Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] [verb] on to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jess kicked out , catching the handle of his tankard so that a puddle of porter slopped on to the counter . |
| 2 | Vision is a response to changing values in the intensity and wavelengths of light reflected on to the retina of our eye and transmitted to our brain by our optic nerves for decoding and interpretation . |
| 3 | Drops of blood fell on to the chicken . |
| 4 | As they passed through the town of Isserre , spots of rain spat on to the windscreen . |
| 5 | This will mean £20bn-worth of sterling coming on to the market to buy foreign currency . |
| 6 | Three men were needed to do the actual fitting of the tyre : two holding the tyre after they had taken it out of the oven , and one with a bucket of water to pour on to the felloes to stop them from taking fire as the tyre was clamped on . |
| 7 | While it makes little sense to talk of criticism of the physical world , it makes every sense to talk of criticism turned on to the theories and concepts which science has produced to explain the external world , for they could certainly be other than they are.8 Unfortunately , we sometimes give the impression in science and technological education that the current models , terms and theories of science are given and have merely to be assimilated by students . |
| 8 | The characters are formed from tiny dots of ink poked on to the paper . |
| 9 | However policy-makers ' overriding concern with inflation and the calculations about likely reactions of financial markets to inflation-risking economic policies ( notably in Britain in 1976 , France in 1982 — 3 , and Australia in 1984 ) have forced advocates of state spending on to the defensive . |
| 10 | The trip down would start off quietly for a while , everyone busily engaged in talking with friends , but soon the holiday spirit would prevail and after the first stop , singing would start , and then arriving at our destination , coaches to be unloaded , mountains of food carted on to the sands , and the task of enjoying oneself began . |
| 11 | Their nest was a bit like an overgrown wren 's nest — a pile of moss fixed on to the rock face . |
| 12 | The ribbon of tarmac goes on to the lonely outpost of Leck Fell House , a speck of civilisation in a wide panorama that has no other sign of life . |
| 13 | Left : In the kitchen , Philip painted an impression of sunlight filtering on to the wall in a style reminiscent of a Hitchcock film |
| 14 | Before the strip cools , take the candle and tip it so that a drop of wax falls on to the strip and spreads out around the hole . |
| 15 | Then , making a soft purring sound she scattered a handful of maize kernels on to the ground in front of her and the hens stuck out their necks and stalked across . |
| 16 | It was a rush-job from It , complete with copy stripped on to the pages with uncorrected passages hastily crossed out — but it was immediate . |
| 17 | Each user has a unique username and a password which must be used in order to log on to the network . |
| 18 | This is done first by examining the analytics of the cost and demand sides , the subject of this chapter , and then concentrating more on the internal structure of the firm ( in chapter 3 ) , in order to move on to the question of efficiency . |
| 19 | They must be able to spot strengths and weaknesses and gaps in knowledge , not so as to compare pupils with each other , but in order to move on to the next stage , in the most effective way . |
| 20 | In order to move on to the second phase , further satisfactory and lasting progress towards real and monetary convergence will have to be achieved , especially as regards price stability and the restoration of sound public finances . |
| 21 | This can be one time when a young writer has to compromise on some immediate ambitions in order to progress on to the next stage of securing a record deal or having artists cover his or her songs . |
| 22 | They arrived in July 1547 and took the castle , after a brief siege featuring a spectacular air-battle in which the outer walls were battered by artillery hoisted on to the church steeple of St Salvator 's College and the abbey walls ; the lairds disappeared into prison in France , and Knox and others went to the galleys . |