Example sentences of "[noun] on to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sun shone through an elaborate crest of arms in coloured glass , with the lion of Venice rampant above a flurry of plumes and a Latin motto , the glass throwing dark Harlequin patterns on to his expressionless face . |
| 2 | The fan overhead whirred softly , flickering strands of her black hair on to her sun-kissed shouders , the red sundress strappy and sexy . |
| 3 | She squeezes again , and this time a great glob of Teint Naturel extrudes itself from the narrow aperture on to her middle finger . |
| 4 | ‘ So you did , ’ he drawled smoothly , slipping the gold watch on to his bronzed wrist . |
| 5 | Will made sure she was secure , then lifted a nervously protesting Ellen on to his own horse . |
| 6 | Thus many companies see them as a threat to their holding on to their good people , and instilling corporate loyalty into new appointees . |
| 7 | With a moan of utter and ecstatic defeat she twined her arms around his neck and pulled those sensuous lips on to her own mouth . |
| 8 | Then before she realised his intention he had slipped the doge 's ring on to her third finger . |
| 9 | See through his make-up and only transfer the relevant data on to your mental screen . |
| 10 | I shifted my weight on to my other foot , looked around the landing and up the stairs , half-expecting to see my father leaning over the banister rail , or to see his shadow on the wall of the landing above , where he thought he could hide and listen to my phone calls without me knowing . |
| 11 | The third method of issue involves the Bank of England taking stock on to its own books and then selling this as a tap stock over a period of time in day-to-day dealings with GEMMs . |
| 12 | The mother-of-seven will now be able to pass the honour on to her large family which also includes 13 grandchildren . |
| 13 | The sun struck through the open window on to my bare arm . |
| 14 | When it was over , he slipped the chosen bracelet on to her dimpled wrist , smiling into her eyes like a lover . |
| 15 | Enough was only just enough and Ireland took a perfect record on to their second pool engagement against home town favourites Hong Kong . |
| 16 | Turn the cake on to its long side and brush all over with the apricot glaze . |
| 17 | As soon as it is well open , and perhaps already dropping pollen grains on to its own stigma and petals , pick up a few grains with a small paint brush , and transfer them to the stigma of the female . |
| 18 | Even as civil society endlessly displaces corruption from the social body as a whole on to its low life , the latter reveals both the original source and full extent of corruption within the dominant itself ( pp. 16 , 174 ) . |
| 19 | He now sat slumped in his chair , fate having painted a faintly mocking smile on to his clammy skin that spoke of joy at having outwitted his executioner . |
| 20 | In fairness to NCM , we have passed our observations on to their technical department and there will be one or two changes to the next reprint of the instruction manual . |
| 21 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |
| 22 | He dropped a kiss on to her half-open lips and grinned . |
| 23 | David responded to the teasing by walking over to his mother , putting an arm around her thin shoulders and dropping a kiss on to her smooth hair . |
| 24 | Note too , the prehensile tail , which allows them to lift the forefront of their bodies on to their back legs to reach even further . |
| 25 | She signed as she sifted a little icing sugar on to her home-made mince pies . |
| 26 | Most library suppliers produce ‘ library editions ’ of fiction by buying up sets of book sheets from the publishers , adding double strength reinforcing and laminating the dust jackets on to their own boards — the end result having far greater durability than a publisher 's casing , and avoiding the need for binding after a couple of years ' use . |
| 27 | I was woken this morning by Kenneth throwing a pile of Sunday newspapers on to my eiderdowned feet . |
| 28 | NCR Corp has instituted a trade-in programme to move its installed base of Tower and 3B2 users on to its 3400 servers . |
| 29 | Insert the Mega Disk into your floppy drive , log on to your floppy drive and type in WHATPC . |
| 30 | Log on to your floppy drive , A or B , and type in ADVICE to get an on-screen description of the disk programs and to run the Interactive Advice program . |