Example sentences of "[verb] [pers pn] [verb] on to the " in BNC.

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1 Accordingly it is interesting to speculate to what extent these attitudes have caused British businessmen to adopt short time-horizons in making decisions — with negative consequences for longer-term growth performance — because their main objective is to acquire sufficient wealth to enable them to move on to the better things in life .
2 ‘ No one has any more to say on that point , so I suggest we move on to the next one . ’
3 Michael let him drop on to the filthy floor .
4 ‘ He should have knocked the guy cold and not let him go on to the fourth round .
5 When he was naked , she helped him climb on to the desk .
6 Let me press on to the important subject of the council water charge which is set out in schedule 11 .
7 Frau Nordern heaved up her brief-case and let it fall on to the desk with a satisfying , rather official thud .
8 Having discussed coloured water and clear water briefly let us move on to the reality of the situation as we find it when we arrive for a session .
9 ‘ Now I can see him going on to the next one , the way he is playing .
10 As you open up the throttle , you need to move to the front of the boat to help it rise on to the plane .
11 Okay I know we moved on to the next piece last week we will start again on that tomorrow .
12 With those SDS contacts he journeyed on to the West Coast , where the Vietnam Day Committee had started that May .
13 THE danger of trying to limp to safety on goalless draws was graphically illustrated by Coventry 's last-gasp defeat which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate .
14 Coventry slumped to a last-gasp 1–0 defeat at Notts County which could have them hanging on to the last day of the season before knowing their fate .
15 As she thrashed his bare arse with scorching strokes , she watched him ejaculate on to the floor .
16 Horowitz watched it turn on to the road and vanish .
17 When all the blocks have gone you move on to the next level , sound easy ?
18 The nuptial pads on a male frog 's feet enable him to grip on to the females tightly when mating .
19 After a short while she saw him emerge on to the quayside , a tall , lean man with the kind of rangy , loose-limbed walk which drew admiring glances from any female within range .
20 There 's er a collar and a what they call a which is a protein tube and then it has various spikes at the end that make it stick on to the outside of the bacteria .
21 Did you get on to the contract cleaners ? ’ she asked Lucenzo , working through her check-list .
22 ‘ How did you get on to the subject of love ? ’
23 Talking of your first P-bass , what originally inspired you to get on to the instrument ?
24 It was n't crucial at this stage to get her to step on to the glove repeatedly ; it was more important for her to develop the right attitude to the whole process .
25 I think he went on to the parapet and the tocsin was sounded to make him run .
26 Second , at the very tip of their abdomen they possess a hook-like structure which enables them to hold on to the shell .
27 Without thinking I tagged on to the end of the marching men and within a few seconds was past the SPs unnoticed .
28 When I fight I go on to the end , as I did in 1926 . ’
29 How had he got on to the subject of Yasser Arafat ?
30 Why had he got on to the subject of Yasser Arafat ?
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