Example sentences of "[noun] [prep] [noun sg] on to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One former Edinburgh male compositor who worked at Constable 's told me in a letter that " we as apprentices … used to help the ladies by lifting the formes of type on to the stones , so as they could do corrections , and lift them down " It could in fact have perfectly well been done by a strong woman or by two women cooperating , and in any case took very little time . |
| 2 | He threw a piece of paper on to the floor . |
| 3 | h ) If the machine is a Silver Reed or Knitmaster : Put a tiny piece of vaseline on to the lever attached to the back of the machine that trips the lever that the punchcard rotates on . |
| 4 | The concept reared up fully formed : the sparkling snowflake of Steel City fragmenting from the hub of fire , spilling bodies into vacuum , the debris plunging flaming spears of fall-out on to the dense towns of Earth . |
| 5 | They all had a meal together , then , as the September evening was warm , Ken Stevens wheeled Jennifer 's wheelchair outside and Valerie carried a tray of coffee on to the patio . |
| 6 | ( b ) In some circumstances , individual solicitors may be required to attend a relevant training course as a condition of acceptance on to the panel . |
| 7 | She saw his attempts to wish his own brand of authority on to the production as little more than temperamental interference , and , in turn , told him how he should play his scenes . |
| 8 | Like many men of the muirlands and remote districts of Ayrshire in the 17th century , John was a fervent opponent of the imposition of Episcopacy on to the Scottish Kirk . |
| 9 | The saga of the Danish No suggests that the EC can no longer evolve by piling amendment after amendment on to the Treaty of Rome — conveniently insidious though this method may be . |
| 10 | Two were already straining from the hands of their masters , neck ruffs erect as they waited for the moment of release on to the sawdust-strewn pit floor . |
| 11 | Hold this left transfer tool in your left hand and take the three stitches at right of centre on to the second transfer tool in the same way . |
| 12 | Use a little royal icing to cement the two pieces of roof on to the sloping sides of the house , propping up the eaves with toothpicks too if necessary . |
| 13 | Heroic efforts alone could lift a poor man and woman , or even their children , out of the slough of demoralisation on to the firm plateau of respectability and , above all , define his position there . |
| 14 | A little while later , still holding Maura in his arms , Michael threw his handful of dirt on to the coffin . |
| 15 | As a male sets out along a branch , he leans over sideways , lifts one of his back legs and carefully expels a few drops of urine on to the sole of his foot . |
| 16 | I watched him dip into a bucket and throw a scoopful of water on to the hot stones of the fire . |
| 17 | It was a common sight then to see several boys , myself included , stand at the pavement 's edge , take out our little ‘ Willies ’ — raise them on high for elevation , and suddenly direct the streams of urine on to the watching , gaping girls . |
| 18 | Simmons remembers Le Mans qualifying last year when Egbert Streuer rubbed some of his Dutch sense of humour on to the Briton . |
| 19 | It pointed out that , in the pressure areas , it had had only modest success in achieving a steady flow of land on to the market . |
| 20 | It comes in a clever pack with an on/switch to control the flow of lotion on to the roller . |
| 21 | It was a bit small for the wooden supports at the top of the cabinet but the totter got around that problem by nailing a couple of slats of wood on to the supports to act as a base . |
| 22 | This can be seen as a system for design in which the mapping of function on to the geometric domains is raised to the next level in which the requirement to manage and control the process is mapped on to the sub-processes or departments . |
| 23 | During the ten months the siege was to last , Richard 's road gangs were said to have shovelled nearly three-quarters of a million tons of metal on to the road . |
| 24 | With a violence born of desperation , he swung at the bottle nearest to him and the mouth of a bottle of Tavel Rosé landed neatly in the pile of Donald 's chicken , allowing pink liquid to pulse on to the plate . |
| 25 | The steward deposited the steaming hot cup of coffee on to the table in front of him , slopping some into the saucer in the process . |
| 26 | As the nun passed Kelly 's table , she knocked the remains of a glass of port on to the ground . |
| 27 | I sent this amazing jet of spray on to the sleeping bags and then I said to Babs that we should next get Andrew to do a version of Handel 's Water Music . |
| 28 | The cloudy lens prevents the passage of the rays of light on to the retina . |
| 29 | Obediently the parlourmaid lowered a serving dish bearing a large fillet of beef on to the table in front of the doctor . |