Example sentences of "have [verb] on [prep] a [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I must have fallen on to a sharp stick , I thought .
2 Fred Clasper may have moved on to a new fighting ground but he , and men like him , left behind their destructive trade-mark on Britain for more than a decade .
3 Nenna thought of Tilda , who would certainly have got on to a late night bus and ridden without paying the fare , or even have borrowed money from the conductor .
4 He would probably have gone on to a ripe old age . ’
5 He was informed that he would have to sign on for an extra year to join the guards , but he told his mother , ‘ I 'll stay as long as I choose .
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