Example sentences of "on to the [adj -est] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Some of the sites are enormously rich , however , and the history of palaeontology is punctuated by quite unscientific feuds between experts trying to find and hold on to the best sites for the most spectacular vertebrates . |
| 2 | She had dropped miserably on to the lowest stair . |
| 3 | I started with highest worked on to the lowest . |
| 4 | Ma stretches her lips and lowers her head back on to the headrest . |
| 5 | Before getting on to the commonest mode of transmission of scabies , it will be worth while stressing the ways it is not transmitted . |
| 6 | Tools , especially bellows , were passed on to the eldest boy , younger sons had the opportunity to rent workshops of their own . |
| 7 | She crossed silently to the tree and swung herself up on to the nearest branch . |
| 8 | Delaney turned the already hosing gun on to the nearest . |
| 9 | Every winter the gales of Cornwall lift granite slabs off sea walls and toss them willy-nilly on to the nearest road . |
| 10 | So , given the current limitations on my mobility , I apply a variation of the same technique , and convey myself , travelling from one silvery globule to another , and thus on to the nearest windowpane . |
| 11 | Then she stepped quickly on to the nearest chair and stood there , listening . |
| 12 | Cornelius scooped up his chum and scrambled on to the nearest table , scattering antique French tennis racquets . |
| 13 | Lindsey was still breathing hard as she strode through hospital reception , with an effort managing to smile at the small group of people sitting there before going through to the consulting-room and flinging her jacket on to the nearest chair . |
| 14 | It was now becoming increasingly clear that the French were determined at least to hold on to the richest party , namely Cochinchina : or at least this was the unmistakable objective of the new French High Commissioner , the implacable Admiral Thierry d'Argenlieu . |
| 15 | " And now , if you 'll excuse me , I 'm going on to the worst problem of the lot — Willis 's financial position … |
| 16 | Hold on to the furthest part of the leg that you can reach without straining , lowering the body as close to the leg as possible . |
| 17 | While working on the two biker films and his one sentence in The St Valentine 's Day Massacre , undemanding as they were , Nicholson was also writing another film script for Corman who was once again ahead of the field in latching on to the latest craze sweeping through the world : the children of the post-war baby boom were coming out to play and nothing could stop them now . |