Example sentences of "she [vb past] on to the " in BNC.
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1 | She read on to the story of holidays at Blackpool and Filey , a trip to London , and the gradually expanding horizons which writing brought to Walter . |
2 | But she clung on to the post , her body sinking to the floor , oblivious to the groans that issued from her own throat , and the words that formed on her lips . |
3 | She passed on to the next sheet . |
4 | She peered on to the stage , but they were n't there . |
5 | Smiling as she surveyed the posters on the walls of the twins ' bedroom — obviously Peter Rabbit was still popular here in New York ! — she moved on to the much larger main bedroom . |
6 | She fastened on to the person whose house it was like the Old Man of the Sea in ‘ Sinbad the Sailor ’ . ’ |
7 | Another friend puts all her bits and pieces like grooming brushes and fly repellent in an old door manger , which she fastened on to the door . |
8 | She sank on to the bed and closed her eyes , ideas racing through her mind . |
9 | And suddenly he had a maenad in his arms , fighting him , screaming , striking at him , the tears running down her face which fear had made unrecognisable , pushing him away , and when he let her go , for very decency 's sake , because he saw no way to calm her unless he did , she sank on to the sofa , still sobbing and crying , her face hidden in a cushion , her whole body heaving and shaking . |
10 | Then with a sigh she sank on to the hyacinth-coloured bedspread , feeling the soft springs of the mattress bounce beneath her weight . |
11 | Feeling Paul 's desolation keenly , she sank on to the settee , gazing at the closed door . |
12 | Once inside , she sank on to the quilted bench opposite the marble vanity and stared at her reflection . |
13 | There 'd be no happy ending to this story of the handsome prince and the beautiful princess , she thought as she sank on to the bed . |
14 | She tried to cheer up as she drove on to the ferry because — having caved in instantly and completely when Cara had asked ‘ Would you let me down — now ? ’ she had ensured that Cara could fly to Barney certain of one thing , if nothing else : that , her word given , she would not let her down . |
15 | ‘ I 'm going to cry until I 'm ill ! ’ and she dropped on to the floor , her shoulders shaking and the tears rolling down her face . |
16 | And , as she climbed on to the train , she was glad she was going home . |
17 | As she turned on to the dual carriageway that ended only a few miles beyond Naas , the rain spat against the windscreen . |
18 | She hung on to the end of her nose , desperately killing the sneeze , but it refused to die . |
19 | She hung on to the ground , waiting . |
20 | She hung on to the towelling and the scissors , and then looked around the dismal room to find a clean surface on which she could put them . |
21 | She plonked on to the settee and it groaned in protest . |
22 | She walked on to the Fourniers ' house , dragging every step . |
23 | It did n't take her long to change into her jade swimsuit and moments later she walked on to the poolside . |
24 | She stepped on to the train , allowing one minor satisfaction to screen her anxiety at the absence of a major one . |
25 | In 1988 , she stepped on to the ministerial ladder as Parliamentary Under Secretary of State at the Department of the Environment , where she took charge of one of Mrs Margaret Thatcher 's pet hates — litter . |
26 | The station was practically empty of people and Emily felt so alone as she stepped on to the train . |
27 | As she stepped on to the tongue of buckled metal , Bernice looked back . |
28 | She stepped on to the bomb-site , and began to pick her way along the slippery path worn between the piles of overgrown rubble . |
29 | ‘ Twelve o'clock ! ’ he called out as she stepped on to the pavement ; then he was gone , the little green car melding into the rest of the traffic and rapidly becoming lost to sight . |
30 | The building might be old , but this was no cheap accommodation , she observed as she stepped on to the landing . |