Example sentences of "[noun] [vb pp] on to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This is one of the Enemy 's favourite tricks : nothing is more convincing than a half-truth joined on to a lie . |
| 2 | His eyes moved on to a chest of drawers , two chairs and a bed he had never seen before . |
| 3 | This would be detected by loops buried in the road at what are called key junctions and the data passed on to a computer which would issue the bills later . |
| 4 | Footsteps on a wood floor ; then silence as the feet stepped on to a rug . |
| 5 | His long spine ached , and his eyes felt hot and flat against the windshield , like eggs broken on to a rock . |
| 6 | The lorry rolled on to a car after its rear wheels were hit by another car which had lost control . |
| 7 | This committee was composed of representatives of producers , employees and consumers ; it too , however , could not be much of a check on High Authority action if the two bodies moved on to a collision course — something , in fact , which never occurred . |
| 8 | The backyards of the houses in this road faced on to a canal . |
| 9 | Fig 4 is chenille woven on to a backing of Bramwell Silky using the same design as Fig 1 and knitting at tension 6 . |
| 10 | If you touched a picture , there was a brief humming noise and then the food dropped on to a tray in a slot . |
| 11 | Staff hung out of the chemists Strickland and Holt , cheering and waving ; men scrambled on to a ledge above the Peter Dominic off-licence ; boys climbed on to the top of bus shelters . |
| 12 | Police moved on to a housing estate in St Mellons , Cardiff , after a five-day surveillance operation . |
| 13 | As they were looking at the seed packets together , the robin hopped on to a branch near them . |
| 14 | A subsequent ramp built on to a fire exit out of one of the rooms was better , though the aforementioned student had long since left . |
| 15 | Robin-Anne had her mother 's fair hair , so fair that it looked bleached , and she had her mother 's delicate good looks etched on to a face so pale that it seemed as though her skin must burn if it was exposed to anything more powerful than a light bulb . |
| 16 | Food and medicines loaded on to a coach at Kettering in Northamptonshire . |