Example sentences of "[vb past] on to [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , I know , yes but I mean it 's interesting at lunch time I had a , I had a working lunch with someone and a month after we had finished all the work and stuff , we got on to a whole pile of other things and , and I was talking about some of the -ists and one of the -ists I was talking about was feminism and how I 'd been in an amazing meeting a few weeks ago where you know I used that word and the women , it was all a meeting with women , the women there had absolutely freaked at the use of the word feminism and feminists . |
| 2 | ‘ Once I got on to a main road I would n't have any trouble getting a lift . ’ |
| 3 | There was a stool nearby , and , climbing on this , Seddon got on to the firm edge of the sink where it met the draining board and reached up to the hatch . |
| 4 | He got on to the internal phone and asked for petty cash , not specifying any amount . |
| 5 | Herds of giraffe and waterbuck raced across the swamps in our shadow as we swooped on to the sandy airstrip . |
| 6 | His first one-man show was at The Artists Gallery 1941 and he showed with Peggy Guggenheim 's Art of this Century in 1944 which led on to a one man-show at the Guggenheim in 1947 . |
| 7 | It was painted while and there was an untidy hedge in front of it , divided by a rickety gate which led on to a short path to the front door . |
| 8 | He turned his back to her and walked off into the open-plan living-room , with its huge glass patio doors that led on to the front garden . |
| 9 | In the Far East , the Azahari revolt broke out in Brunei in December 1962 ; and , although it was crushed relatively easily by British and Gurkha troops stationed in Malaya , it led on to the Indonesian ‘ Confrontation ’ , which began in a small way in April 1963 . |
| 10 | An hour later she was still happily chatting to the woman , finding out about the terrible Harry who had ‘ torn the heart ’ right out of her daughter and gone off with a woman from Cork , which naturally led on to the dreadful and often incomprehensible ways of men and the stupid way women always put up with it . |
| 11 | Which led on to the obvious conclusion . ’ |
| 12 | A beautifully open and controlled solo from Andrew Coy ( clarinet ) led on to an expansive string sound and a rollicking dance . |
| 13 | Here and there an effort has been made at renovation , but always in deplorable taste , ‘ Georgian ’ bay windows or Scandinavian-style pine porches clapped on to the Victorian and Edwardian facades . |
| 14 | He passed on to an empty table . |
| 15 | When it eventually reveals the secret of life itself , or something approaching it , it will be , you can rest assured , passed on to the ordinary people out there . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | The squeeze is , in turn , passed on to the next person . |
| 18 | Much weakened constitutionally , I passed on to the next stage . |
| 19 | She passed on to the next sheet . |
| 20 | WALL AFTER WALL of raging water rose up and thundered on to the strange craft intent on destroying it and the frail humans clinging to it for their lives . |
| 21 | Once inside , she sank on to the quilted bench opposite the marble vanity and stared at her reflection . |
| 22 | Then with a sigh she sank on to the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , feeling the soft springs of the mattress bounce beneath her weight . |
| 23 | Lindsey was n't entirely sure she 'd agree as they moved on to a gleaming operating theatre . |
| 24 | Hendrie moved on to a perfect Payton pass , went round goalkeeper Keith Welsh with ease , and shot into the empty net . |
| 25 | Hendrie moved on to a perfect Payton pass , went round goalkeeper Keith Welsh with ease , and shot into the empty net . |
| 26 | A minute later Payton moved on to a sloppy Jobling pass and shot into the side netting as fans jumped to their feet in anticipation of a goal . |
| 27 | The man who entered a monastery did so , in principle , for life ; there were of course apostates ; there were also a number who moved on to a stricter way of life ; and a few who were promoted to abbeys elsewhere , or to bishoprics , or even to the papacy . |
| 28 | ‘ It was important that I moved on to a bigger stage , with a club in the top bracket of the English First Division , or Celtic and Rangers . ’ |
| 29 | There was no room with Jimmy and Sean , and Marcus and Pete moved on to a different table . |
| 30 | She shut the trunk and moved on to a large cardboard box . |