Example sentences of "[to-vb] on to [det] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While Miss Turner left halfway through to go on to another show , Miss Collins popped backstage at the end to congratulate the actress . |
| 2 | Because people have done one job , during the day , and then having to go on to another job at night , and make no mistake , that , you know , this is the sort of legislation that we need , to protect us , the public from what , you know , the consequences of somebody working |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , no , Ross — this is a terrible mistake ! ’ she cried in a desperate attempt to cling on to some form of sanity , wriggling violently to try and escape his embrace as he almost ran up the steps and entered the cottage . |
| 4 | Extra fuel was taken on board to enable the plane to fly on to another airport or return to London if the weather caused the closure of Prestwick . |
| 5 | And then it may become very angry , and then few would he strong enough to hang on to that leg ! |
| 6 | Hendry is on the crest of a wave , very conscious of the fact that he 's the champion of the world , and wants to hang on to that rating of the number one player in the world . |
| 7 | When the trade unions established the Labour Party as a parliamentary voice for organised labour , they likewise established the ‘ duty to win ’ — to achieve power in Parliament and then to hang on to that power come what may , or put more bluntly , regardless of socialist principle . |
| 8 | I had a very deep feeling that the attack on the village by the Black Watch was not going to be successful due to the fact that the enemy were well dug in and were determined to hold on to this position . |
| 9 | Because I 'm already vulnerable enough where you 're concerned and for my own sake I have to hold on to some degree of control . |
| 10 | He sounded glad to get on to another subject . |
| 11 | I said I did n't want to get on to this area because it 's you know , we could go on all night discussing whether this , well whether that . |
| 12 | ‘ Only for as long as it took her to latch on to another driver , ’ Vitor said drily . |
| 13 | ‘ You 're forgetting about my interest in a bush walk , ’ she pointed out , thankful to be able to latch on to some aspect of the place . |
| 14 | You know that as well as I do and those people do n't seem to be given the encouragement to move on to another profession . |
| 15 | But I now felt the time was coming to move on to another department . |
| 16 | And it is becoming increasingly likely that the England starlet will be allowed to move on to another county where he can make a fresh start . |