Example sentences of "[pers pn] [adv] on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Julius quickly sorted through them , tossing them carelessly on to the floor as he continued his fast but thorough search . |
| 2 | Again you can pick up the stitches and knit them directly on to the edge , or you can knit long strips or tubes and sew them neatly in place . |
| 3 | I have an exhibition in London each spring and Punch makes wooden crates to pack my canvasses in and we put them tenderly on to the train in Bodmin . |
| 4 | Every winter the gales of Cornwall lift granite slabs off sea walls and toss them willy-nilly on to the nearest road . |
| 5 | This was no super-sixth-form with teachers guiding me smoothly on to the higher reaches of learning . |
| 6 | Sailors waiting there hauled them roughly on to the ship , not caring how they landed . |
| 7 | She pulled Midnight 's head up off the grass , gathered him together and drew him delicately on to the garden path . |
| 8 | He pulled her gently on to the bed . |
| 9 | Melissa put an arm round her and , at a sign from Madame Delon , led her into the salon , pushed her gently on to a couch and sat down beside her . |
| 10 | He picked her up and lowered her gently on to the bed , shrugging out of his jacket and trousers before joining her . |
| 11 | The criminal replies , ‘ Have a look , mate ! ’ as he throws the heavy bag straight at the bobby , knocking him backwards on to the pavement . |
| 12 | Her hand came out and she thrust him backwards on to the settle . |
| 13 | The sailors carried him carefully on to the ship , and took him to the Captain , who said : |
| 14 | Prince Charlie 's servants ushering him urgently on to a boat , looking anxiously over their shoulders to check that no traitor has deceived them and given away the location of the Prince 's departure , when suddenly the Prince spies a dark hole some miles away on the side of a hill . |
| 15 | Then the midwife lifted up the gown and rolled her roughly on to her side . |
| 16 | He drove her almost on to the drive of the last brown doll 's house . |
| 17 | The thought of flipping him neatly on to his back on the floor was a highly tempting one — and she was quietly confident she could do it , even though he was built like a rugby player . |
| 18 | He toppled him forward on to the bed and covered him with a sheet . |
| 19 | Then , without warning , his legs were grabbed from behind , throwing him forward on to the pile of bodies . |
| 20 | This failure took him spectacularly on to be director of education in another county . |
| 21 | I shop there a lot as it 's so handy for my offices , and I seem to recall that about six months ago the floristry section was moved from an upper floor where no one ever saw it right on to the Oxford Street frontage . ’ |
| 22 | To pick them up , moisten the paint-brush slightly , draw out the bristles to make a fine point , and pick up a larva with the tip of the brush and put it gently on to the new plant . |
| 23 | Finally a sheer mountain of a wave smashed over the raft with a furious roar and swept it further on to the reef away from the pounding terror . |
| 24 | And I think for youngsters it 's much better to have a repayment and then maybe change it later on to , to a savings type mortgage . |
| 25 | My right arm , he forced around in front of me and pressed it hard on to the table so that the fingers splayed out just in front of my face . |
| 26 | The door on the left was blown off its hinges by strategically placed charges that slammed it flat on to the floor . |
| 27 | He shrugged the shirt from his broad shoulders and threw it casually on to a chair . |
| 28 | After that you need to type it either on to a computer or a typewriter and provide a free translation to go with it . |
| 29 | I half-offered it , but Melanie shook her head so I tossed it reluctantly on to the fire . |
| 30 | She shut her eyes against it all ; shut her eyes to open them again on to the harmless horizon . |