Example sentences of "[adv] on to a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A few days ago , we saw the appalling spectacle on television of Vietnamese asylum seekers being dragged forcibly on to a plane to be sent back to Vietnam , a very poor country that has suffered economic embargos since 1976 , which have caused great poverty there . |
| 2 | Gertrude stopped working , and collapsed ponderously on to a seat . |
| 3 | ‘ More wine ? ’ she asked , throwing her coat carelessly on to a sofa in the drawing-room . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | I can recall an incident early one September when I had a net carried away on to a hedge . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | He was saddling a fat brown cob and I stared as he led the little animal out , climbed stiffly on to a box and mounted . |
| 8 | The beautiful gardens lead directly on to a beach gently lapped by clear turquoise waters . |
| 9 | Once they are in place , you can have the shingle delivered — it can be dumped directly on to a drive site from the road , but you 'll need to barrow it to remote garden paths , so set planks on the lawn if you have to run across it . |
| 10 | Most of the material so far has been keyed directly on to a computer housed at Guildhall Library . |
| 11 | The survey also showed that the great majority of diplomates transferred directly on to a degree course either in their own or another institution and that relatively few went straight into employment . |
| 12 | It can be painted directly on to a surface that is rusty , as long as all the loose rust is removed first . |
| 13 | If you are plotting something which requires a log transformation , graph paper exists which enables you to plot directly on to a log scale ( as shown in figure 11.6 ) . |
| 14 | Some people gather their nets directly on to a stake . |
| 15 | An 18-cm ( 6-in ) ruler is not only used for its measuring abilities when framing designs , but also if you are working directly on to a piece of material rather than card , it is easy to slip the ruler under the fabric when you sign your picture . |
| 16 | Novacrylic is a top surface which can be laid directly on to a macadam sub base or on to layers of Novacushion or the new Ultracushion . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | They come in a great many varieties and can be mounted straight on to a ceiling , on to walls or on to tracks , and then pointed towards whatever needs special lighting . |
| 19 | The tractor ruts led straight on to a farm gate . |
| 20 | ‘ I 'm going straight on to a gig . ’ |
| 21 | Suddenly he was close to her , the drinks tray slid expertly on to a counter-top , and she could almost feel the warmth that emanated from his skin . |
| 22 | Captured by Blackfoot or Atsina Indians when accompanying buffalo-hunters to Montana in the late eighteenth century , she was sold to eastern Indians and then on to a French-Canadian at Red River . |
| 23 | I use an overdrive pedal first ( only slightly overdriving ) , then on to a BOSS delay and then a wah-wah . |
| 24 | I saw Sophie swing lithely on to a bus before it stopped moving . |
| 25 | This systems then bring all this together graphically on to a computer screen — which can be the hotel 's back-office system to avoid duplication . |
| 26 | She subsided gracefully on to a mat and motioned Erika to join her . |
| 27 | ‘ Neither of us could sleep , ’ said her companion , falling heavily on to a seat . |
| 28 | He tossed the garment casually on to a chair , and her eyes were drawn inexorably to his broad expanse of chest . |
| 29 | He shrugged the shirt from his broad shoulders and threw it casually on to a chair . |
| 30 | The reward , for those who had spent the evening feeling uneasily close to the edge was Faure , the sunny , satisfying C minor piano quartet , whose climbing lines seemed to settle again and again on to a ledge of happy serenity . |