Example sentences of "it [verb] on to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The small firm needling the big multinational may be only a nuisance for the time being , but if it latches on to a new and successful technology and makes all the right first-mover investments it may be tomorrow 's market leader . |
| 2 | As it howled on to a new course , the river bank no longer protected Trent and Mariana from the worst of its savagery . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | After a while it turned on to a concrete road , where another truck was waiting . |
| 5 | It went on to a leading role in the ‘ Baker plan ’ , Brady 's predecessor , based on debt rescheduling and new loans , not debt relief . |
| 6 | It gave on to a shadowed court whose centrepiece was an orrery on a stone plinth . |
| 7 | It backed on to a big grey building like an overgrown garden shed , with no windows . |