Example sentences of "on to a [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I launched it on to a small lake and , lying flat on its wooden platform , pressed my face close to the water . |
| 2 | Without waiting to be shown , she walked through the primitive kitchen and on to a small balcony perched perilously above the red-tiled roofs of the houses below . |
| 3 | She staggered over to the freezer , climbed on to a small stool by its side , unwrapped the packages to reveal frozen packs of my beefburgers , and placed them in the freezer , leaning over it until she was almost inside . |
| 4 | She snapped her glass down on to a small side-table and stood up decisively . |
| 5 | Dexter drove through a small wood , emerging on to a small apron of gravel . |
| 6 | The window gave on to a small lead roof beyond whose parapet I could see the topmost branches of the elm tree , the ornate brick chimneys of my own House — School House . |
| 7 | Bar/Breakfast room looking out on to a small patio . |
| 8 | Suddenly he dashed across the street , dodging the traffic , and jumped on to a small motorbike . |
| 9 | Glue the fabric for the bow on to a small piece of card , cut out and attach to the bear 's neck by gluing the centre of the bow only . |
| 10 | Write your favourite joke or riddle on to a small piece of paper and put it inside your cracker . |
| 11 | We peeped through the purpose-made hole on to a long tyke and waited hopefully … bearded reedling ? water rail ? bittern ? |
| 12 | Jenna hastily looked away and followed Marguerite up the curved stairs and on to a long landing . |
| 13 | I liked the way the usherette threaded the torn half-tickets on to a long string so they made a branch of monkey-puzzle tree . |
| 14 | Some 25 years later interviewers are still essential at bureau level but the complexity of the task that they carry out has shifted the core role on to a professional manager who is needed to galvanise the efforts of the team in order to meet growing demands . |
| 15 | We simply glued the broken ear back in place and she carried on to a successful conclusion . |
| 16 | Janet Walters , an Oxford history graduate who had previously served as a full-time tutor in Northamptonshire in 1943–45 , arrived in August 1952 but resigned two years later : she went on to a successful career in adult education , eventually retiring as principal of Hillcroft College , Surbiton , in 1982 . |
| 17 | The bill has cross-party support and provides the Government with the means to put early legislation on to a crowded timetable . |
| 18 | In 1967 he wrote : ‘ Human beings will become so used to being crushed together that when they are on their own , they will suffer withdrawal symptoms : ‘ Doctor — I 've got to get on to a crowded train soon or I 'll go mad ’ . ’ |
| 19 | In the legend of Theseus , in Greek mythology , he prevented himself from getting lost in the Cretan labyrinth by holding on to a silken thread . |
| 20 | Two principal types of construction are used : on street sections grooved tram rail is laid directly on to a solid track-bed , while on the Promenade it is spiked to wooden sleepers . |
| 21 | Failing a settlement , a dispute would be passed on to a binational panel , on which non-NAFTA members could serve to enhance their impartiality . |
| 22 | She laughed , and showed me how one of the windows led on to a tiny balcony and a view over ancient pasture-land ; across the lane spread the branches of a great oak tree . |
| 23 | She sprayed solvent on to a tiny patch of her arm then stuck a needle through the little gap in her syn-skin , injecting herself . |
| 24 | There was a window in her bedroom , but it just looked on to a tiny area and did n't let in much light . |
| 25 | We can consider reasonably clear cut examples of the use of local landmarks and of home stimuli , but when we come on to a possible map sense we shall move into one of the more unsettled areas of the science . |
| 26 | It is not unlike climbing out of the sea on to a slippery rock . |
| 27 | I reached over for a large tin on my right , prised the tight lid off with my knife and used a small teaspoon inside to place some of the white mixture from the tin on to a round metal plate in front of the old dog 's skull . |
| 28 | He scattered these from a window on to a sandy area just in front of the inn door . |
| 29 | Sharpe angled away from the river , guiding the horse beside a field of rye which had grown as tall as a man.The field path led uphill , then , after picking a delicate path through a tangled copse where tree roots gave treacherous footing for the horse , Sharpe slid down an earthen bank on to a rutted road where he was shadowed and hidden from the Dragoons by the trees that arched overhead . |
| 30 | It was still there , a gap where a gate should have been , leading on to a rutted farm track . |