Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] on to a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 My father wanted me to go on to a Public School and I received special lessons in Latin Verse and in Greek ..
2 ‘ Once I got on to a main road I would n't have any trouble getting a lift . ’
3 Once I get on to a good thing I keep it going until I run out of luck .
4 It was painted while and there was an untidy hedge in front of it , divided by a rickety gate which led on to a short path to the front door .
5 On the third floor , she led him to one of four doors , which opened on to a firelit bedroom , with a great canopied bed , steaming water-jugs and wash-basin , and a garderobe in the thickness of the walling with candle-shelf , stone seat and chute .
6 Exquisitely furnished with antiques and fine paintings , it has impressive lounges and a bar which opens on to a large terrace where dancing can be arranged .
7 When the youngsters want to go outside and play they have to leave via the backdoor which opens on to a busy road .
8 The room was long and plain , stretching down to french windows which gave on to a railed veranda and a view of the gardens and river beyond .
9 Reluctantly she stepped on to a moving walkway that carried her through a mishmash of exotic atmospheres .
10 Wearing a check two-piece suit and sporting a poppy on her lapel , the duchess smiled broadly as she stepped on to a red carpet .
11 Then she flew on to a high window-sill and I had to ask the headmaster to bring me a ladder so that I could bring her down .
12 But you went on to a nameless belt of chairs and it took you it was Highways and Horizons they called it .
13 Janet Walters , an Oxford history graduate who had previously served as a full-time tutor in Northamptonshire in 1943–45 , arrived in August 1952 but resigned two years later : she went on to a successful career in adult education , eventually retiring as principal of Hillcroft College , Surbiton , in 1982 .
14 Having walked through the wood , she emerged on to a small , high plateau , from which a wide sweep of the countryside below was visible .
15 We simply glued the broken ear back in place and she carried on to a successful conclusion .
16 Yes , I know , yes but I mean it 's interesting at lunch time I had a , I had a working lunch with someone and a month after we had finished all the work and stuff , we got on to a whole pile of other things and , and I was talking about some of the -ists and one of the -ists I was talking about was feminism and how I 'd been in an amazing meeting a few weeks ago where you know I used that word and the women , it was all a meeting with women , the women there had absolutely freaked at the use of the word feminism and feminists .
17 Since fires often start at night , and most homes only have one flight of stairs , which may well be unusable , it pays to work out in advance possible escape routes from upstairs windows — ideally one leading on to a flat roof , otherwise one with a flowerbed or grass below , rather than a hard surface .
18 Chairman I I wonder whether I could just make a sort of general statement from the department 's view before we go on to a particular issue if I may .
19 We can consider reasonably clear cut examples of the use of local landmarks and of home stimuli , but when we come on to a possible map sense we shall move into one of the more unsettled areas of the science .
20 Lindsey was n't entirely sure she 'd agree as they moved on to a gleaming operating theatre .
21 The small firm needling the big multinational may be only a nuisance for the time being , but if it latches on to a new and successful technology and makes all the right first-mover investments it may be tomorrow 's market leader .
22 As it howled on to a new course , the river bank no longer protected Trent and Mariana from the worst of its savagery .
23 Two minutes after the interval he darted on to a long through ball and scored with a low shot .
24 It opened on to a flagged walled yard that sloped steeply upward to where steps and a battered gate gave access to the rear driveway , with its ramshackle collection of goat- and poultry-pens .
25 However , Newell made amends in the 64th minute when he raced on to a hopeful through ball , rounded Hitchcock and fired home .
26 After a while it turned on to a concrete road , where another truck was waiting .
27 Then he went on to a merciless performance as an inarticulate Garda , who had been called to the school to deliver the annual lecture on road safety .
28 It went on to a leading role in the ‘ Baker plan ’ , Brady 's predecessor , based on debt rescheduling and new loans , not debt relief .
29 The moment he emerged on to a flat stretch of road after negotiating a particularly tight corner the explanation was obvious .
30 It gave on to a shadowed court whose centrepiece was an orrery on a stone plinth .
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