Example sentences of "was [vb pp] on to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Doctor was marched on to the flight deck of the F61 at pistol point . |
| 2 | All eyes were looking up at the pit lane screens as every lap , every move , was relayed on to the tube |
| 3 | Half a universe away there had been another tunic cuff , the gold braid scorched and burned so that its imprint was fused on to the skin of his arm . |
| 4 | He swerved and avoided the worst of the impact , but was catapulted on to the bonnet of the car and then on to the pavement . |
| 5 | Chem Snguon was voted on to the Council of State ; Ros Chhun became Minister of Transport , Communications and Posts ; Hang Chuon became Minister of Information and Culture ; Yin Chaili became Minister of Health ; and Yos Son became Minister of Education . |
| 6 | In his place , the MP for Hamilton , George Robertson , who yesterday was voted on to the shadow cabinet for the first time . |
| 7 | Probably much of his success as a teacher sprang from this , for the young greatly enjoyed his moments of iconoclasm , even when it was carried on to the cricket field where he had no knowledge of and certainly no respect for the laws of the game , as a current Member of Parliament may remember . |
| 8 | A spot of light oil was dribbled on to the dildo from a greasy oilcan . |
| 9 | Actually the church had no tower — it was matted on to the exterior and the interior was built in the studio . |
| 10 | As the loose barley was unloaded on to the goafstead , a boy rode a quiet old farmhorse round and round on the corn , trampling it down . |
| 11 | It was a relief when I was moved on to the Sports Desk ; these were gains and losses of a different kind and they did n't involve people getting killed . |
| 12 | He was moved on to the job when we were short-handed last winter , and up-graded from labourer . ’ |
| 13 | And the and the toilet the toilet was adjacent to the , was built on to the house . |
| 14 | The copper was bedded on to the wood with tarred brown paper . |
| 15 | A rather odd concoction of wine , oil , salt and corn was sprinkled on to the house by Midlands , West & Wales director , Martin Smout who performed the ancient ‘ topping out ’ ceremony . |
| 16 | In 1935 she was sold on to the ironstone industry in the Cranford area and ended her working life at Byfield in 1963 — ironically not very far from the GCR . |
| 17 | The latter , aptly plate number 617 , was handed on to the squadron 's current commanding officer Wing Commander Jonathon Dickinson . |
| 18 | The patient was helped on to the bed , and the porters left . |
| 19 | Benjamin and I watched as Waldegrave 's corpse was hoisted on to the sheet . |
| 20 | Another important development was the iron horseshoe that was nailed on to the hoof . |
| 21 | Conquest was almost half full of water after the passage , but she was bailed out and motored carefully towards the NE corner of the island where the bow was run on to the shingle at the water 's edge . |
| 22 | In 1916 he was co-opted on to the trench fever committee of the War Office , and attempted to discover the causal organism of the fever . |
| 23 | Until 1979 the British Rail over-night sleepers docked at Dover , where the train was shunted on to the ferry , split in two , one part heading for Paris the other for Brussels . |
| 24 | Substitute Warzycha was forced on to the field after only ten minutes after Ward was stretchered off . |
| 25 | Documentation was passed on to the Director of Public Prosecutions but Prime minister John Major indicated in the House of Commons on May 19 that the government would take no further action , while the US Defence Department stated on May 19 that it considered the case closed . |
| 26 | That impression was passed on to the children , and then to David . |
| 27 | At that time the tax that banks deducted from interest payments to depositors was passed on to the taxmen each quarter . |
| 28 | Yet , not all this increase in bulk costs was passed on to the consumers in retail tariffs . |
| 29 | This was passed on to the Bank but no action was taken — partly , says Bingham , because PW 's report did not convey its concerns ‘ in a blunt and unmistakable way ’ . |
| 30 | ‘ However , in fairness to Price Waterhouse , it should also be stressed that on other occasions — for example , in April and October 1990 — when the firm had made its audit report to the directors of BCCI , it ensured that some information was passed on to the Bank of England . |