Example sentences of "[vb past] [pers pn] on to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had brought things to make their evening meal and she emptied them on to the work-counter : wine , cheese , spinach , onions , bread , the pink-white tines of a rack of lamb , as if all the promise of their future lay in the guarantee of such ordinariness being possible . |
| 2 | The captain of the guard led them on to the scaffold , a scrawny-faced clerk gabbled out the sentence of the court . |
| 3 | I flung them on to the bed where she should have been , but was n't . |
| 4 | The bodymaker passed the doors to the finishers , who in turn passed them on to the french polishers ; the doors then moved along to those whose work it was to hang them in position , the operations being so arranged that the polished door was completed just at the point where it was to be hung on the coach . |
| 5 | The Crown claim Butler had collected information about his movement in the town and passed them on to the IRA . |
| 6 | Spokeswoman Jane McLean said yesterday : ‘ After that we stopped recording the calls and passed them on to the JobCentre at Holywell , which is handling the recruitment . ’ |
| 7 | Spokeswoman Jane McLean said yesterday : ‘ After that we stopped recording the calls and passed them on to the JobCentre at Holywell which is handling the recruitment . ’ |
| 8 | Richardson , too , made a mediocre start being one over par for his first six holes , but then birdies at the seventh , ninth and 10th moved him on to the leaderboard . |
| 9 | ADRIAN MAGUIRE moved upsides reigning champion Peter Scudamore at the head of the jockeys ' table when a double aboard Calapaez and Mr Felix moved him on to the 32 winner mark at Plumpton yesterday . |
| 10 | Then she drew him on to the covers and pushed him gently back . |
| 11 | It seemed like a minor miracle when she found herself seated within touching distance of the small group of musicians , until she realised that Rune was well-known here , not only by the management but , as the current number drew to a triumphant close , to the players as well , as they drew him on to the low rostrum and surrounded him with much back-slapping and laughter . |
| 12 | He unzipped the holdall , took out a couple of Boyt shoulder holsters and dropped them on to the table before delving into the holdall again for two handguns carefully wrapped in strips of green cloth . |
| 13 | From the drawings , he sketched various elevations , then cut them out and transferred them on to the blocks of wood to be bandsawn . |
| 14 | I remember she crouched down and lifted me on to the table . |
| 15 | The shapechanger dropped him on to the ground . |
| 16 | Gathering her back into his arms , he unclipped the safety line on her lifejacket and lifted her on to the saloon settee where she was protected from the surging water by his BMW . |
| 17 | She wound her arms around his neck , eagerly accepting his heated kisses until he lifted her on to the bed and came down on top of her , covering her and dominating her . |
| 18 | His hands closed around her waist , and without effort he lifted her on to the poolside , and flipped himself easily out beside her . |
| 19 | She was n't looking forward to it , which is a little surprising for a 16 year old who , just 3 years ago , combined all the elements of her talent to produce the compound which exploded her on to the junior tennis scene ! |
| 20 | Dress your hair in the way I intended , put on my pearl necklace and — ’ Anne drew off her gold ring and carelessly dropped it on to the coverlet ‘ — my wedding-ring . |
| 21 | He pulled the brassiere from her body and dropped it on to the floor . |
| 22 | ‘ I know , ’ she replied and dropped it on to the couchette . |
| 23 | He dropped it on to the desk in front of Scott who picked it up , studying the outlines of Paula Wilson 's face . |
| 24 | Hooking the shirt off over his dripping head , he dropped it on to the pile . |
| 25 | She threw them on to the table and looked down at Doyle and Tug . |
| 26 | He then threw them on to the ground in the tinder-dry hay loft without putting them out properly , it is alleged . |
| 27 | He pulled off his work jeans and threw them on to the little pile in the corner . |
| 28 | The shop-keeper nodded with eventual understanding , cut off a huge bunch of bright green grapes and threw them on to the scales . |
| 29 | Then one of them held her , threw her on to the dry dirt road and started to undo his belt . |
| 30 | She tried to twist free , but in one deft movement he hooked his arm beneath her knees and , completely oblivious to her struggles , threw her on to the bed . |