Example sentences of "[vb pp] [pers pn] on to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | From the beginning of their history , the amphibians were hunters , preying on the worms , insects and other invertebrates that had preceded them on to the land . |
| 2 | Someone had thus moved the body , and it had to be assumed that it was the same person who had pushed her on to the plough . |
| 3 | ‘ Th'best go down first and catch his legs when I 've helped him on to the ladder , ’ Jess told Hawkins . |
| 4 | For if nothing else , by the time I had flown another twelve hours north from Auckland , and my jet had settled me on to the runway at Kai Tak airport in Hong Kong , I was still on the periphery of the Pacific Ocean . |
| 5 | His whole body felt bruised from the speed at which Doyle had dragged him round and thrown him on to the floor when they heard the shout outside . |