Example sentences of "[verb] [adv] to [pron] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jean-Paul looked down at his own oiled body , then spat on to his palm for added lubrication . |
| 2 | Luckily , however , I managed to hold on and we got on to her bed , which I seem to remember was covered with a plastic sheet . |
| 3 | Yet nothing had changed since , and his worry now was not for the competition , but for what lay beyond , what would happen to Firelight when he left school in the summer and joined the ranks of the unemployed or , with doubtful luck , got on to his father 's building site . |
| 4 | The hon. Gentleman got on to my area by making comparisons on education and training between this country and other countries . |
| 5 | The lesser bag she slung on to her shoulder . |
| 6 | One of the glasses had fallen on to its side and a red stain had spread from it on to the tablecloth . |
| 7 | Throughout the Depression the NUAW clung on to its existence by retaining the rump of its membership — no more than 25000 — in its East Anglian stronghold . |
| 8 | And Marie , oblivious of her cold , wet jacket , clung on to his arm as they walked along . |
| 9 | Felicity turns on to her stomach . |
| 10 | It turns on to its side and as I cling on for dear life I hear a startled cry from Nathan . |
| 11 | And , I was prattling on to your dad , saying when we claimed it back when we claimed it back we 'll bring it early but |
| 12 | He goes on to my lap . |
| 13 | The book now goes on to my sister and what happens next is up to her . |
| 14 | The rope of her orange-grey plait tumbled on to her shoulder . |
| 15 | She was wearing a tight sort of dress in shiny , slippery silk , which looked as if it had been painted on to her body . |
| 16 | The figure stepped out from the porch and the light from the street lamp spilled on to its face . |
| 17 | However , the end of the poker ripped the knuckles of the hand he had thrust up to shield himself and blood was spattered on to his face . |
| 18 | The model contributes little to our understanding of why ‘ hooliganism ’ is synonymous with soccer , why it is more prevalent at certain times in history than others , and why it is predominantly a male , lower-working-class phenomenon . |
| 19 | She passed on to our agent the name Raphael , though he paid for it with his life . |
| 20 | The YTS we passed on to our Plant Raiser was no better . |
| 21 | Hanging on to her temper , and , it had to be admitted , her rioting feelings , with an effort , she retorted , ‘ To someone like you , perhaps . |
| 22 | ‘ I have n't any serious plans to marry him , if that 's what you 're asking , ’ she told him as levelly as she could , and had the hardest work in the world in hanging on to her temper when his glance flicked from her through the open door into her sitting-room . |
| 23 | They glanced at Tabitha encumbered with Perks , forcing their claws from her arms , standing on one foot trying to shake one that was hanging on to her leg . |
| 24 | Sister explained to me , ‘ The poor old dear 's in a fine twitter as she thought the bus was stopping , not starting — ’ Sister shot off to meet an anxious young woman with a baby in her arms and a small tearful boy hanging on to her skirt . |
| 25 | And please let them be hanging on to their gossip and porter . |
| 26 | Shifty-Eyes could n't do much about it as I was hanging on to his foot . |
| 27 | Schellenberg , who felt that he was only hanging on to his sanity by his fingernails , said , ‘ But , Reichsführer , what if Devlin does n't wish to be persuaded ? ’ |
| 28 | He swung himself astride the dragon awkwardly , because Rincewind was hanging on to his belt . |
| 29 | There 's this man and woman walking by with lots of shopping bags and a little boy hanging on to his Dad 's belt . |
| 30 | Meanwhile , Jim Courier was last night hanging on to his world No 1 ranking and survival in the $2.5m IBM ATP World Championships by his finger tips . |