Example sentences of "[noun sg] [verb] on to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well away from the motorway now , each new place quickly gave way to further forest and , just as Jenna was beginning to be lulled into a strange peace by the dappled sunlight of the place , the soothing green of nature , the car turned on to a narrow road and began to climb steadily . |
| 2 | If the stimulus conditions start with a spectrally pure red light shining on to a red area the cell will fire even though the area looks like a washed-out red to a human observer . |
| 3 | If the subsidiaries of the Scottish Bus Group are released into the private sector , with all the rhetoric about freedom and competition , one of the rights that will be established is the right of a buyer to sell on to a new owner Whatever safeguards the Minister may tell us , to salve his conscience , are built into the legislation , the truth is that they will disappear immediately further sales take place . |
| 4 | The window gave on to a small lead roof beyond whose parapet I could see the topmost branches of the elm tree , the ornate brick chimneys of my own House — School House . |
| 5 | He had been in a pub in Hammersmith when a hypnotist jumped on to a low podium and put on a show . |
| 6 | Schmidt tapped on the glass and the chauffeur ran the nearside wheels on to a broad stretch of grass fifty feet from the fringe of a beechwood . |
| 7 | Beyond it , the west wall opened on to a wide balcony shaded by deep eaves supported on slender lotus-columns , which gave a view down across the city to the broad grey sweep of the river , sluggish and low at this time of year , but sacrificing none of its dignity . |
| 8 | Their tests were cheaper and apparently fairer than local ‘ home-made ’ ones and they conveniently transferred the odium that selection incurred on to a distant , impartial public body . |
| 9 | Although IBM , Apple and Motorola have a forged an agreement for the duration of their project , there remain obvious legal implications for a vendor who might want to stick say Sun Sparc and MIPS RISC instruction sets on to a single piece of silicon . |
| 10 | Each team had a couple of scoring opportunities and a few short corners but the game dragged on to a scoreless draw . |
| 11 | Some people , however , claimed that at the end of its run the mysterious tram disappeared on to a private spur line leading into the grounds of the presidential palace . |
| 12 | The door opened on to a glittering , brightly lit room crammed with antique furniture , objets d'art and exotic bric-à-brac . |
| 13 | Not only did the street door open on to a wide passage , but there were three large rooms downstairs , plus a scullery , the front room having a bay window . |
| 14 | Three wickets had done down in four balls with the score 277 , and had Kapil Dev at backward square leg held on to a straightforward catch offered by Healy off Tendulkar , India might have taken charge . |
| 15 | A general survey of the whole span of Church history leads on to a second-level course which explores the growth and diversification of Christianity in three contexts ; the second century in the Roman Empire , early modern Europe and nineteenth-century Africa and America . |
| 16 | East Midlands Electricity jumped from 237p to 305p before settling at 276p , while London Electricity held on to a 53-point rise to 306p . |
| 17 | He accepts then the necessity to permit the destruction of some forms of life , while at the same time holding on to a firm belief in the essential unity of all life and the principle of non-violence . |