Example sentences of "[adv] on to a [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Here we are , ’ announced the Brigadier , emerging suddenly from his world of private woes and turning right on to a grassy track running between two olive groves . |
| 2 | The bedroom was insufferably dark , though if he insisted that the drapes be further drawn they would open only on to a dour and leaden sky . |
| 3 | Two principal types of construction are used : on street sections grooved tram rail is laid directly on to a solid track-bed , while on the Promenade it is spiked to wooden sleepers . |
| 4 | Follow the track down and go straight on to a modern farm track . |
| 5 | First , it seems clear that although the wide range of credit types which are available should let people easily find and use their best-value choice , lack of knowledge and the very widespread practice of tacking a particular credit arrangement almost automatically on to a particular shopping transaction combine to make rational choice of credit relatively rare . |
| 6 | The afternoon progressed , but was moved now on to a different plane , lit by the glow of expectation . |
| 7 | She follows him through a courtyard at the back , under an archway , and then on to a rough grass path that disappears into the trees . |
| 8 | Three German events of distinction ( Hamburg Ballet , Musica Antiqua of Cologne and the Richter Exhibition ) led to a link with the Mozart anniversary , and then on to a splendid series of concerts , in which we offer some of the very best of the German ‘ classical ’ tradition from Bach to Brahms . |
| 9 | We fly from raw fish to live lobster , and then on to a ten-course Vietnamese . |
| 10 | An expectant silence fell over the room and Folly watched , mesmerised , as Luke Hunter stepped forward on to a small raised dais at one side of the pool . |
| 11 | Both Davide and the plaintiff 's lawyer chuckled afterwards that he was definitely on to a good thing . |
| 12 | The first and most obvious difficulty is that a three-dimensional object can not fit satisfactorily on to a flat page . |