Example sentences of "it [verb] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.

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1 Our own sauces , or whatever , erm , if my mother makes a cake , it goes on to the top shelf , but usually we just use everything .
2 But , you know they can pick it and er , it just flashes up and they have to put the right answer in , if they get the right answer it it goes on to the next one , if it
3 Patronage did not die out with industrialization ; it lived on through the honorific offices of county clubs and national bodies .
4 In the Far East , the Azahari revolt broke out in Brunei in December 1962 ; and , although it was crushed relatively easily by British and Gurkha troops stationed in Malaya , it led on to the Indonesian ‘ Confrontation ’ , which began in a small way in April 1963 .
5 It lingers on into the first moments of his wakefulness , leaving him unsure what world he 's really in .
6 The amber liquid shook in the glass and some of it spilled on to the tan cloth of her Burberry .
7 Pearce encapsulates it as each generation ensuring that it passes on to the next an undiminished stock of assets , including environmental as well as man-made capital .
8 The pubic louse is broader than it is long and the four hind legs are equipped with claws with which it hangs on to the pubic hairs .
9 But for now Kylie harnessed it to press on with the next stage of her ten year plan which had been drawn up by her musical gurus .
10 Does it hold on to the exclusive for its major shareholders or go with its journalistic impulses ?
11 That 's very quickly it went on to the hard
12 And so it went on for the first 14 years of their friendship .
13 It went on in the same tone for several excited paragraphs and ended in an even heavier and blacker print .
14 Our first Members ' Evening was held at the Community College on Friday 1st March 1991 and its success can be judged by the fact that it went on until the Social Secretary literally had to call a halt at 11.15 p.m. !
15 If the system disagrees with the figure entered it will challenge it — otherwise it moves on to the next item .
16 Mm , it carries on of the same account there then he said to the army officer you see
17 Apart from providing such basic info as the date that any hit reached pole position , the length of time it held on to the top spot and a full rundown on catalogue numbers , songwriters , producers etc , there 's also a full page of background on the history of the song and its performers .
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