Example sentences of "[adv] [verb] on to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She is full of admiration for the care and attention she is receiving at the hospital but is already looking ahead to the time when she is strong enough to go on to a convalescent home . |
| 2 | This is not just climbing on to a fashionable band-wagon , it is facing up to the fact that for the first time in the history of our science we are approaching a general theory of the earth . |
| 3 | A " slip " , a temporary recourse to the mood-altering substance or behaviour , may or may not lead on to a full-scale relapse . |
| 4 | Sachin Tendulkar moved quickly on to 19 at which stage the Indian was twice put down , first by Mark Nicholas at short cover and then by David Gower who could not hold on to a hot left-handed chance at second slip , the unlucky bowler on both occasions being Connor . |
| 5 | There was a window in her bedroom , but it just looked on to a tiny area and did n't let in much light . |
| 6 | The voice-parts of the opening ‘ Domine ad adjuvandum ’ are largely composed on to a transposed version of the preludial ‘ toccata ’ a true Shakespearian ‘ tucket ’ of Orfeo . |
| 7 | It was like hanging on to a wriggly eel . |
| 8 | Since they are both high-class batsmen this comes as quite a surprise , but looking through the records one sees that one of them has failed fairly often ; their strength is that when that has happened the other has usually gone on to a big score , thereby relieving the pressure on the middle order . |
| 9 | It says right get on to a new line . |
| 10 | Similarly , some couples assiduously hang on to a sexual problem as a defence against facing up to a much wider problem in their marriage . |
| 11 | It simply fits on to a standard 43mm diameter drill chuck and uses a 12mm diameter tungsten-carbide tipped cutter to channel into breeze-block , brick , plaster and other wall surfaces . |
| 12 | It simply fits on to a standard 43mm diameter drill chuck , and uses a 12mm diameter tungsten-carbide tipped cutter to channel into breeze-block , brick , plaster and other wall surfaces . |
| 13 | The view here gave on to a terraced garden within the walls . |
| 14 | Then there is the decay of the tree which sometimes holds on to a little bit of life well past when it should die completely . |
| 15 | This is then mapped on to a geometric domain which contains all the graphical description of the object in CAD terms . |
| 16 | Q plans to put out the final part of his novel on video with the narration over Super 8 footage shot by Don Letts , before issuing a DEADMEAT ‘ remix ’ mass-market edition , and then moving on to a new book to be called Supermodel and concerned with , well , supermodels . |
| 17 | He then went on to a pre-foundation course , then the intermediate course at Sutton Art School , followed by two years at Wimbledon Art School . |
| 18 | Pupils are taught on a block system , which means that they concentrate on one particular activity for a certain number of weeks , then move on to a different activity . |