Example sentences of "on to their [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Throws which drop the opponent on to their head or shoulders will be penalised . |
| 2 | But when the citizens of the Association of Futures Brokers and Dealers cast their stones into the pot last week and elected the managing director of Amalgamated Metal Trading on to their council with the biggest number of votes , they elevated the nearest that divided body has seen to a populist . |
| 3 | Sometimes we give them a little canvas pack , or they will fasten on to their keeper 's neck or earlobe , armpit or face . |
| 4 | If they were determined to hang on to their culture then they were to do so quietly , without bothering others . |
| 5 | Bernard and Laura escaped on to their sailing boat for much of the summer , a yacht they had been enjoying for some years now , and they pottered around Mykonos in Greece . |
| 6 | If you 're desperately trying to speak to somebody and they 're out of the office , I do n't know , they 're just not there , you can camp on to their handset even though you just get ringing . |
| 7 | So it 's not engaged , but you can still camp on to their handset , basically the computer , tell them when it 's next used . |
| 8 | Vehicles would then drive off , up the roller trackway Which had been laid like a silver ribbon across the soft shingle of the beach , and formed up in marshalling areas before moving on to their destination . |
| 9 | Turning away to avoid eye contact , not talking or commenting on the behaviour , and not touching or allowing the child to climb on to their lap are essential characteristics . |
| 10 | Piggy would almost definitely have saved the boys as he could have held on to their love for civilisation by telling them his stories about his auntie , as both his parents were dead . |
| 11 | He contracts HIV and passes it on to his wife , who then passes it on to their child . |
| 12 | Some people faithfully hang on to their problem , sabotaging help when unconsciously they experience their partner as more vulnerable than themselves and in need of protection . |
| 13 | ‘ Luckily we were on to their plan and switched off the power before we moved in . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ People who hang on to their land and property even if it kills them , so we 've never had to worry about money and that 's why we 're such nice people . ’ |
| 15 | Urueu-Wau-Wau indian leaders have said in a statement to Survival International that they can no longer tolerate the invasion of miners and loggers on to their land . |
| 16 | They often looked very strained to Anna , as if they were holding on to their loyalty for dear life . |
| 17 | This was not only extremely kind , it was very convenient , as our back garden virtually backed on to their field . |
| 18 | Sometimes the derivative models achieved success through a particular artist holding on to their subaltern guitar long after they 'd made it . |
| 19 | only the most conscientious ( and , frankly , those with nothing better to do ) dutifully plough through everything that flops out of a jiffy bag and on to their desk . |
| 20 | It is usual to assume that the pupils will be able to use close-range materials on the desk or table in front of them , and then look up to the blackboard , perhaps to copy notes or diagrams displayed there , then quickly refocus on to their desk work . |
| 21 | Winners hang on to their success |
| 22 | Emily stared at them in horror but then a few bills did n't mean anything , most people hung on to their money for as long as they could , it was simply the way of businessmen . |
| 23 | To take advantage of the high rate of return on securities , people buy them now instead of holding on to their money . |
| 24 | Their bus dropped Matthew and Sara at Moorlake before taking the children on to their school , which was the collecting and departure point . |
| 25 | Heller & Partners provided such a report to Hedley Byrne 's bankers , who passed it on to their customer . |
| 26 | ‘ I doubt whether babies have the software to be able to map these experiences on to their memory . ’ |
| 27 | They took an early lead , held on to their advantage right to the end and , despite a keenly fought contest , had a comfortable win . |
| 28 | But er interestingly , the Americans have just put er more tax on to their gas for , for different reasons admittedly , and er the environmentalists er always feel happy about that because they 've been the ones who 've been telling us for years that er petrol is if anything underpriced , and that we 're rather profligate in the way that we use it , so er at least some people are happy out of this , not everybody , but it , but er it 's making some people happier . |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | Then they jump on to their prey , paralyse it and feed on it . |