Example sentences of "it [vb past] on to a [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | As it howled on to a new course , the river bank no longer protected Trent and Mariana from the worst of its savagery . |
2 | It opened on to a flagged walled yard that sloped steeply upward to where steps and a battered gate gave access to the rear driveway , with its ramshackle collection of goat- and poultry-pens . |
3 | After a while it turned on to a concrete road , where another truck was waiting . |
4 | It went on to a leading role in the ‘ Baker plan ’ , Brady 's predecessor , based on debt rescheduling and new loans , not debt relief . |
5 | It gave on to a shadowed court whose centrepiece was an orrery on a stone plinth . |
6 | It backed on to a big grey building like an overgrown garden shed , with no windows . |