Example sentences of "walk on to the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ The filly was desperate , even falling over walking on to the gallops , ’ Pipe explained , adding that he puts more work into training In-Keeping than three normal horses . |
| 2 | They were walking on to the long ridge they had been able to see from the cottage window . |
| 3 | ‘ You are not walking on to the stage at the Shield , or any theatre in which I have influence , again . |
| 4 | Walk on to the unstable cliff tops . |
| 5 | Luke shouted up to Anna that he would take Flora in , and then walk on to the sixth-form college . |
| 6 | But in practice , neither popular music , however understood , nor its Others — ‘ folk song ’ , ‘ traditional music ’ , ‘ art music ’ , ‘ bourgeois music ’ , or whatever else — walk on to the historical stage in this uncontaminated form . |
| 7 | I went on through , sliding the heavy plate glass aside to walk on to the humid porch where a morose looking McIllvanney slouched in a cane chair and stared through the insect screens at the darkening sea . |
| 8 | ‘ Am I to walk on to the stage at the Shield with it on my finger , and the whole audience thinking that I am a wife when I am none ? |
| 9 | It was agreed that only ten people should tramp round the tiny cottage at a time ; the remainder were forced to mingle with the morning shoppers and then to walk on to the old St Mary 's Chapel , which once had held the shrine of Our Lady of Bradstow and to which passing ships would lower their sails in honour . |
| 10 | ‘ I have nearly been killed through having to walk on to the road to see whether it is clear , ’ he said . |
| 11 | A wealthy Texan chicken magnate , Lonnie ‘ Bo ’ Pilgrim , walked on to the floor of the state Senate and handed $10,000 cheques to several legislators during the debate on a bill about compensating workers for job injuries . |
| 12 | The first performance came from two people in white radiation suits who walked on to the stage carrying a dustbin allegedly containing nuclear waste . |
| 13 | At that very moment , Jack Warner , having heard what was going on , walked on to the set and barred Hopper from ever working for Warners again . |
| 14 | As he walked on to the first tee he could n't get any proper words out at all , and so I was frightened to speak to him in case he thought I was teasing him . |
| 15 | All the same , they both felt rather squashed as they walked on to the farmhouse . |
| 16 | In keeping with standard FIFA practice , officials walked on to the pitch and handed red coupons to two of the most famous Scottish players , Johnson and Kenny Dalglish . |
| 17 | After another battle with the gate they carried on to the end of the lane and walked on to the road and into the sunlight . |
| 18 | Dinah learnt the lines , was laced into the vulgar striped dress the part required , which had stains under the arms from the young lady off sick , was heavily rouged and had her eyebrows blackened , and walked on to the boards to the flare of gaslight and the outline of gentlemen in bowler hats they had not troubled to remove , refreshing themselves at the bar which stood at the back of the theatre . |
| 19 | The cook , a tall shrivelled female who looked as though all of her body-juices had been dried out of her long ago in a hot oven , walked on to the platform wearing a dirty white apron . |
| 20 | I had a feeling I was going to enjoy that show , right from the moment Elizabeth walked on to the set . |
| 21 | As we walked on to the jetty , I was watching carefully to make sure none of my trunks was left on board . |
| 22 | I shook my head and Reid cheerfully walked on to the veranda , munching his ‘ breakfast ’ — his day 's work apparently done . |
| 23 | After a while they clapped , and then his sister walked on to the low platform that was surrounded by a frothy sea of pink and white azalea plants . |
| 24 | I ate the biscuits in one go and walked on to the boat , climbing up the decks to stand at the back . |
| 25 | She walked on to the Fourniers ' house , dragging every step . |
| 26 | I walked on to the sea 's edge . |
| 27 | Gabriel soon arranged the details of his employment with Bathsheba 's farm manager , Benjy Pennyways , and walked on to the village to find a place to live . |
| 28 | All around me voices were saying , ‘ Good luck ’ , as I walked on to the stage , but I was much too nervous to do anything but nod , grimly . |
| 29 | Albert Ablett recalled the occasion over sixty years ago when a girl very rashly walked on to the malting floor when the piece-walker was not about : |
| 30 | He walked on to the stage and sat down at the big piano . |