Example sentences of "[adj] [noun pl] [vb pp] on to [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Closer to the smoking fire , Blake could see that the colours of the flames varied with the different amounts of crushed rocks thrown on to the pyre . |
| 2 | The longer that socialist parties held on to the old orthodoxies , the worse they have suffered . |
| 3 | The scene was illuminated by large floodlamps bolted on to the striated walls of the huge cavern which enclosed the whole place . |
| 4 | He stared down at his body , and large tears splashed on to the brilliant tattoos of light . |
| 5 | As his corruption became evident , usually tolerant Brazilians flooded on to the streets and drove him out . |
| 6 | Robin-Anne had her mother 's fair hair , so fair that it looked bleached , and she had her mother 's delicate good looks etched on to a face so pale that it seemed as though her skin must burn if it was exposed to anything more powerful than a light bulb . |
| 7 | A couple of determined tries from Gabriel , a solidly-built scrum-half , put them 10 points clear , before Finnie , with one conversion and three late penalties moved on to a personal total of 17 . |
| 8 | At the far end , huge double doors opened on to the furnace room . |
| 9 | Ten years in the Dubrovlag for the private expression of a Petty Officer who was a captive in a cabin while the high explosive bombs rained on to the armour plate of the Storozhevoy . |
| 10 | The result is a set of normalised relations mapped on to the target DBMS . |
| 11 | When her red boots stepped on to the pavement the shock which smacked into her was conveniently attributed to the cold . |
| 12 | Straight ahead big doors led on to the wings and stage itself ; up one flight the star dressing-rooms 1 and 2 . |
| 13 | The creature is often seen on the Idwal Slabs in North Wales and Stanage and Laddow Rocks in the South Pennines but has of recent years migrated on to the Craven limestone . |
| 14 | Poets were so highly esteemed that it was said that a Delhi-wallah visiting a friend in another part of India would always take with him as a present not jewels or hookahs or fine weapons but a few of Mir Taqi Mir 's new verses copied on to a single sheet of paper . |
| 15 | Six wide archways opened on to the sea , affording all diners uninterrupted views of the shimmering Caribbean and the powder beach below . |
| 16 | On the London stage , the great roles will be plucked like plums , in the Welsh valleys his fame will swell like the fortissimo of a chapel organ and his acts of generosity , recklessness , coarseness and excellent manners tossed on to the fiery legend like dry logs . |
| 17 | Whereas in the past teachers held on to the professionalism of hearing children read as their specialist preserve , they have now realised that perhaps their professionalism lies elsewhere . |