Example sentences of "[adv prt] [adv] to [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The cart moved on downhill to the toll-gate . |
| 2 | A belief in daemons or evil spirits led on naturally to a need for exorcists ; exorcism , it is reasonable to assume , became one of the priestly functions . |
| 3 | It widened but nothing could be seen in the gap , save for the path ahead , winding on down to the valley . |
| 4 | I 'd find a field or a park bench , and early next morning I 'd head on down to the sea . |
| 5 | Carry on down to the tip of the island ; Wall Street . |
| 6 | Nebozízek seemed to be the only stop the funicular made before going on down to the bottom of the hill . |
| 7 | People who had been out together at Castle Menzies , then on down to the Reel of Ballechin , conversed steadily , opening up their private problems to each other with a freedom well beyond the usual . |
| 8 | I kept on down to the river and stood for a while to watch the coal-barges slide along the black , shiny water . |
| 9 | Chrissie went on down to the kitchen to make some tea . |
| 10 | Harvey suggested Morris go on down to the party ahead of him , as he was waiting for a partner : he had no wish to take Rupert Murdoch 's shilling , but he was happy to drink his champagne . |
| 11 | Going on down to the house with a posy of cowslips , she was aware of that rare feeling of happiness that comes with youth and the first stirrings of love . |
| 12 | Both of them got out on the restaurant floor , but Pavel carried on down to the entrance lobby . |
| 13 | Carry on down to the oven and you 'll find six shelf positions and enough room for a 25lb turkey and all the trimmings . |
| 14 | Get off , cross over again and come on in to the Meinhof . |
| 15 | Lucker is having none of my gung-ho enthusiasm and drives on regardless to the end of the peninsula . |
| 16 | Which brings us on nicely to a discussion of pyroclastic rocks themselves . |
| 17 | Winter was coming in slowly to the North East of Scotland . |
| 18 | I also set up snares and trip-wires linked to glass bottles in the grass on the dunes over the creek , so that if anybody tried to sneak up they would either catch themselves or snag the wire , pulling the bottle out of its hole in the sand and down on to a stone . |
| 19 | He moved to her side and took her hand , pulling her down on to a sofa facing his brother . |
| 20 | Shrugging off the severely cut navy blue linen jacket of her new designer suit , she tossed it over on top of her briefcase , before sinking down on to a sofa and sighing with relief as she slipped off her high-heeled blue court shoes . |
| 21 | ‘ I told you to sit down ! ’ he ground out through clenched teeth , and when she did n't immediately obey him he placed his hands on her shoulders , pushing her firmly down on to a sofa . |
| 22 | Harry had worked as tirelessly as his sister for the last few days ; now he sank down on to a stool beside his cannon out of sheer weakness , and began to weep at the thought of the wasted powder and the wasted water resulting from this misfortune . |
| 23 | I was feeling so tired that I just sank down on to a bench , and — ’ |
| 24 | Robyn sank down on to a chair . |
| 25 | The last remnant of the storm hits us , thick snow blotting out the view of anything , so reluctantly we call a halt and go back down on to the lake . |
| 26 | They sank down on to the leopardette sofa and he slipped off the crisp lacy briefs . |
| 27 | Next pass the patch through and pull it down on to the plaster . |
| 28 | Once the legs were jointed I turned the leg and stretcher assembly upside down on to the bottom of the seat and from this I could mark the centres to be drilled and set the bevels to repeat the process . |
| 29 | After forcing the gannet down on to the sea , the skua just does n't let it get airborne again until it has vomited up its cropful of fish . |
| 30 | He lowered himself on to the toilet seat and jumped down on to the floor . |