Example sentences of "[adj] [verb] on to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I spoke to Mo Magill , he 'll see us tomorrow morning , we 'll fly up on the shuttle , I do n't know what we 'll get , but … and I 've got a line into St Louis : there 's a thing called the Western Manuscripts collection at UMSL — ghastly word , but they use it themselves , it means University of Missouri-St Louis — that latches on to the papers of operations like CCOAC , and they 've got them . |
| 2 | Kinloss was a pleasant environment and the locals were extremely kind to the alien invasion , but one felt so very much out of the hurly burly of wartime England , this was made particularly clear when pupils I had trained returned for their rest period , and one did get the message that my operational background was no longer valid or right to pass on to the crews coming forward for conversion to twin-engined aircraft . |
| 3 | She threw down the beads , and a few rolled on to the floor . |
| 4 | This leads on to the question of political culture . |
| 5 | In turn this leads on to the problems to do with the extent to which , and the conditions under which , respondents accurately report their beliefs , attitudes and , ultimately , to the extensive and impressive technology of interview and attitude measurement . |
| 6 | The encouragement of joint planning at area/regional level has brought together inter-agency groups for the elderly , though only in some areas has this led on to the formation of specialist sub-groups to consider the needs of dementia sufferers . |
| 7 | This moves on to the silver award after six months and the gold award after a year . |
| 8 | Many of them found it easier to move on to the North American mainland after their indentures had expired . |
| 9 | It may have become apparent to the counsellor that counsellees are ‘ locked ’ into feelings which are affecting the way they are leading their lives , but are apparently more content to hold on to the feelings than to resolve the difficulties which arise from them . |
| 10 | Then try to use any lift nearby , keeping within easy reach of the field and in a position from which it is easy to drop on to the circuit . |
| 11 | The event lasted all day , with two heats of ten teams , the top three from each going on to the final . |
| 12 | The 20 teams were put into four pools , with the top two from each going on to the quarter-finals . |
| 13 | Electronics industry consultant Bob Heikes reckons he 's likely to hang on to the job , but for all the wrong reasons : ‘ Bull is hopeless , ’ he told the International Herald Tribune — ‘ a new guy is n't going to make any difference . ’ |
| 14 | On Monday the three move on to the Queen Elizabeth Sixth Form College for unscripted questions from students in the main hall in their lunch hour . |
| 15 | Well like what are the band doing after practice , are they doing anything , they 're probably all going on to the Cutty Sark at Greenwich or something . |
| 16 | They all climbed on to the top of the fence . |
| 17 | We were all flung on to the roof . |
| 18 | The crew were all clinging on to the side of the trawler and the last men off , Billy and John took 'em They got hold of them by one leg and they pulled them off . |
| 19 | She imagined , for instance , that if the inhabitants of Arghuri had been unwilling to venture on to the mountain before the earthquake , any survivors would scarcely be ready to do so now . |
| 20 | Many flooded on to the market after the Sack of Constantinople in 1204 . |
| 21 | Pop had bought a large inflated life jacket for me to wear in case of our ship being sunk , in which case you were all to hold on to the cords round my waist , and he would swim round and act as a watchdog ! |
| 22 | In the case of the treaty it gave the opportunity for the Red Army to be created , which at a later date was able to go on to the offensive . |
| 23 | Looking about him at the great press of people , the escalator that was a river of people flowing on and on , the crowds that streamed down the stairs so that if a train was held up there would be room for no more to squeeze on to the platform , he wondered why a terrorist group had never thought of putting a bomb in the tube . |
| 24 | By holding on to that possession , the people of this country would be able to hold on to the banners of freedom . |
| 25 | ‘ Rosie was still unable to latch on to the breast properly , and I was quite sure she was n't getting enough milk . ’ |
| 26 | It 's been a lot of hard work but I knew that it would be when I first came on to the Tour . |
| 27 | Millions poured on to the streets of London on 29 July 1981 to be able to say they were there on the day , to tell their children and grandchildren what it was like . |
| 28 | TV viewers , astute ones , will notice when Norman first hoves on to the screen that his swing is very upright , which is how he started playing this game . |
| 29 | You 're a bit small to hang on to the handle . |
| 30 | In fact , however , the Council 's composition was not random , as two kinds of evidence show : evidence for the high social class of individual members , and evidence that it was possible to get on to the Council in a given year if you wanted to . |