Example sentences of "on to [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Finding his animosity wearing , she stared at him wide-eyed , the snow drifting down on to her upturned face . |
| 2 | She bit her lip hard as cool sun lotion was smoothed on to her hot skin . |
| 3 | In fact , she thought as she splashed cold water on to her hot face , she had n't seen him all morning — perhaps he 'd taken himself off for a walk . |
| 4 | She signed as she sifted a little icing sugar on to her home-made mince pies . |
| 5 | Almost desperately she sought solace in her own private ‘ pictures ’ , the programme she never tired of , which she had projected on to her drowsy mind countless times as she lay in bed before dropping off to sleep , or half-awake on Sunday mornings . |
| 6 | SAMANTHA FOX : For trying to make out that there 's no harm in Page Three and going on to her pre-destined role as a bimbo rock chick exhorting her listeners to touch her and feel her body , helping another generation of idiot males think that women are there purely for their own gratification . |
| 7 | ‘ The first thing I wanted to do when I learned to play the guitar was to play just like the Banshees ’ guitarists , ’ recalls Debbie , having moved on to her second pint of Ireland 's finest . |
| 8 | Not having the culinary skills to extract nourishment from this household item she passed on to her second request ; could she have money to buy uniforms for her kids to go to their new school ? |
| 9 | It is well known that only a great dancer-artist can suggest the development of the sixteen-year-old Aurora , happy at her birthday , into the dreamy figure the Prince meets in the woodland glade and on to her final entrance as a triumphant princess fully awake to her responsibilities as Queen-to-be . |
| 10 | That 's a good question and that 's quite interesting , yes , they can actually if a girl has this and she becomes pregnant she has to go back on to her low protein diet while she 's pregnant in case her baby is affected right . |
| 11 | His voice rasped each word on to her pouting mouth , caressing it with sweet warmth . |
| 12 | — She was wearing a turquoise silk dress , her newly washed black hair spilling on to her narrow shoulders . |
| 13 | ‘ Pleased to meet you , ’ Bobby Coul held tightly on to her gloved hands , as much to stop himself from falling as anything else . |
| 14 | She squeezes again , and this time a great glob of Teint Naturel extrudes itself from the narrow aperture on to her middle finger . |
| 15 | Clinging on to her big picture hat with one hand and holding up her white parasol with the other , there was nothing left to prevent the hot wind from the Andes blowing her dress over her head , to reveal a white suspender belt and French knickers . |
| 16 | With the scent of him dizzying her senses it was all she could do to hold on to her common sense once more . |
| 17 | Henry , count of Champagne and king of Jerusalem at the end of the twelfth century , had been twice betrothed before he won the heiress of Jerusalem : once , when he was five or six , to a lady of two , later on to her younger sister . |
| 18 | Her massively enlarged liver splinted her diaphragm , making her permanently breathless , and pressed on to her abdominal veins so that her legs became horribly swollen . |
| 19 | During the second week our dieter will move on to her next set of goals . |
| 20 | Next instant , he flew on to her open palm . |
| 21 | Then before she realised his intention he had slipped the doge 's ring on to her third finger . |
| 22 | The mother-of-seven will now be able to pass the honour on to her large family which also includes 13 grandchildren . |
| 23 | Vi swung her respirator on to her left shoulder and pulled on her navy-blue woollen gloves . |
| 24 | But I 'm afraid , Antoinette wrote later on to her saintly sister in the convent : I am definitely too frail . |
| 25 | After some of the descriptions she 'd seen tagged on to her own name in newspaper reviews , she could hardly disagree . |
| 26 | With a moan of utter and ecstatic defeat she twined her arms around his neck and pulled those sensuous lips on to her own mouth . |
| 27 | She reached down to pick up the sweater she had thrown on to her own oilskins . |
| 28 | With a show of regret , he slid her on to her own chair again . |
| 29 | Robin-Anne reached over and tipped her brother 's food on to her own plate . |
| 30 | When she had said that before she had meant it , but now she realised she was lying ; she was wanting to make him feel better and she was also hanging on to her old life to feel safe . |