Example sentences of "be [adv] on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | And then you 're straight on to the next job . |
| 2 | But my other commitments prevent me from turning up to their committee meetings now so erm I 'm sort of stepping back on to I 'm just on to their mailing list . |
| 3 | Only two or three of the terminals were occupied , by guys who looked as if they 'd been up all night and who were already on to their second pack of cigarettes . |
| 4 | But they were quickly on to Mr Schwartz , who had paid young Freddy large sums of money for running errands for his shoeshine business . |
| 5 | Cos they were actually on to something important . |
| 6 | ‘ That is why she is always on to you . ’ |
| 7 | The race is now on to show that the Government is wrong before the last bird in the UK is slaughtered . |
| 8 | The race is now on to fund what would be a major buy for the museum . |
| 9 | Surprisingly , Sunley is now on to his sixth manager , after starting his career at Middlesbrough under Bruce Rioch , who also took him to Millwall . |
| 10 | It 's then on to the inter-80 class at the age of ten , riding six-speed 80cc machines . |
| 11 | Flavia would have liked to hear more about this but Andrée was already on to something else . |
| 12 | ‘ If something was a loss , he was n't really concerned with that ; somebody else could clear that up — he was already on to the next thing . |
| 13 | She 'd known him less than a week and was already on to his annoying habits . |
| 14 | With Dara once more clinging firmly and rather painfully to her arm she was walked back to the small , intimate table they had been sharing on the edge of the small dance-floor , but Ace was quickly on to his feet , side-stepping Dara 's attempt to greet him with a kiss . |
| 15 | But he believed I was really on to something . ’ |
| 16 | He was now on to the mid-irons and these were flying high and true . |
| 17 | Again Meredith Wyatt was almost on to her over the fence . |
| 18 | Both Davide and the plaintiff 's lawyer chuckled afterwards that he was definitely on to a good thing . |