Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] on to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Football was never an entirely respectable sport and from the outset crowds swore and shouted , occasionally threw things or charged on to the pitch . |
| 2 | Bryony come and stand over here or hang on to the buggy whichever you want to do . |
| 3 | Dr Edwin Pugh , director of public health medicine , said : ‘ Most accidents occur when children are in the street or straying on to the road as parents we must be completely vigilant . ’ |
| 4 | It is possible to take a difficult route back to the line almost immediately , or go on to the next farm and follow a track there . |
| 5 | Cyclists should take particular care entering the route or emerging on to the road at the accesses . |
| 6 | Cyclists should take particular care when entering the route or emerging on to the road at the accesses . |
| 7 | Whatever has to be copied is typed or handwritten on to the exposed surface of the special paper creating a reverse image in carbon on the back of the paper . |
| 8 | It seemed to Preston that if you avoided being stabbed to death by terror gangs , you stood an even chance of being burned to death by sudden conflagration , or pushed on to the live line by a psychopath lurking among the rush-hour crowds , or struck down by a heart attack brought on by the extreme rage and frustration of trying to understand a platform announcement . |
| 9 | I drove to the hospital in Bangor with Nathan watching the road intently and hanging on to the handbrake . |
| 10 | Carrie had been listening intently , enthralled and hanging on to the union man 's every word , but she suddenly caught sight of Fred standing at the counter . |
| 11 | In all this , he was backed by Lavinia although her main interest lay in trying to keep their heads above water and hanging on to the estate . |
| 12 | Standing stork-like and hanging on to the various bathroom fittings , she cleaned her teeth and made a reasonable toilet . |
| 13 | Willie blushed and clung on to the top of the blankets . |
| 14 | ‘ You will load your aeroplanes with T.N.T. , ’ he said , ‘ fly in line-astern to Corps H.Q. , and crash on to the roof of the Corps commander 's chateau , in alphabetical order . ’ |
| 15 | She has been voted the best assistant in the store by her colleagues , and goes on to the next leg of the competition , the district semi-finals on April 10th . |
| 16 | Jan Indian-striped my cheek with lipstick and hopped on to the platform , turning to shout : ‘ They 'll think I 'm one too , Monica ! |
| 17 | It is possible for teachers to keep a personal notebook which does not form part of the record and is not open to subject access , but if information is intended to be used officially and passed on to the next teacher it should be treated in the same way as the formal record . |
| 18 | Some species of these single-celled creatures even select and collect tiny grains of sand which , rather than being used in the ‘ parent 's ’ outer shell are collected together internally and passed on to the ‘ offspring ’ when the single-celled organism divides . |
| 19 | Some of the cost can be borne by the management company and passed on to the owners through the maintenance charge , but the proportion relating to the construction and pre-sales periods will have to be borne by ourselves as developers . |
| 20 | Er in the morning he would be in before any of them , sort of thing , getting a fire lit getting the rivets heat up before they come on the job and ah the the quicker he could the the rivets heat up and passed on to the the squad , then okay the more they could put in so , if he were a good rivet boy you could maybe get a good wage , but again that was up to the squad up to the riveter . |
| 21 | All the cans of food and money , which came to more than £50 , has been collected and passed on to the County Durham Kostroma Appeal . |
| 22 | Perhaps it is repetitive , but not for the sake of repetition , as each phrase carries a different emphasis and builds on to the prior phase for effect . |
| 23 | Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table . |
| 24 | This is available as a white powder which is mixed with water and painted on to the concrete . |
| 25 | Droplets of blood ran over his fingers and dripped on to the floor . |
| 26 | No movement , no luck With a silent curse he extricated himself from the first trap and moved on to the next |
| 27 | I was bored stupid by it and moved on to the marketing department of an American conglomerate . |
| 28 | The young hijacker laughed again and moved on to the next seat . |
| 29 | They left me and moved on to the little Jewish family . |
| 30 | If the guess was correct the subject was told so and moved on to the next letter . |