Example sentences of "[pers pn] [verb] on to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I got on to a friend in Civitavecchia who seems to think that some mate of his saw Jeff this morning down at the harbour . ’ |
| 2 | Missing the students , I crushed on to a table occupied by several globular exters with drooping antennae and startled expressions . |
| 3 | ‘ I went on to a party in Cambridge after I 'd been catching swifts , and in the middle of the party a horrible large green thing , a flightless parasitic fly , found on swifts , crawled crabwise out of my hair on to my dinner jacket — it was a dinner jacket sort of party . |
| 4 | I 'd like you to go on to a university and do music , but I think you 'll do that anyway , and I 'd like you to stop playing other instruments . |
| 5 | One day , she drove on to a roundabout , and could not figure out which exit to take . |
| 6 | Looking round for somewhere to hide the wrecked toy she climbed on to a chair and put the doll on top of the nursery cupboard . |
| 7 | A nasty cross sea seems to haunt its approach which nearly always brings you beam on to a lee shore and makes steering difficult . |
| 8 | ‘ It 's like you get on to a list , ’ he suggests with a smile . |
| 9 | You drive on to a roundabout , another driver smashes right into your rear , you are determined to remain calm . |
| 10 | In the kitchen , as she heard the sound of the car driving away , she slumped on to a stool , her long hair spilling over her fingers as she dropped her head into her hands with a heavy groan . |
| 11 | ‘ When you go on to a slope with hard snow and ice which is relatively steep then you need stiff sole boots which have an iron bar under the rubber , ’ he said . |
| 12 | She held on to a root that jutted out from the bank , clinging to it as long as she could , then letting go with a despairing moan and sinking , shoulder deep , in the water . |
| 13 | Leaving Sagaing for our return journey by boat to Prome we got on to a sandbank and had to wait there until two tugs pulled us off . |
| 14 | On a beat , that is with the sheet pulled in tightly but as we turn on to a ridge you 'll see that we have to ease the sheet out so that the sail stays at the same angle for the wind . |
| 15 | After a plaisent meal aboard the Britannia , we went on to a casino where we met Sonja , a gypsy from Montana . |
| 16 | For myself and Eileen as we move on to a ministry which will have its own surprises in the days ahead , we hope that we can lead our beloved Church on . |
| 17 | However , they clung on to a victory which served to rekindle hopes among the travelling support that all was not lost after all in the title race , especially after news leaked through of Rangers ' demise at Celtic Park . |
| 18 | The upper half of their beak has a hook in it with which they latch on to a flower . |
| 19 | The minute young are born in a relatively premature state and wriggle their way into the pouch of the mother where they fasten on to a teat for some weeks to complete their development . |
| 20 | Nathan watched him step on to a crate . |
| 21 | As soon as an assignment has been fully proofed it goes on to a list which is published every two months to all of the sales execs and you just look out for your number , all right ? and you 've got your own personal records of course , if you know you 've earned bonus then that 's where to claim it . |
| 22 | In Bath , Nicholas Godfrey , 16 , was plucked to safety from the swollen River Avon as he clung on to a branch . |
| 23 | The former Cambridge United striker was completely on his own when he moved on to a Billy Clark lob . |
| 24 | He leapt on to a boulder , waving his weapon above his head . |
| 25 | It looked on to a pool , one of several small pools created by the removal of clay for the reserve 's perimeter wall . |
| 26 | Steve Sedgley had Tottenham 's best chance in the 14th minute when he latched on to a Gordon Durie centre , but Villa goalkeeper Nigel Spink reacted quickly to block his attempted shot . |
| 27 | Steve Sedgley had Tottenham 's best chance in the 14th minute when he latched on to a Gordon Durie centre , but Villa goalkeeper Nigel Spink reacted quickly to block his attempted shot . |
| 28 | I went looking at a house the other day and it backed on to a lake . |