Example sentences of "[vb past] on to the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a stool nearby , and , climbing on this , Seddon got on to the firm edge of the sink where it met the draining board and reached up to the hatch . |
| 2 | He got on to the internal phone and asked for petty cash , not specifying any amount . |
| 3 | Herds of giraffe and waterbuck raced across the swamps in our shadow as we swooped on to the sandy airstrip . |
| 4 | He turned his back to her and walked off into the open-plan living-room , with its huge glass patio doors that led on to the front garden . |
| 5 | Which led on to the obvious conclusion . ’ |
| 6 | When it eventually reveals the secret of life itself , or something approaching it , it will be , you can rest assured , passed on to the ordinary people out there . |
| 7 | She passed on to the next sheet . |
| 8 | The squeeze is , in turn , passed on to the next person . |
| 9 | Much weakened constitutionally , I passed on to the next stage . |
| 10 | It is possible for teachers to keep a personal notebook which does not form part of the record and is not open to subject access , but if information is intended to be used officially and passed on to the next teacher it should be treated in the same way as the formal record . |
| 11 | WALL AFTER WALL of raging water rose up and thundered on to the strange craft intent on destroying it and the frail humans clinging to it for their lives . |
| 12 | Once inside , she sank on to the quilted bench opposite the marble vanity and stared at her reflection . |
| 13 | Then with a sigh she sank on to the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , feeling the soft springs of the mattress bounce beneath her weight . |
| 14 | Channel 4 says the show recognises its audience may already have left sexual theory behind and moved on to the practical side of the subject . |
| 15 | We moved on to the shallow stage , where Fielding had installed a raft of video equipment ( with two pistol-grip cameras ) , a stereo , a coffee-table space game , a fishtank , two sofas facing two low steel desks , and a fat little fridge . |
| 16 | From Ireland he moved on to the Outer Hebrides , which he reached on 30 August , and then to his most northerly landfall , Foula off the Shetlands , on 3 September . |
| 17 | We then moved on to the spiralling property prices in Oxford , the purchase price of the Parsons ' house compared to its current estimated value , the solicitor 's recent attic conversion , and so on and so forth . |
| 18 | She slowly forced the wheel to the left and the car moved on to the hard shoulder and stopped . |
| 19 | ‘ No idea , ’ replied the young lieutenant , and moved on to the next bed . |
| 20 | Er , most officers would have accepted it and moved on to the next subject . |
| 21 | After a suitably stern telling off from Mr Grovey ( whose bald head always got redder the angrier he got ) the lesson moved on to the next phase . |
| 22 | The young hijacker laughed again and moved on to the next seat . |
| 23 | Okay I know we moved on to the next piece last week we will start again on that tomorrow . |
| 24 | If the guess was correct the subject was told so and moved on to the next letter . |
| 25 | The conversation moved on to the human habit of colour-mapping . |
| 26 | The field station consists of a modern Ann Exe built on to the old coast guard station . |
| 27 | She edged tentatively into the lee of the house to hide in a deep shadow and bumped into a broken rainwater pipe which smacked on to the concrete patio . |
| 28 | He said nothing and she went , with smooth , unflustered movements , to the couch and dropped on to the yielding cushions and prayed for Oliver to come and quickly . |
| 29 | I dropped on to the wet doorstep , worn out and hopeless , prepared to die . |
| 30 | They came on to the golden sand and stood in silence , winds of light moving over them plainly , despite the brightness of the evening sunshine . |