Example sentences of "[vb pp] on to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She bit her lip hard as cool sun lotion was smoothed on to her hot skin . |
| 2 | Mr Corcoran had stared stonily at him through the pince-nez fastened on to his thin beak of a nose . |
| 3 | Eventually , as the song wound on to its thirtieth verse , the bridegroom presented Chaman with 1000 rupees ( about £25 ) . |
| 4 | ‘ The first thing I wanted to do when I learned to play the guitar was to play just like the Banshees ’ guitarists , ’ recalls Debbie , having moved on to her second pint of Ireland 's finest . |
| 5 | You see , traditionally the eldest son of the family gives it to his bride-to-be , then eventually it 's handed on to their eldest son . |
| 6 | ’ The other ship , ’ Posi said , confirming my thought as it formed , ’ has been locked on to our energy-field infrapattern , by means of the advanced Intelloid that controls it . ’ |
| 7 | Most of the puppets looked rough-hewn and primitive , but two were utterly grotesque , as plastic dolls heads , complete with eyelashes and floppy yellow curls , had been fixed on to their stick-like bodies . |
| 8 | Oh I should n't have gone on to you last time , that is where the mistake comes . |
| 9 | Almost desperately she sought solace in her own private ‘ pictures ’ , the programme she never tired of , which she had projected on to her drowsy mind countless times as she lay in bed before dropping off to sleep , or half-awake on Sunday mornings . |
| 10 | She reached down to pick up the sweater she had thrown on to her own oilskins . |
| 11 | Fig 28 Once round on to the new tack , the board is steered on to its new course by leaning the rig forwards . |
| 12 | The huge " club fender " of early Edwardian times should have held on to its proper suggestions of Christmas , when a group of laughing guests sat there , full glasses in their hands , while child actors performed in a glittering pantomime , entrances and exits from behind the Christmas tree . |
| 13 | Despite joint ventures in Europe with Philips and Olivetti , and in Spain , AT&T did not successfully achieve the same status as the existing ‘ foreign legion ’ telecoms equipment suppliers ; Siemens of Germany and Ericsson continued their traditional success as equipment suppliers in many countries , and ITT largely held on to its foreign markets both under its US ownership and when it came under majority French ( Alcatel ) control in 1986 . |
| 14 | Perhaps Mr Dlouhy should have held on to his official Audi after all . |
| 15 | Byas held on to his third catch in the slips to gain Carrick the wicket of Harvey Trump , and after Robinson had returned to account for Andrew Cottam , Carrick rounded off the innings by getting the stubborn Andrew Caddick caught at extra cover for 37 . |
| 16 | After some of the descriptions she 'd seen tagged on to her own name in newspaper reviews , she could hardly disagree . |