Example sentences of "[noun pl] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Several times in the next few months I went up to the top floor again , where I could look out of the high windows in the roof to see the surrounding countryside and be alone with my thoughts . |
| 2 | Aunt Bedelia and I were trying to watch Brookside , but it was an impossible mix , like tripe and onions with Bolognese sauce , so when Otley went down to the pub to see the lads I strolled down to the villa . |
| 3 | That was a case in which the house had a path running to the steps which went up to the road , the house being at a lower level than the road , and the plaintiff met with an accident on those steps … |
| 4 | Detailed Description : the steps which led up to the problem and any messages or codes that were included . |
| 5 | He pulled up in fourth gear at the foot of the balustraded stone steps which led up to the solicitor 's office : Totteridge , Spruce and Hardnut , Commissioners for Oaths , said the brass plate . |
| 6 | Beyond it fell a flight of stone steps which led down to the bank 's vault . |
| 7 | Rachaela left the house and went to the steps which led down to the beach . |
| 8 | Rousing herself , she glanced at the huge diamond solitaire on her left hand as if for reassurance , before picking up her luggage and heading for the steps which led down to the landing-stage and the vaporetti . |
| 9 | Unlike a bus , its wheels are guarded by lifeguard trays which drop on to the rail when the hinged gates under the front of the tram are swung back upon impact . |
| 10 | Certainly those responsible for some of the decisions that have lead to outright closures could learn a lot by looking at these institutions which date back to the nineteenth century and earlier and will no doubt continue to survive . |
| 11 | Tamar turned along the track which led away from the village and the harvest fields , choosing instead the path through the thick woods which stretched down to the river bank . |
| 12 | Even along the coast in the marvellous new holiday centres , you will appreciate the deep blue seas and surprisingly uncrowded beaches , and wonder at the mountains and fragrant , herb-scented woods which tumble down to the shore . |
| 13 | The group then undertook local information meetings which built up to the campaign 's first large public meeting in Letterfrack , Co . |
| 14 | These are constitutive luck — the kind of person one is ; contemporary circumstantial luck — the kind of circumstances in which one is placed ; antecedent circumstantial luck — the kind of circumstances which led up to the situation one faces ; and consequential luck — the way things turn out . |
| 15 | Of course there are lines that Keith does in second verses , melodic lines which build up to the chorus , and then it all apexes at the solo , hopefully . ’ |
| 16 | Around the walls were shelves which stretched up to the blackened ceiling , bearing more rolls of vellum . |
| 17 | As always they will go to businesses and organisations whose support for various aspects of the arts throughout 1992 has most impressed the ABSA judges who get down to the business of sifting through hundreds of entries early next month . |
| 18 | After two months in kennels they move on to the dog supply unit for 11 months , during which time they will be required to train at least six dogs up to the blindfold standard , and pass the guide dog trainer examination . |
| 19 | Well they are fit cos they get on and off at any of the stops they go along to the attraction that they want to do . |
| 20 | On leaden feet he moved back to the staircase and made his way to the half-landing at its top . |
| 21 | Last month PHILIP VANN looked at artists who had come up from the mines to become artists ; in this issue he concentrates on those artists who went down to the pit to paint |
| 22 | The first performance came from two people in white radiation suits who walked on to the stage carrying a dustbin allegedly containing nuclear waste . |
| 23 | This is the area between the southern edge of the shopping area and the top of the bluffs which run down to the river . |
| 24 | The Gascon led Corbett and Ranulf through a maze of corridors which led out to the back of the palace , across a deserted dusty yard into one of the large outbuildings there . |
| 25 | The river is broad here , about two hundred yards , and from its banks one looks up to the baroque turrets of the Benedictine monastery of Stift Göttweig , perched high on its wooded hill . |
| 26 | For whole days he wandered off to the cafés and bars in a stand to assert his independence . |
| 27 | Notwithstanding the constitutional changes which led up to the general election of July [ see p. 37603 ] , the Habré government had remained an alliance of faction leaders lacking any real popular support . |
| 28 | There have been a number of studies of the development of estates attached to monasteries which persisted through to the sixteenth century . |
| 29 | While researching the island 's past , Gilli discovered culinary traditions which date back to the Ancient Greeks . |
| 30 | Also , the cassettes are cheaper than any of the other formats , blank tape being widely available in a variety of qualities which extend up to the ‘ PRO ’ grade for really important recordings . |