Example sentences of "[pron] have [vb pp] on to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Because the practice is something in which people share , there are behavioural criteria for saying that someone has cottoned on to the use of an expression . |
| 2 | As for Edward — it was clear that I 'd stumbled on to sensitive ground . |
| 3 | I 'd crumpled on to the door mat and I remember a fearful pain , but whether it was my head or my ankle , I do n't really know . |
| 4 | Once I 'd got on to the continent I 'd walk there if I had to . |
| 5 | But obviously I 'd got on to something a bit more skilled and I still had this know all attitude . |
| 6 | I did n't want to risk Mrs Long , and Mrs Travers knew where I had moved on to , so giving her name could cause problems as well . |
| 7 | I had moved on to selling friends ' addresses to the Chief-Corporal , and in return for the names and numbers of two Sloane girlfriends I had got the bed nearest the stove . |
| 8 | Now the last person I had moved on to the hundreds had enormous problems with the stickiness of them . |
| 9 | Joanne had handled the set-up of the press conference in Glasgow and I had gone on to Newcastle Airport to meet the plane there . |
| 10 | I flung the sporting pistol I had looted on to the back seat , relieved to think I would never have to defend myself with it . |
| 11 | I had held on to Lili , and Syl had brought me home insisting that our mothers should stay and go on to dinner with Lili and Robert and the gallery owner as planned . |
| 12 | At my first event in Fort Worth , I had held on to the few people I knew as though for dear life , terrified at the thought of being stranded in this great wilderness . |
| 13 | I stared wonderingly at the small , wax candle which I had thrown on to the floor of my chamber . |
| 14 | I 've gone on to decaffeinated coffee I do drink decaffeinated |
| 15 | But I 've fallen on to the floor often enough to know how to get up . |
| 16 | I 've stayed on to help but not once have you met me so much as half-way . |
| 17 | I 've passed on to him the invitation to the training course on Saturday 5th September and asked him to let you know if he is able to attend . |
| 18 | I 've got on to something . ’ |
| 19 | I have gone on to be exhibited there almost every year . |
| 20 | I have passed on to them the teaching and worship tapes sent on to e here and they have asked me to thank you sincerely and they ask you to continue to pray for them . |
| 21 | The International Institute for Educational Planning held an important and , I understand , effective regional seminar on education evaluation in Dar es Salaam in 1975 which has led on to a certain degree of follow-up in a number of countries . |
| 22 | Being heavy , the blooms have a very pronounced tendency to hang their heads , which has passed on to its derivative the Provence rose . |
| 23 | The occupier of land may detain any livestock which has strayed on to his land and which is not then under the control of any person . |
| 24 | Gentle had successfully recreated one Gauguin previously , a small picture which had gone on to the open market and been consumed without any questions being asked . |
| 25 | The purple book , which had fallen on to the floor during the night , jogged his memory . |
| 26 | He found a ‘ poor fishing town ’ which had retreated on to the cliffs to avoid the winter storms ; but it was far better situated than Daniel Defoe allowed when he visited the coast in the 1720s . |
| 27 | She seemed to be caught up in a permanent giddying whirl , of trying to run the nightclub , making herself available to the police whenever they needed her , and coping with the demands of a sensation-hungry Press which had swooped on to the drugs-bust story with its famous heroine like a pack of vultures . |
| 28 | Some injuries had apparently been caused by the explosion dislodging flooring and equipment on the overhead jigs which had crashed on to the men working on the shop-floor . |
| 29 | Someone 's ringing when somebody 's camped on to you and they then decide they do n't want to call you . |
| 30 | He takes over from Alloa-based Derek Allison who has moved on to be British national coach . |