Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | The douce denizens of Edinburgh looked up in sudden amazement as a Heinkel thundered low across the rooftops beloved of Baillie Nicol Jarvie and disappeared beyond the hills , a spitfire hanging grimly on to its smoking trail and blazing away at it with all four guns . |
| 2 | I 've got to go right on to the end of whatever all this is , because I ca n't go back . |
| 3 | She heard him call after her and got into one of the swing boats with a pale , freckled little boy who was hanging nervously on to the rope while his plain , doting parents stood beside the boat , saying encouragingly , ‘ Go on , Sidney , it 'll be such fun . ’ |
| 4 | He must have been about to take a shower , she realised , noticing a towel flung carelessly on to the bed , and seeing for the first time that his shirt was undone almost to the waist , revealing his broad , muscular chest with its lavish covering of silky golden hair . |
| 5 | Another advantage of Threads is that the fast emerging object model fits nicely on to it . |
| 6 | Stepping gingerly on to more dangerous ground , I would also suggest that women are more able to give direct expression to the light principle through creative and artistic activity than through religious involvement . |
| 7 | Yet she did n't think she had imagined that , when her head had dropped wearily on to his shoulder , his arms had tightened about her . |
| 8 | All of his energies were devoted to bringing the conversation round to the topic of food and drink , but Donald , once he had explained , or failed to explain , the Madonna Complex , moved swiftly on to what he described as his problem , which turned out to be law and order . |
| 9 | She handed over a neatly wrapped ‘ mixed bunch ’ to one customer , with a chatty , ‘ Here you are , love , ’ and moved swiftly on to the next . |
| 10 | I can recall an incident early one September when I had a net carried away on to a hedge . |
| 11 | She was intensely house-proud , though her home was mean and small , having a frontage of not more than twelve feet , and opening directly on to the street , with no garden before it . |
| 12 | Most of the material so far has been keyed directly on to a computer housed at Guildhall Library . |
| 13 | THE computer giant Amstrad yesterday announced what it said was the world 's first ‘ personal digital assistant ’ — a pocket-sized computer that allows the user to write directly on to the screen with a special pen . |
| 14 | Waves crashed deafeningly on to pebbles beneath . |
| 15 | She closed the door with a firmness she did not feel then sank gratefully on to her bed , dry-mouthed and suddenly cold . |
| 16 | We moved quickly on to what is normally the second lesson , snow plough turns , and then the third when thankfully you can use the rope tow . |
| 17 | Sachin Tendulkar moved quickly on to 19 at which stage the Indian was twice put down , first by Mark Nicholas at short cover and then by David Gower who could not hold on to a hot left-handed chance at second slip , the unlucky bowler on both occasions being Connor . |
| 18 | MIRANDA WAS ALONE in the compartment and glad of it , as it was an old-fashioned commuter train , with no corridor , just a door opening straight on to the line . |
| 19 | Gus halted the Aston Martin at the doorway instead of driving straight on to the garage , and was out of the driving-seat like a greyhound out of a trap , to dart round to the passenger side and hand Charlotte out . |
| 20 | To overcome this problem one enterprising manufacturer now produces narrow contoured baskets which fit snugly on to the shelves of all popular designs . |
| 21 | Intrigued , he moved forward on to the balcony and peered down cautiously . |
| 22 | Mark sagged forward on to his desk , straightened up , and dragged himself from the brink of sleep . |
| 23 | Stiffening has to be resin-bonded to the material and even the smallest bolted item has to be located specifically on to wooden cores set and bonded into the FRC material . |
| 24 | Cedric sank happily on to the tattered hearthrug at his feet and gazed up adoringly at his new master . |
| 25 | As each group of rigs arrived they moved quietly on to the sloping cobbled ramp , which in times past had been used by a civilian ferry , and with a hiss of hydraulics opened out . |
| 26 | She had dropped miserably on to the lowest stair . |
| 27 | ‘ Ready , ’ Trent said and watched the mestizo vault one-handed on to the cabin top for a quick word with the vaquero at the mast . |
| 28 | This now fits exactly on to the cone winder . |
| 29 | I put my candle down on the shelf , and dropped thankfully on to the bed . |
| 30 | The grenade dropped right on to the cab floor in front of Rex . |