Example sentences of "[coord] on [prep] the [adj] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Through the Sound of Grunay , ever threading through a procession of rock islets and on to the northernmost island of Unst , where we tied up for the night at the little pier in Baltasound . |
| 32 | She dashed clear of the control room and on to the second half of the observation gallery , thirty metres above the main executive transporter bay . |
| 33 | One by one we clambered out of the boat and on to the slippery rocks of an inlet . |
| 34 | The Provost barked an order and the red-hooded executioner turned , wished us good morning , flicked his whip and urged the cart through the gates of the prison and on to the winding track down to Montfaucon . |
| 35 | ‘ He was one of my boys , ’ she said in explanation to the CID sergeant who was leading the party as they bumped over the rough road , through the thick mud and on to the dry embankment . |
| 36 | One night he went to her house , poured paraffin through the letter-box and on to the front door , and set it alight . |
| 37 | Go straight through into the hall and on to the front door , and let us in . |
| 38 | Karl tucked Erika 's arm under his as they crossed the bridge over the green , splintered ice of the Spree which formed a chill moat around the great museums , by the great dome of the Protestant Cathedral , and on to the broad stretch of Unter den Linden . |
| 39 | When Lili came to stay the emphasis shifted slightly , away from me and on to the strange woman . |
| 40 | A police spokesman said : ‘ The grain spread across three lanes of the eastbound carriageway and on to the fast lane of the west . |
| 41 | He let the car forwards , down the hill , and on to the white road that led across the lake bed . |
| 42 | For those who wish to take a car close and then walk to the top of the hill without too much difficulty , take the A836 to Loch Loyal near Lettermore and climb straight into the corrie Loch Na Creige Riabhaich and on to the main summits . |
| 43 | He fell silent as he wrestled the van round a corner and on to the main road . |
| 44 | The lorry rolled down the lane and on to the main road . |
| 45 | He opens with a history of homebuilts dating from Sir George Cayley ( who would have approved the sage advice to get an experienced hand to make the first test flight of your creation , though in his case the unfortunate man was more adept at handling a coach-and-four than a flying machine ) and proceeds through the Flying Flea era to the post-war rebirth in France and the USA , thence to Rutan and the foam/fibreglass revolution , and on to the 1980s emergence of IFR-capable alabaster-smooth hot-rod kitplanes that will blow the socks off anything Vero Beach and Wichita are ( or more accurately are n't ) building . |
| 46 | He had successfully led the School from the dark days of war , through a time of austerity thereafter , and on to the easier but still challenging years of the 1950s . |
| 47 | Place a little white royal icing into a piping bag with a fine writing nozzle and pipe decorative loops on to the large balloon where the different colours join , and on to the smaller balloons . |
| 48 | There was — a gulp and a yell and the rest of the glass ( he had drunk at least some ) flew up and out and on to the sanded floor of the dining area . |
| 49 | From the savage rallying cry of ‘ Revolution Calling ’ , through the incredible atmospherics of ‘ Spreading The Disease ’ and on to the concluding ‘ Eyes Of A Stranger ’ , Queensrÿche play its cold glare like the stunning tapestry it is . |
| 50 | From the savage rallying cry of ‘ Revolution Calling ’ , through the incredible atmospherics of ‘ Spreading The Disease ’ and on to the concluding ‘ Eyes Of A Stranger ’ , Queensrÿche play its cold glare like the stunning tapestry it is . |
| 51 | ‘ Well , it wo n't hurt there for a bit till I can get down , ’ murmured Peggy , and struggled up higher and on to the topmost branches . |
| 52 | Luxuriating in the warm midmorning sun on her shoulders , she walked under the lattice archway and on to the bottom end of the garden . |
| 53 | Starting at 6am , a team of 20 ‘ sherpas ’ carried tanks , valves , drysuits and other equipment , though the tortuous lower entrance to King Pot and on to the downstream sump . |
| 54 | They spent the rest of the morning checking over their equipment before being herded up a gangplank and on to the waiting troop carrier . |
| 55 | Or they could fork to the right , up Once Hill , past the rectory and on to the steep , narrow road that wound over the downs to Badstoneleigh , off which the entrance gates of Sea House opened . |
| 56 | They set off from Turnu Severin , on the River Danube near the Yugoslav border and pedal through some of the highest passes almost to the Moldavian border , in what was formerly the USSR , and on to the Negreni villages . |
| 57 | We said our farewells and I leapt gratefully off the ridge and on to the safe path with the elegance of a stunned ox . |
| 58 | The Arts : High art and on to the next disc |
| 59 | I walked slowly round each vehicle , then peered underneath it , coming out and round and on to the next one . |
| 60 | The yarn passes in front of the needle hook and on to the next needle which will make a knit stitch . |