Example sentences of "and [verb] on to the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Behind the closed door of her bedroom , she pulled off her boots , threw her jacket on to a chair , and collapsed on to the single bed . |
| 32 | Then , tossing the towel to one side , she closed her eyes and collapsed on to the open sleeping-bag . |
| 33 | He flinched nervously as Buddie growled to gather phlegm into his throat , lifted the lid off the stove and spat on to the hot coals . |
| 34 | He muttered something , turned his back on me , and strode on to the tenth tee . |
| 35 | Also , I learned to appreciate that as a critic you say what you have to say and go on to the next thing in LA you never go on to the next thing . ’ |
| 36 | Better to look at the written key word , get your practice partner to repeat the descriptive sentences ( which will then be easy ) and go on to the next on the list . |
| 37 | Some of the sites are enormously rich , however , and the history of palaeontology is punctuated by quite unscientific feuds between experts trying to find and hold on to the best sites for the most spectacular vertebrates . |
| 38 | But her host 's calm demeanour as he scribbled a few notes and went on to the next call calmed her fears . |
| 39 | It would have been customary to allow the animal its own head , and to hold on to the last truck , or hitch a lift by hanging onto the end . |
| 40 | If you are one of these people , I suggest that you stop reading this and move on to the next chapter . |
| 41 | As a result , you keep wishing they 'd wind up this particular gag and move on to the next item , a frustration which makes the film seem drawn out and sluggish . |
| 42 | Only when that topic is fully discussed can you sit back and think " what next ? " and move on to the next paragraph . |
| 43 | We eat , we enjoy it or not as the case may be , and move on to the next thing . |
| 44 | In the examination itself , divide up the time on the basis of how the marks are likely to be distributed ; if you run out of time for your first answer , quickly sketch a conclusion and move on to the next question , so that you have provided at least a general indication of work in all the questions . |
| 45 | There , it seemed , commentary was powerless and pointless ; he would simply read the text aloud and move on to the next poem . |
| 46 | By the next day , hundreds of Chinese students gathered at the Nanjing campuses calling for the African students to be punished and marched on to the municipal offices . |
| 47 | Lear is evidently pleased with what Goneril has said , since he awards her a rich part of England , and moves on to the second movement , where again two daughters speak . |
| 48 | Tom turns his head in embarrassment and has it explained to him that his regular caddie has gone back to Orville Moody , and I 'm his new one , so he says , ‘ OK ’ , and walks on to the first tee . |
| 49 | When I returned to the palace with my boxes , I was able to stand on one box on one side of the wall and step on to the other box on the other side . |
| 50 | He waited ‘ till the tram drew abreast of the silent jeep and leaped on to the running board beside the driver . |
| 51 | Her hands , already shaking , had become even less steady , causing the egg she was breaking to miss the hotplate and fall on to the red embers below . |
| 52 | When the master file is to be reorganized , this ancillary file will be sorted into descending count order , and the records are read from the old direct file and loaded on to the new in this order . |
| 53 | The three raiding parties laid up in the mountains during the day to observe their targets and descended on to the coastal plain as darkness fell . |
| 54 | I smiled understanding and held on to the last wedge of the broken window , catching glimpses of the brown Yucay River snaking its way between the terraced hills . |