Example sentences of "[vb infin] on to the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Every user of LIFESPAN must log on to the system via a unique user name and password , allocated in this way . |
| 2 | Let's r log on to the A drive first presumably ? |
| 3 | Beads of sweat continued to form and drip on to the table . |
| 4 | ‘ You keep the paper , I 'll haud on to the cigars . ’ |
| 5 | Firstly , CACI can build on to the shopping centres additional information relating to those outlets in a particular retail sector — this might be in terms of floorspace allocations , number of outlets or other attractiveness measures . |
| 6 | Secondly , in dry summers the L3 are retained within the crusted faecal pat and can not migrate on to the pasture until sufficient rainfall occurs to moisten the pat . |
| 7 | Tell her you know how she feels , but do n't give in to her demands , as she 'll soon latch on to the idea that throwing a tantrum gets her what she wants . |
| 8 | But if a statement such as ‘ John is tall ’ is to be true , then the predicate ‘ is tall ’ must latch on to the world , just as ‘ John ’ does . |
| 9 | And , as consolation Marje , you really can hang on to the hope that as he was the secret true love of your life , perhaps you were the secret true love of his . |
| 10 | I really expect to get back in three or four days and I will try and hang on to the holiday . |
| 11 | You ca n't hang on to the past . ’ |
| 12 | Asked if he would hang on to the tot , he replied : ‘ No way — no , no . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ If we knew where one of these things was going to be flown into space , ’ he said , speaking quickly before the words had time to escape , ‘ and we could sort of hang on to the sides or whatever , or maybe drive it like the Truck , and we took you with us , then we could jump off when we got up there and go and find this ship of ours , could n't we ? ’ |
| 14 | That 's why I was thinking I might hang on to the Volvo for another two years until you 've got your own car and then I can buy what I really want . |
| 15 | With luck , these two new Windows-based spreadsheets should help Lotus hang on to the 40% of the market it currently controls . |
| 16 | The story only waned in popularity when Mandela was released : why hang on to the book , if it existed , at the time when it was most likely to sell ? |
| 17 | But by March that year the Chiefs of Staff were recording a victory for their view of the Middle East , and were arguing that this implied that Britain must hang on to the right to return to bases in Egypt , even in the absence of agreement . |
| 18 | The silence that enclosed me made me feel the world had come to an end , that the trees had not yet been informed but soon would be , and would fall on to the stone and thorn , the heather and the fern , skeletons to be picked over , not by vultures but by time . |
| 19 | Frau Nordern heaved up her brief-case and let it fall on to the desk with a satisfying , rather official thud . |
| 20 | Swarf smiled in triumph , letting the body fall on to the ground . |
| 21 | Here is a selection of your letters which we 'll send on to the BBC . |
| 22 | After a short while she saw him emerge on to the quayside , a tall , lean man with the kind of rangy , loose-limbed walk which drew admiring glances from any female within range . |
| 23 | Maura had seen the hammer descend on to the cartridge just as she heard Roy 's voice come from the house . |
| 24 | We were on a lonely stretch of road just outside London : it was late in the afternoon , darkness was about to fall and we were arguing about whether we should hurry on to the city or stay at some roadside tavern for the night . |
| 25 | The multi-well dishes will fit on to the stage of a binocular dissecting microscope and if angled mouth pipettes are constructed the entire procedure can be viewed down the microscope . |
| 26 | When she did finally reach for the food , or lure , all she would do was lean over and rip off a piece , rather than step on to the glove . |
| 27 | So when did you actually move on to the flats ? |
| 28 | The invaders assembled at Stornoway were now divided by a bitter quarrel over whether or not they should move on to the mainland , only ended when one of the Earl Marischal 's supposed subordinates , William Murray , Marquis of Tullibardine , suddenly produced a commission granted to him two years before by James which appointed him Commander-in-Chief of all his forces in Scotland . |
| 29 | Having discussed the construction of a melody 's smallest essential part — the initial phrase — we can move on to the building of complete themes . |
| 30 | When approaching white water you should not have too much speed , sheeting out might be necessary , and the weight should move on to the back foot to encourage the nose to lift over the foam . |