Example sentences of "[vb pp] [adv] on to a [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can recall an incident early one September when I had a net carried away on to a hedge . |
| 2 | Most of the material so far has been keyed directly on to a computer housed at Guildhall Library . |
| 3 | The survey also showed that the great majority of diplomates transferred directly on to a degree course either in their own or another institution and that relatively few went straight into employment . |
| 4 | It can be painted directly on to a surface that is rusty , as long as all the loose rust is removed first . |
| 5 | But it seems more likely that this fear has more to do with the childhood horror of seeing the parent scream at the ‘ smothering ’ cat that has just jumped up on to a cot or bed . |
| 6 | A few days ago , we saw the appalling spectacle on television of Vietnamese asylum seekers being dragged forcibly on to a plane to be sent back to Vietnam , a very poor country that has suffered economic embargos since 1976 , which have caused great poverty there . |
| 7 | They come in a great many varieties and can be mounted straight on to a ceiling , on to walls or on to tracks , and then pointed towards whatever needs special lighting . |
| 8 | Novacrylic is a top surface which can be laid directly on to a macadam sub base or on to layers of Novacushion or the new Ultracushion . |
| 9 | Once they are in place , you can have the shingle delivered — it can be dumped directly on to a drive site from the road , but you 'll need to barrow it to remote garden paths , so set planks on the lawn if you have to run across it . |
| 10 | Then the dough was all cut out on to a table where you had men chaffing them up . |