Example sentences of "and [adv prt] onto the [noun] " in BNC.

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1 The murdered man 's head fell forwards , and the blood ran slowly across the table , and down onto the floor .
2 The horse must always be driven forward and down onto the contact and the danger of running reins is that the horse 's head is merely pulled in .
3 It is easy to put your left toe into the low fuselage-side kick-in step , swing your right foot over the sill and down onto the cockpit floor to settle into the surprisingly upright seat .
4 It may progress to the throat , larynx and down onto the chest .
5 It is also a racehorse training centre , and every morning around 7. 30 , stable lads can be seen leading the horses through the town and up onto the moors for training .
6 When it is finished , I want you to come around behind that curtain and up onto the stage .
7 Ramlal strode past the chaprassi and out onto the streets .
8 He beckoned Chrissie out and she reversed down the drive and out onto the road .
9 An orderly queue was formed , stretching throughout the corridors of Hardside and out onto the rugby pitches .
10 He padded through the hall , up the four flights of stairs to the little landing where you either went straight ahead and out onto the battlements , or ducked through the wee door into the observatory .
11 The five remaining dogs had raced on down the driveway , past the gaping ruin of the buckled gates , and out onto the highway beyond .
12 She walked straight past them all and out onto the tarmac .
13 I bent down and turned him until I had my hands under his arms , his back towards me , and I floated him along in the water to the steps and there strained to pull him up them and out onto the grass .
14 They make their way down through the courtyard past the concierge 's busy-lizzies and geraniums in their cluster of terracotta and out onto the street where the Mercedes and driver are double-parked squeezing the traffic to an irascible trickle .
15 Running for the car , the car going steadily , not too fast to the airport , and out onto the flight to Ankara .
16 Now make a circle with your head , let it drop onto your chest , roll the head over the left shoulder , let it drop behind you and roll over the right shoulder and back onto the chest .
17 Again my mind wandered from my polishing and back onto the job I would be doing in a few hours .
18 To lift the patient off the bed onto a chair or commode , one carer takes up the position already described , while the other stands behind the patient on the bed and guides the patient 's seat up and round onto the chair .
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