Example sentences of "drop [adv] on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yet she did n't think she had imagined that , when her head had dropped wearily on to his shoulder , his arms had tightened about her . |
| 2 | She had dropped miserably on to the lowest stair . |
| 3 | I put my candle down on the shelf , and dropped thankfully on to the bed . |
| 4 | The grenade dropped right on to the cab floor in front of Rex . |
| 5 | The sun , incandescent orange , dropped slowly on to pier 56 and made the buttes of mid-town Manhattan shine like fool 's gold . |
| 6 | The dirigibles had drifted away and the morning sky was clear and cloudless above the Butcher Building as the long black air-car dropped silently on to the roof . |
| 7 | Slowly his eyes closed and his head dropped quietly on to his chest . |
| 8 | In the added heat of the fire beads of sweat welled on her forehead , rolled down the furrows of her face and , gaining momentum , dropped weightily on to the ground . |
| 9 | Her smooth cream front became quite blotched with dampness because she made no effort to check her tears , just let them run down her face and drop wetly on to her bodice . |
| 10 | But Conrad was weeping , opening another bottle of wine and letting tears drop steadily on to its yellowed glass . |
| 11 | Dropping heavily on to his knees , he placed his hands on Michael 's thighs , rubbing and kneading them , his breath coming heavily . |