Example sentences of "[noun] [adv prt] to the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Trim away excess and place the base on to the cake drum . |
| 2 | He gripped it with his hands , got his foot on to the latch , heaved up and rolled over the top . |
| 3 | Delaney swung a foot on to the ladder . |
| 4 | Prolonged frost will drive these birds on to the sea , but many return inland immediately there is a thaw . |
| 5 | incentive to get us up this last steep pull on to the summit of Beinn Ghlas . |
| 6 | l Louise looked at her young son and suggested he might like to take his easel on to the patio . |
| 7 | Zigzagging our way down the street we saw a car coming towards us and thought some terrible error had allowed the driver on to the toboggan track . |
| 8 | Girls cheered and threw money on to the stage , but the curtain came down , the head hit him again and , with the curtain back up , the youngster was caned in the middle of the performance . |
| 9 | When she returned to the kitchen , she found Beth sprinkling a shovelful of coals on to the fire . |
| 10 | Therefore , in order to get his legislative requests on to the statute-book , the President has to rely much more on ad hoc coalitions in support of each specific measure . |
| 11 | Henry unscrewed the top of the brass cylinder and shook out a bundle of sticks on to the table . |
| 12 | The girl let go of my hand and moved away into the gloom behind me , where she must have put the screwed-up five-pound notes on to the chest of drawers with the magazines , the small framed photograph , the towel , the box of paper tissues , the jar of Vaseline , the baby 's dummy and all the other odds and ends spilled over the varnished oak top . |
| 13 | Swivelling round in his chair , he dropped a pile of X-rays and accompanying notes on to the desk beside him . |
| 14 | He followed Trent over the rail on to the dock , prodding him with the tip of his knife : ‘ We go jus ' leetle way in the jungle , leetle dog . ’ |
| 15 | Taking care to keep to the well trodden dirt path between the growing vegetables , she crossed the last field on to the riverbank . |
| 16 | I would suggest using paper , as this is the easiest option to apply , and there is a vast range of colours , and even textures , if you wish to extend your design skills on to the back of the picture as well ! |
| 17 | The " Copydesk " facility allows the user to input text in various forms on to the screen and thus create a true newspaper page . |
| 18 | Evidently deciding that prudery was the better part of valour , I hotfooted it down to the bedroom again in time to witness half the ceiling crashing in flames on to the bed I had been sleeping in moments before . |
| 19 | I dropped each denomination of Cayman coin on to the sand to see how the machine responded to them . |
| 20 | Next he tossed a small coin on to the coffin . |
| 21 | She dropped her robe on to the stool near by and stepped into the water , sinking slowly down into the warmth . |
| 22 | Within a year , 10,000 miners had flocked from the Walla Walla settlement on to the reservation , and Lawyer 's followers readily signed an agreement exchanging mining rights north of the Clearwater for $50,000 . |
| 23 | Secure the red numbers on to the side panels with royal icing , and then fix the lifebelts on to the boat in the same way , three on each side and two on the deck . |
| 24 | Together , the three of them removed the boards which formed the trough and the natron ran off in a tide of white powder on to the floor . |
| 25 | Pipe hair on to the ballerina and allow to dry . |
| 26 | Reminding Management of diurnal enuresis has been attempted with initially asking the parent to remind the child regularly when to go to the lavatory and gradually pass that responsibility on to the child . |
| 27 | Melinda waded out after me and we climbed up one of the mooring ropes on to the deck . |
| 28 | Duncan slung his small case on to the bed and zipped it open . |
| 29 | Charming , my dear ! ’ he muttered through closed teeth , throwing his Louis Vuitton overnight case on to the sofa . |
| 30 | As she flopped down in a corner seat , Constance looked at the man pushing her case on to the rack opposite . |