Example sentences of "[verb] [adv prt] to [art] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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31 It was painted while and there was an untidy hedge in front of it , divided by a rickety gate which led on to a short path to the front door .
32 He turned his back to her and walked off into the open-plan living-room , with its huge glass patio doors that led on to the front garden .
33 Which led on to the obvious conclusion . ’
34 A beautifully open and controlled solo from Andrew Coy ( clarinet ) led on to an expansive string sound and a rollicking dance .
35 Others were painted on to a dry plaster surface .
36 Circles , straight lines and zig-zags can be chalked or painted on to a hard surface for children to walk , run , jump or skip along .
37 A sheet of cloth has been placed on to a stripped bed , the winding-sheet has been folded over the left-hand side of the corpse , the remainder drawn over the right , whilst the arms have been folded across the body in line with the bottom of the rib-cage .
38 It is then placed on to the inked drum of a duplicating machine ( Fig. 6.9 ) and the ink is then forced through the cuts in the stencil and the copy is produced on absorbent paper .
39 It was night , and as the wind gusted down the iron chimney pipe , a shower of metal flakes spattered on to the wooden floor .
40 He passed on to an empty table .
41 When it eventually reveals the secret of life itself , or something approaching it , it will be , you can rest assured , passed on to the ordinary people out there .
42 She passed on to the next sheet .
43 The squeeze is , in turn , passed on to the next person .
44 Much weakened constitutionally , I passed on to the next stage .
45 It is possible for teachers to keep a personal notebook which does not form part of the record and is not open to subject access , but if information is intended to be used officially and passed on to the next teacher it should be treated in the same way as the formal record .
46 She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home .
47 As might be expected from data reported earlier , positive attitudes as measured by all five factors were significantly associated with willingness to go on to a second round of review and reporting .
48 So you actually had to go on to a smaller boat ?
49 My father wanted me to go on to a Public School and I received special lessons in Latin Verse and in Greek ..
50 I had to go on to the usual horror .
51 Then continue walking at this pace until you feel ready to go on to the 30 day walk back to fitness programme later in this chapter .
52 If he does this then a sociological perspective has been brought to bear on the first idea and the researcher is ready to go on to the next step , which will be one of limiting his ideas to a feasible scheme of work .
53 When you are ready to go on to the next potency , the whole process is repeated with a single poppy seed granule of the desired strength .
54 We must insist on a system of tests that will be for the benefit of the pupils ; that will test what each one can do in practical work and in theoretical understanding ; and will serve as a motive for each to go on to the next stage .
55 But evolution ploughed on remorselessly , enabling only the most adaptable to go on to the next stage .
56 It concerns me , in fact I was , I 've had a theory for a couple of years now , that what the Tories wish us all to do is to go on to the American system of medical insurance .
57 It was like hanging on to a wriggly eel .
58 You find yourself hanging on to every last minute together . ’
59 A determined show of political resistance from Mr Yeltsin and his supporters in other republics might help convince many old-fashioned Russian nationalists that hanging on to the Baltic republics is not worth a fight .
60 Standing stork-like and hanging on to the various bathroom fittings , she cleaned her teeth and made a reasonable toilet .
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