Example sentences of "[noun pl] [adv] on to " in BNC.

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1 In its place , service stations were to be required to install vapour traps directly on to petrol pumps .
2 Rostov took two paces forward on to the matting .
3 Both Doherty and Stephen Beatty fired in decent crosses early on to test the Tbilisi keeper and then Johnston almost get on the end of a long punt upfield by Dornan .
4 Some people gather their nets directly on to a stake .
5 Third , attempts to map the eye movements directly on to the reported dreams ( in terms of direction of gaze , and so on ) have been dogged by the problem of actually measuring the position of the eyes using standard EEC equipment .
6 To keep prisoners so near to a frontier on the far side of which they would be free , could seem a casual or risky policy , but it is hard to imagine anyone actually escaping from Le Portalet , whose grated windows you can see from the road , with a nasty drop of a good 100 feet straight on to the rocks beneath them .
7 Studiously avoiding his gaze , she jammed her sunglasses firmly on to her nose .
8 So they only had two hours further on to go from The Two Mills then to Hollyhead basically .
9 With their sophisticated radio equipment they were able to use satellites to call up airstrikes , then talk the pilots right on to their targets with devastating accuracy .
10 Trace the templates ( see overleaf ) on to non-stick paper , then re-trace the outlines only on to pieces of firm card so that you have a paper and card template of each shape .
11 The Bugis step their masts directly on to the deck rather than through it on to the hull floor beneath .
12 Her technique is to paint with acrylics directly on to the surface , making no preliminary drawings .
13 It is convenient to prepare scoring sheets which include a G-banded copy of each mouse chromosome ( Figure 4 ) and to enter grain positions directly on to them .
14 Just after passing level with house ( visible away to left ) , avoid stone bridge on left leading to iron gates but fork left 20 yds later on to path which crosses stream and follows it then reaches road .
15 Loopy Lil went on piling more and more things haphazardly on to the tray .
16 On the forecourt he unlocked the car and threw the diaries across on to the passenger seat before sliding in behind the wheel .
17 The following night the moon would be full and he planned to take a force of eighteen jeeps directly on to the airfield in two columns and shoot up anything they found .
18 Long distance convoys from America and the U.K. traversed thousands of miles through hostile waters to converge in the Atlantic and land the assault forces directly on to the beaches of Morocco and Algeria .
19 Passed Bonhomme which has stunning views then on to Chapieux .
20 It is advisable to make enquiries early on to be certain of obtaining a place .
21 Place the whales carefully on to the sea .
22 BBC Radio 1 is the most influential radio station in Britain and it is every plugger 's dream to get their records regularly on to Radio 1 's ‘ A ’ list .
23 UCCA then have to process it , they create a computer record , they photocopy it , and pass those papers then on to the universities .
24 Draw these parts separately on to a piece of strong wrapping paper or thin card , or you can buy a special waxed fabric like the waxed linen our grandmothers and great-grandmothers used for making braid , Irish crochet lace or the genuine fine needlepoint laces .
25 You an also bed the crazy paving or slabs directly on to the surface of wet concrete , but you will have problems in achieving a completely level finish , because when you tap one piece down level it will force one of the previously laid pieces upward .
26 They 'll take you 250 miles further on to Madrid , then you catch a plane back .
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