Example sentences of "[verb] on to the [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The winners of the best gross trophy then decide , either by mutual agreement or by a play-off , on the player who goes on to the national championships . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | It was ridiculous that he should think of lowering himself through the floor of the carriage , that he should contemplate hanging for moments or minutes beneath the train , that he should consider allowing himself to fall on to the frozen stones between the wheels . |
| 4 | The television sits in the corner and leaks unsavoury glimpses of what 's really happening on to the faded carpets , and they hate it . |
| 5 | Everyone was climbing on to the top bunks . |
| 6 | He said nothing and she went , with smooth , unflustered movements , to the couch and dropped on to the yielding cushions and prayed for Oliver to come and quickly . |
| 7 | The scene was illuminated by large floodlamps bolted on to the striated walls of the huge cavern which enclosed the whole place . |
| 8 | ‘ Water Babies ’ featured Linda Frew and June Milligan feeding our sea-lions , and starred the new baby sea-lion ; and then moved on to the young penguins next door . |
| 9 | So that really means going on to the Labour resolutions and the Liberal resolutions |
| 10 | Going on to the inter-war years the authors note that there was no great reduction in the number of incidents reported in the press , despite the reputation of the large crowds of those years fur generally good behaviour . |
| 11 | Before going on to the detailed issues , let me begin by discussing some general aspects of what we mean by a crossroads and by the international position of an economy . |
| 12 | Every kung fu club conducts its training session in a programmed manner , beginning with warm-up exercises , going on to the basic techniques , and then practising forms . |
| 13 | One table lamp by the window shone on to the Chinese figures . |
| 14 | The pubic louse is broader than it is long and the four hind legs are equipped with claws with which it hangs on to the pubic hairs . |
| 15 | It was also alleged for instance that women were too docile to make really good workers , too lacking in spirit and ambition : " Boys [ i.e. apprentices ] would claim to be shifted on to the higher branches of the trade " . |
| 16 | As the pillager passed by its glassy protuberance , she hesitated , swallowed her natural nausea and reached for it — thereby precipitating everything else she was balancing on to the tessellated tiles and into oblivion . |
| 17 | Many colonnades , staircases , doorways and corridors open on to the Central Courts and , if the bull dance really did take place there , they must have been protected in some way from the rampaging bulls . |
| 18 | Secure on to the long sides of the house ( two on each side ) with a little royal icing . |
| 19 | And then you get on to the chemical properties of it . |
| 20 | When he gets on to the old antibiotics he |
| 21 | A new Frankenstein monster was about to lurch on to the front pages of the tabloids — the proto-fascist skinhead , scourge of the immigrant and the helpless OAP . |
| 22 | She pulled up and ran after the still-moving combine , grasped the rail with one finger and sprang on to the vertical steps . |
| 23 | Since students should by now be comparatively well-informed about basic segmental phonetics , it is very important that their production and recognition of this vowel should be good before moving on to the following chapters . |
| 24 | Since history includes all that has ever happened , you will concentrate on two main areas — looking at the ancient civilisations of Egypt and Rome , before moving on to the Middle Ages . |
| 25 | Moving on to the smaller lifeboats Mr Vernon referred to development work on a 22ft version of the Atlantic 21 rigid inflatable at the RNLI 's Inshore Lifeboat Centre at Cowes . |
| 26 | I will put that on the side and just with the rest as you 're going Now I 'll move on to the financial statements . |
| 27 | Now can we move on to the reduced quantities of role equipment . |
| 28 | Okay we 'll move on to the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit . |
| 29 | There is now more traffic than ever on the route and any hold-ups will spill on to the surrounding routes . |
| 30 | ‘ CONGRATULATIONS , ’ said one of my Welsh male colleagues ‘ on getting on to the assisted places scheme . ’ |