " which the team adhered to until very near the end of the evaluation concerned the number and size of grants made in any year . |
| 5 | I remember black faced miners and not so black faced shipyard workers passing to and fro to the nearby yards or the ‘ G ’ pit at the end of the street . |
| 6 | It not only covered ships passing to and fro through the Strait , but also included reports of Argentine air strikes , naval activity , including the sinking of the Belgrano , and even references to the British helicopter that had landed on the coast of the Magellan Strait almost opposite Punta Arenas , and had been destroyed by its pilot . |
| 7 | So much paper passing to and fro in a single day , thought the tall boy . |
| 8 | In short , how is the cost-cutting imperative to be transmitted to and down through the railway organizations ? |
| 9 | Arms flick to and fro as the Winter Fairy and the Stars of Ashton 's Cinderella give the illusion of twinkling lights in the frosty air . |
| 10 | He swivelled to and fro in the padded chair . |
| 11 | It would not be safe to have you going to and fro between the steerage and our quarters . |
| 12 | So I asked him what he was up to and he said he was going to and fro in the earth and walking up and down in it , and then he pushed th " trolley in , and I went in after , and the mother began her howling and shrieking , and Will said , " Well , I 'll walk off and leave you to it . " |
| 13 | It was well worth going to if only for the scene of the spring cleaning of the dwarfs ’ house . |
| 14 | Wallis never forgot how Minton , whilst painting this portrait , skipped to and fro across the floorboards at Shaftesbury Villas ‘ like some lean fencer with his long brush stabbing at the canvas ’ , all the while throwing out the liveliest sallies . |
| 15 | The reading knob must be slid to and fro from the far ends of the slot . |
| 16 | A pair of swans cruised , with cygnets , and swallows were zipping to and fro above the water . |
| 17 | ‘ They walked to and fro in the twilight ’ |
| 18 | As soon as Schmidt settled , she rose again and walked to and fro in the room pecking at her cigarette . |
| 19 | Men from each force blundered to and fro in the darkness and El Cid himself was slightly wounded . |
| 20 | Roger Jacobi has described a vivid picture of hunters around Cheddar Gorge using the many shallow access valleys from the Levels to the top of the Mendips as ambush points for animals moving to and fro over the seasons , and it is noticeable how many of the Mesolithic sites located by Joan Taylor and Rebecca Smart are at the top end of shallow valleys in the front of the Mendips and close to former springs . |
| 21 | Intended as a place where DEA and CIA agents could meet unobserved with informants and clients , as a message drop for CIA arms dealers supplying Iraq and the Afghan rebels , as a waiting room for DEA CIs and couriers from Lebanon , and as a transit point , not just for heroin , but for cash , documents and bootleg computer software moving to and fro along the Beirut — Nicosia — US pipeline , Eurame , as run by El-Jorr , was more like a low-life social club than a secret intelligence centre . |
| 22 | Prostates , bypasses , hip replacements and renal surgery swung to and fro across the table . |
| 23 | An inn sign swung to and fro in the wind . |
| 24 | But there will always be a hard core , roaring down a bottomless lane in an A70 pick-up with no piston rings and ninety degrees of play in the steering , white cricket cap pulled down over watering eyes , sheepdog barking its head off as it rushes to and fro in the cargo department . |
| 25 | In the morning I went ashore with the captain in a bumboat , passing a variety of small craft that plied to and fro across the straits . |
| 26 | A commission of magistrates and theologians from the University of Louvain was appointed to examine him in a long-drawn-out process in which translations of his heretical works were prepared by Philips ; written charges and rebuttals in Latin passed to and fro between the Commission and Tyndale , followed by oral examinations . |
| 27 | Shortly after the English army 's murderous assault on Berwick , in 1296 , Bothwell fell into English hands and for the remainder of the Wars of Independence the castle passed to and fro between the opposing forces . |
| 28 | Very occasionally , on our walks , Grandma would tell me things about Wales : about the great cart-horses who died of heart trouble from toiling to and fro up the steep cliff road all their lives ; and how , as a child , she had walked to church along the sands . |
| 29 | This they did near Poitiers in mid-September , and for two days papal representatives went to and fro between the forces in the hope of securing an arrangement . |
| 30 | Richard seems to have played an important part in the peace and truce talks , and as he went to and fro between the armies his father may have begun to wonder just what these exchanges meant . |