Example sentences of "[be] on to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Crime Squad officers had quickly been on to the address in Wiltshire Lane . |
| 2 | I 've been on to the P.L.A . |
| 3 | They had been on to the energy crisis , for example , years before it hit politics . |
| 4 | Anyway within about half an hour he came on and umm , been on to the record company sorting out a couple of records that we hope are the things you like , plus they were going to sort you out some tickets were n't they ? |
| 5 | But if we have everything ready to leave as soon as I get back from chess and I 'll make sure I leave promptly if we can come straight away then , with a bit of luck we 'll be on to the M twenty five b by half past four so we might |
| 6 | We were on to the pudding course by now and I was attacking a delicious crème brûlée with great gusto , while Sally sensibly preferred the fresh fruit salad . |
| 7 | When you rang up that Saturday and checked the registration of the Rolls , I thought the police were on to the Theale murder . ’ |
| 8 | He 's on to the ball before anyone else , but he conserves the energy of his horses . ’ |
| 9 | Then it 's on to the state of Massachusetts for today 's destination , Boston . |
| 10 | Then it 's on to the weights and rowing apparatus . |
| 11 | Oh and there 's one thing I did n't tell you : Moscow Centre 's on to the pattern . |
| 12 | Within a short while he was on to the subject of Libya 's exports . |
| 13 | Another Methuselah of Lutomer Riesling later , it was on to the Safeway own-brand cod fish fingers served on a bed of baked beans , accompanied by large dishes of McCain 's oven chips and Findus frozen peas , with a choice of HP sauce or plain ketchup . |
| 14 | After that it was on to the theatre for the evening show , then back to the Theatre Girls ' Club for , if they are to be believed , another meal of egg and chips . |
| 15 | Then he was on to the cabin top and releasing the main halyard . |
| 16 | I was on to the exchange for your name and number as soon as the news came through , but it took me an hour and a half to bully someone into looking up where the phone-box was . |
| 17 | Then it was on to the chapel , where work from other faculties and departments was on show . |
| 18 | If these did n't work it was on to the funerals — huge fantasy ones . |
| 19 | Then it was on to the Salvation Army old people 's home where one resident remarked : ‘ How beautiful you are . |
| 20 | Magdalen , which had been Oscar Wilde 's college , always attracted a fair number of rarefied and aesthetic young men , and it was on to the path of this tradition that one of Lewis 's first pupils , John Betjeman , happily placed his bedroom-slippered toe . |