Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv prt] to the next [noun] " in BNC.

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1 In every generation , REPRODUCTION takes the genes that are supplied to it by the previous generation , and hands them on to the next generation but with minor random errors — mutations .
2 But their real function is to give people a chance to be famous for five minutes , by saying something that will get them on to the next news broadcast .
3 yes and that , that in a way leads me on to the next party , if we 're gon na have an agreement between this group or , you know , the other group
4 He led me through to the next room , and up against the wall there lay a stack of some ten to fifteen canvases .
5 ‘ I will have a few casts here , Blair , then follow you down to the next pool , ’ I suggested .
6 Then , as the heel touches the ground , lock your ankle and shift your weight forward with the knee bent , rocking forward onto the toes and using them to push you off to the next step .
7 If there was no work there , the tramping artisan was fed , given a bed for the night and a few pence to see him on to the next town on the official tramping route .
8 If she could not get out the train would carry her on to the next station , to London Bridge , it would carry her on under the river .
9 Then they pushed her , from one man to another , making her stumble as each man greedily explored her body before shoving her on to the next man .
10 How could they , she thought in sudden sentiment , and the anger carried her on to the next street .
11 We tied his arms behind his back and handed him over to the next village headman we encountered .
12 As each reader received a book he put the date opposite his name , followed by the date on which he finished it , before sending it on to the next person on the list .
13 When a child has got the squeeze , he is allowed to hold on to it as long as he wants before passing it on to the next person .
14 You could also play this with team members at both ends of the room so that Brownies only have to run one length and pass it on to the next Brownie and so on .
15 I did take it up with the Attorney-General but he felt he could n't refer it on to the next court .
16 You should take it in but you did n't — just rolled it on to the next beat .
17 Police folklore tells of one officer who , having found a dead body on the street at the end of his duty , shifted it on to the next beat .
18 ‘ If we perform adequately in the middle of the field I feel we 've every chance of making it through to the next round . ’
19 Just ask the porter would you help me carry it over to the next platform .
20 But with a th a single wardrobe ironically you ca n't get them up the stairs because soon as you reach that step you 've got another step so if you were to lift it up to the next step it 'll hit the top of the d doorjamb so it wo n't go any further .
21 But the notion of the ‘ analytic ’ graduate also raises some difficult questions about the impact of the undergraduate curriculum on student development , which leads us on to the next chapter .
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