Example sentences of "[noun prp] on to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Meisel helped launch Linda Evangelista on to the road to superstardom , and it was Von Unwerth who captured Claudia Schiffer 's sex kitten quality and used it in the Guess advertising campaign which made the model famous . |
| 2 | Instructed on 6th January 1877 to bring the Nez Perce on to the reservation within ‘ a reasonable time ’ , Monteith set an overeager deadline of 1st April . |
| 3 | He opened the rear door and folded Goldman on to the seat ; his legs trailed into the road and Elliott tucked them up on the seat . |
| 4 | In the US election , commentators are bemoaning the lack of international issues , but they are still markedly more present than here : President George Bush and Bill Clinton are arguing over how and when to help the former Soviet states , Clinton is proposing to allow Japan and Germany on to the Security Council of the UN , all candidates have a figure for American troop presence in Europe , ranging from Bush 's 150,000 to Jerry Brown 's 1,000 , with a European force of 1,000 stationed in the US . |
| 5 | If you believe the Thames Valley CID — not the account they gave at the inquest , when the events were still fresh in everyone 's minds , but the one they came up with in the months following my return to this country — then having lured Dennis on to the river and dosed him with draughts of spiked bubbly , Karen and I went ‘ One , two , three ’ and heaved him overboard . |
| 6 | Hartlepool Rovers are unchanged for the visit to Northern , but call former Darlington full back David Glendenning on to the bench . |
| 7 | At this the stranger knight grew angry , and he leaned down from his horse and lifted Neva on to the saddle . |
| 8 | In the early years of the republic these were factors of no great consequence , but they have assumed great importance since the movement of the United States on to the world stage in the twentieth century . |
| 9 | Suddenly he decided to take a chance : somehow they would get Therese on to the stage in that ridiculous boy 's costume and let her sing . |
| 10 | They followed Molly on to the launch , hitching up their skirts as she did as they swung over the side , taking their places beside her , feeling strange and excited and apprehensive . |
| 11 | The tone brought Millie on to the floor and standing before Aggie , saying , ‘ I … |
| 12 | She sat down and put Ruth on to the floor with her toys and the soft blanket . |
| 13 | The boys may have thought of tacking Countdown 's Richard Whiteley on to the start of Neil Young 's ‘ Only Love Can Break Your Heart ’ ( last year 's most natural shuffle beat appropriation ) but the show 's all Stephanie 's . |
| 14 | When he lowered Grainne on to the pile of thick fur rugs before the fire , he was trembling , but when he stood up and began to unfasten his own clothes , he did so with a calm sureness and a gentle authority . |
| 15 | Soon , Rob would take S-Sugar on to the runway and wait for clearance from the control tower . |
| 16 | Do you put three Hail Marys on to the Rosary for it ? ’ |
| 17 | Philpott had been furious that the Secretary-General had failed to consult him and after several meetings with Graham overruled the decision , accepting Graham on to the team on a probationary basis , on the understanding that he would be subjected to periodic re-evaluation . |
| 18 | She dropped Wilfred on to the floor . |
| 19 | And Mark immediately introduces Jesus on to the scene : the messenger has indeed prepared the way of the Lord . |
| 20 | With his other arm he wrenched the wheel to the right , forced the Audi on to the pavement and against the wall . |
| 21 | And Cambridge almost wrapped up the game in the first few minutes of the second half but were denied by Oldham goalkeeper John Keeley , who pulled off an excellent save to push away a curling , 20-yard Chris Leadbetter free-kick , then fingertipped a header from Mick Heathcote on to the crossbar . |
| 22 | He followed Aubrey on to the landing , where , by mutual impulse , they shook hands . |
| 23 | The same letter also indicates how certain heterosexual anxieties structured in and by sexual difference are projected by Lawrence on to the homosexual , a move which his critics sometimes follow in trying to save him from the taint of homosexual desire . |
| 24 | ‘ Hand In Glove ’ put Morrissey on to the cover of everything . |
| 25 | In a separate move , the chairwoman of the new trust has said she would be open to the possibility of the trust co-opting a representative from the teaching departments involved at Yorkhill on to the board . |
| 26 | It was not everyone who could lead a party of men from Innisfree on to the mainland without being spotted . |
| 27 | When she returned to the room with the salted hot water , Frank and May between them had lifted Andrew on to the bed , and there he was propped up and breathing very heavily now . |
| 28 | He gently lowered Cranston on to the bed , pulled off the coroner 's boots and made his companion as comfortable as possible . |
| 29 | She greased the Seneca on to the runway and cleared left , towards the small , but busy , terminal and the parking ramps in front of it . |
| 30 | She helped Tamar on to the bed and , as she removed her shoes , there was a tap on the door . |