Example sentences of "[noun] [verb] on to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A minute later Payton moved on to a sloppy Jobling pass and shot into the side netting as fans jumped to their feet in anticipation of a goal . |
| 2 | Well away from the motorway now , each new place quickly gave way to further forest and , just as Jenna was beginning to be lulled into a strange peace by the dappled sunlight of the place , the soothing green of nature , the car turned on to a narrow road and began to climb steadily . |
| 3 | If the stimulus conditions start with a spectrally pure red light shining on to a red area the cell will fire even though the area looks like a washed-out red to a human observer . |
| 4 | If the subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group are released into the private sector , with all the rhetoric about freedom and competition , one of the rights that will be established is the right of a buyer to sell on to a new owner Whatever safeguards the Minister may tell us , to salve his conscience , are built into the legislation , the truth is that they will disappear immediately further sales take place . |
| 5 | There was no room with Jimmy and Sean , and Marcus and Pete moved on to a different table . |
| 6 | The window gave on to a small lead roof beyond whose parapet I could see the topmost branches of the elm tree , the ornate brick chimneys of my own House — School House . |
| 7 | He had been in a pub in Hammersmith when a hypnotist jumped on to a low podium and put on a show . |
| 8 | Schmidt tapped on the glass and the chauffeur ran the nearside wheels on to a broad stretch of grass fifty feet from the fringe of a beechwood . |
| 9 | Successful applicants go on to a three-day assessment course . |
| 10 | Six metal beer kegs loaded on to a Swiss bound goods train which had stopped at Strasbourg on the same day the vagrant had claimed to be there . |
| 11 | Beyond it , the west wall opened on to a wide balcony shaded by deep eaves supported on slender lotus-columns , which gave a view down across the city to the broad grey sweep of the river , sluggish and low at this time of year , but sacrificing none of its dignity . |
| 12 | Er a number of and there 's a further example which I have written to the County Senior Safety Officer about er where there is a halt pedestrians coming on to a main road where a number of vehicles er bounce the pavements to get round traffic turning right at the junction . |
| 13 | Their tests were cheaper and apparently fairer than local ‘ home-made ’ ones and they conveniently transferred the odium that selection incurred on to a distant , impartial public body . |
| 14 | Although IBM , Apple and Motorola have a forged an agreement for the duration of their project , there remain obvious legal implications for a vendor who might want to stick say Sun Sparc and MIPS RISC instruction sets on to a single piece of silicon . |
| 15 | Haylock latched on to a glorious through-ball from Peebles and finished the move with a fierce 20 yard drive — but the ball passed the wrong side of the post . |
| 16 | Hendrie moved on to a perfect Payton pass , went round goalkeeper Keith Welsh with ease , and shot into the empty net . |
| 17 | Hendrie moved on to a perfect Payton pass , went round goalkeeper Keith Welsh with ease , and shot into the empty net . |
| 18 | Don Johnson holds on to a chic Melanie Griffith ( above ) |
| 19 | Each team had a couple of scoring opportunities and a few short corners but the game dragged on to a scoreless draw . |
| 20 | Clearing slips are collected by LIFFE officials and the details entered on to a computerized matching system . |
| 21 | Some people , however , claimed that at the end of its run the mysterious tram disappeared on to a private spur line leading into the grounds of the presidential palace . |
| 22 | From the time when the Maktoums latched on to a prime source of Classic talent — the Kentucky Sales in Keeneland , Kentucky — Sangster 's lead was first questioned , then swamped , by the buying power of the Middle Eastern Royal families . |
| 23 | The door opened on to a glittering , brightly lit room crammed with antique furniture , objets d'art and exotic bric-à-brac . |
| 24 | Just to complete the amazing change in fortunes , Mike Allingham ripped on to a short lineout throw from Kenny Milne , who then took his scrum-half 's pass and bullocked his way over from about ten metres out , Lawrie adding the two points . |
| 25 | Not only did the street door open on to a wide passage , but there were three large rooms downstairs , plus a scullery , the front room having a bay window . |
| 26 | After a midweek game in London , the cousins went on to a two-day binge . |
| 27 | She laughed , and showed me how one of the windows led on to a tiny balcony and a view over ancient pasture-land ; across the lane spread the branches of a great oak tree . |
| 28 | Three wickets had done down in four balls with the score 277 , and had Kapil Dev at backward square leg held on to a straightforward catch offered by Healy off Tendulkar , India might have taken charge . |
| 29 | She and Victorine held on to a great square sheet . |
| 30 | Jason Donohue raced on to a speculative John Pendlebury kick and beat the Hull defence to touch down . |