Example sentences of "[vb infin] [adv] on [prep] a " in BNC.

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1 You may discover early on in an interaction through words that you share common ground ( that you both went to the same school , for instance ) .
2 Round the back you would step out on to a paved patio , leading to a long garden overlooking a field .
3 The first and most obvious difficulty is that a three-dimensional object can not fit satisfactorily on to a flat page .
4 I saw Sophie swing lithely on to a bus before it stopped moving .
5 So what we actually are possibly seeing is ourselves coming out of the trough so therefore part of it 's a training curve , but we do need to see that training curve start to come down and get back on to a level but we do n't know where the level is , that 's what worries us at this stage .
6 The bedroom was insufferably dark , though if he insisted that the drapes be further drawn they would open only on to a dour and leaden sky .
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